Van Isle 360 Race Tracker

Here is the tracker for the race (viewable on desktops) – https://www.vanisle360.com/ If you have a mobile device, you will need to download the YB Tracker and load the Van Isle 360 race.

The last Van Isle 360? Of course, we’re here!

We just arrived yesterday in Nanaimo for the start of the 2023 Van Isle 360 – the race organizers say it will be the last running, and while we certainly hope that isn’t true…we weren’t going to miss the race if it is. We’ll be racing for the next two weeks around Vancouver Island. We

Pacific Cup 2022 – It’s a Wrap!

We’ve been in Hawaii for 2 days now.  Time to eat, shower, sleep, and meet/welcome many friends to Kaneohe Bay that arrived soon before or after we did.  That has definitely been a highlight this year.  In previous years we’ve been a later arrival and having prepared for Pacific Cup while living in Texas, we didn’t know very

Pac Cup – we’re all good!

Everyone – just a quick note that we’ll send an update tomorrow on the final details of our race. It was a great one for us, and we left it all on the course. In the end, we got nipped at the line, so to speak, but that is sailboat racing! We are having a

EOD 12 – Adrenaline

We are a bit tired. The forecast tonight looks for building breeze to 25 knots, so we decided to take down the A3 that essentially had us holding the reins for dear life these past 3 days. We have the Code Zero up, and It.Is.Awesome. We may not lose a finger after all! In all

EOD 11 – Countdown

We are counting down the miles like no one’s business, but we’re having to work pretty hard for them. Breeze is 18-20 knots in boisterous seas, but we’re learning new modes on the boat. Of course, the big surfs are our favorite. It’s getting so commonplace to do these monsterous surfs that roar for the

EOD 10 – Lots of surfing

Hi everyone – We’re feeling like we can almost smell the finish – as I write this, we are about to turn over 600 miles to go. The miles are going much quicker now, thanks to the much steadier trade winds that we’re in now (15-20 knots) and a course that we’re sailing as close

EOD 9 – Changes, Squalls and More Wind

Some change is in the air. Last night we followed along the left side of a squall for a good hour in mid-teens wind (5 knots more than the base), headed right towards Hawaii. A friendly squall? This afternoon we are snaking between squalls trying to take advantage of the additional wind without getting too

EOD 8 – About to turnover 1,000 miles to go!

We’re somewhere out in the Pacific, approximately 1,000 miles from the closest land. That milestone has always been a little unsettling to me. In 2016, where the race was brutally exhausting, it was such a relief to see our GPS start the countdown at 1,000 miles, then 999 miles, where we felt like we were

EOD 7 – Keepin’ on Truckin’

Today was pretty straightforward. We sailed west as fast as we could in slowly lowering wind speeds. Last night saw some great breeze and great boat speeds. We did 228nm between 3pm-3pm, which is fantastic for us and faster than all the Monday/Tuesday starters + all but one of the Thursday starters. We also had

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