White Cloud finishes 3rd Overall for class 1 in VanIsle 360 2017! What a great finish for 2 weeks of racing. Congrats to Joyride (1st) and Hamachi (2nd) in our class, and the rest of the fleet for a great 2 weeks of challenging racing!
Picture was taken by Hamachi at the top of Vancouver Island, near Cape Scott! #vanisle360 #vanisle3602017 #sailracing #racing #sailing #sailorgirl #sunset #vancouverisland
VanIsle 360 Day 13 & 14 – Victoria to Nanaimo: Wow! I made it all the way around Vancouver Island! 2 weeks of sailing, exploring, learning, and spending time with amazing crew on this crazy adventure we call International Yacht Racing!
The last leg was definitely beautiful sailing with mostly wind all the way up till the finish and then it simply died. Not our best finish, but we made it all the way around and I’m excited to say I’ve done the 360!!! Thank you Steve and White Cloud crew for another great time racing! Extra thanks to road crew Ken! #vanisle3602017 #vanisle360 #sailing #sailracing
VanIsle 360 Day 12 – Ucluelet to Victoria: Finally some dream like weather, bringing us mostly on a steady 10 to 20 knots spinnaker run down to Victoria. 92nm, hoisted every spinnaker on board at least once, SUNSHINE, and a finish at night. I am very ready for this rest day, but only one leg left in this 2 week race! We are almost around Vancouver Island! #vanisle360 #vanisle3602017 #sunset #sailing
VanIsle 360 Day 9 & 10 – Winter Harbour to Ucluelet: That was a brutal leg. Winds starting in the 30 knots, waves up to 12 feet tall… crazy cold and bumpy, 138nm race took us over 33 hours to complete. Winds and surf lightened up towards the finish. Thank the universe I can fall asleep anywhere, or I’m not sure how I’d make it through that leg of the race!
Huge shout out to our road crew, Ken, hauling our gear around Vancouver Island!
#vanisle360 #vanisle3602017 #sailingVanIsle 360 Day 7 & 8 – Port Hardy to Winter Harbour: Just about every type of wind condition you can get, ruled this 80 nm race. Started off slow, some nice winds before hitting nahwitti bar and a nice run till winds died again at the finish. Took the bullet (first in class over the line) and had amazing sunset, despite the challenging conditions! #vanisle360 #sailing
VanIsle 360 Day 6 – Telegraph Cove to Port Hardy: Winds up to 40 knots, 10 foot rolling waves, hail and rain, multiple blown spinnakers, round ups, a blown main, a lost rudder, broken spreaders, bent spinnaker poles… and a quick trip to Port Hardy for most!
White Cloud had a detour before retiring to Port Hardy. Two hours into the race, S/V 65 Red Roses hailed they had lost their rudder. We were about 10 boat lengths away and stood by while the Canadian Coast Guard came to assist them within an hour.
It was sketchy out there to say the least, but everyone made it back to port safe! Resting in Port Hardy till tomorrow’s race to Winter Harbour! #vanisle360 #sailing #coastguard
