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by Race Committee, July 6th, 2022



The second start of Vic-Maui 2022 got underway today in very light conditions. But enough wind came up to allow Doug Baker’s Peligroso to lead Gord Wylie’s Phoenix and Gib Black’s Lurline through Race Passage and progress toward the open Pacific before the flood tide started.

Meanwhile out in the Pacific off the coast of Oregon the 9 boats of earlier start are reporting very light conditions with the crew aboard Stuart Horak’s Flow thinking the conditions were so perfect they went swimming. That sounds nice, but not for a sailboat race 100 miles from shore. All boats are reporting whale and shark sightings and huge phosphorescence from streaking dolphins. What no one is discussing is new breeze and making tracks.
 
As of dinner time (PDT) on Wednesday July 6, in the Racing Class Event Chair and Red Sheilla skipper Jim Innes is closest to Lahaina at 2112 miles to go, followed closely by Tim Slater’s New Haven (2153 miles) and Aidan Walter’s Xiomara (2164 miles). In the cruising Lahaina Class,  Pat Fenton’s Outbreak (2051 miles) and Ben Homsy’s Amun-Ra (2130 miles) continue to take advantage of their earlier motoring and lead the other entries Millennium Seagull and Annie M. There is a long way to go, but there is a promise of more breeze and the return of a more normal Vic-Maui weather pattern in the next couple of days as boats hug the coast and get closer to the Bay area.
 
Will the big boats get out of Juan de Fuca Strait without running into the calms that bedevilled the boats ahead? Will the boats ahead get the breeze and start making tracks before being overtaken? Will the wind first get stronger offshore or closer to the coast? Stay tuned to the YB Race Tracker.

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