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  1. Welcome

    Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race Information Meeting - Friday October 11 at the Seattle Yacht Club from 1830 to 2030 hours. ... We expect her to be road ready to lead the Roadies around the island in 2025. And yes, the picture of us remains unchanged. Photo was taken at Robson Bight, just east of Telegraph Cove, during Leg 4 of the race ...

  2. VanIsle 360

    This epic 14-day race, known as the west coast's wildest challenge, will take us over 600 nautical miles to sail around the Vancouver Island. Adventure abounds as we sail away from city life and into the real west coast wilderness. Conditions are challenging the whole way around as we'll face some of the strongest tidal currents in the world ...

  3. Van Isle 360 sailors ready to race around Vancouver Island, starting in

    A Royal Canadian Navy team will compete in a biennial boat race that circles Vancouver Island, beginning and ending in Nanaimo. The Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race begins Saturday, June 3, in Nanaimo, with stops in Comox, Campbell River, Telegraph Cove, Port Hardy, Winter Harbour, Ucluelet and Victoria.

  4. Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race returns to Nanaimo waters

    NANAIMO — Boats big and small are readying to circumnavigate Vancouver Island. The Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race sees dozens of vessels sail around Vancouver Island, and begins in Nanaimo on Saturday, June 3 with boats arriving as early as Wednesday, May 31 at the W.E. Mills Landing and Marina, off Cameron Island.

  5. Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race

    June 3, 2023 @ 10:30 am - June 17, 2023 @ 2:00 pm. The Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race is a 588 nautical mile circumnavigation of Vancouver Island with a series of point to point legs. 40 boats and 350 people will be participating in this event. + Google Calendar + Add to iCalendar.

  6. Van Isle 360 has sailors circumnavigating Vancouver Island

    Thirty-eight vessels have set out to circumnavigate Vancouver Island as part of the Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race. The boats, including a handful of sailboats that recently completed ...

  7. Preliminary Race Schedule is now available for planning purposes

    2025 Van Isle 360 Race Schedule

  8. Host Communities

    Royal Victoria Yacht Club with over 120 years of rich history, is the oldest yacht club in Western Canada. Situated on the protected waters of Cadboro Bay, RVYC will welcome the Van Isle 360 fleet. We are extremely honoured and pleased to call RVYC the host of the final leg of the race. Throughout the years, RVYC has conducted many ...

  9. Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race

    Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race | Chemainus BC. Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race, Chemainus, British Columbia. 2,499 likes · 3 talking about this · 45 were here. May 31 to June 14 2025.

  10. Van Isle 360 Yacht Race makes waves

    In the Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race's ninth edition, close to 400 racers are currently sailing around the island, covering 729 kilometres, in 10 legs, spread over 14 days. More than 40 ...

  11. Van Isle 360: Two Decades of Racing

    an Isle 360 began in 1999 with a race around Vancouver Island, partly for the competition, but mostly to see if it could be done. No one knew if a scheduled multi-stage event was even possible with the shifting winds and currents through the Inside Passage and the potentially dangerous offshore conditions down the outside.

  12. Boats sailing in Vancouver Island waters as Van Isle 360 race begins

    Close to 40 boats embarked Saturday, seeking top spot in the Van Isle 360 international yacht race. The biennial race will see competitors on a 14-day journey sailing in the waters off Vancouver Island, on a route that will take them to Comox, Campbell River, Hardwicke Island, Telegraph Cove, Port Hardy, Winter Harbour, Ucluelet, Victoria and back to Nanaimo.

  13. Vancouver Island Yacht Race and History Featured in Debut Novel

    The novel, "Wind on the Sounds" by Canadian author, Barbara Wyatt, is set on the Van Isle 360, the two-week yacht race around Vancouver Island. The racing sailboats set off on June 3, 2023, from ...

  14. Vic-Maui Yacht Race

    Vic-Maui Boats Compete In Patos Island Race. by Event Committee, April 8th, 2022. Four Vic-Maui boats participated on April 2nd and 3rd in the first local long distance race of 2022, Patos Island Race hosted by the Sidney North Saanich Yacht Club. Read. Preliminary Start Dates Announced.

  15. Vic-Maui

    Vic-Maui International Yacht Race. The Vic-Maui International Yacht Race, co-hosted by the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club and the Lahaina Yacht Club, is the pinnacle of Pacific Northwest ocean racing. Vic-Maui was founded in 1965; since 1968 it has been run every second year. Vic-Maui starts in Victoria, BC, transits the Strait of Juan de Fuca ...

  16. Adventure Sailing

    Cost: $1,495.00 On Ride the Wind & $1,950.00 on Coastal Cottage Leopard 40. Adventures including our annual SwiftSure race, experiencing "Around Vancouver Island" from transiting rapids, open ocean and timing around Brooks peninsula.

  17. Vancouver Island Yacht Race and History Featured in Debut Novel

    The novel, "Wind on the Sounds" by Canadian author, Barbara Wyatt, is set on the Van Isle 360, the two-week yacht race around Vancouver Island.The racing sailboats set off on June 3, 2023, from Nanaimo, BC. "Wind on the Sounds: A Novel Set in the Yacht Race around Vancouver Island Canada" (FriesenPress 2023) is a contemporary fiction novel about a history professor who barely knew port ...

  18. Challenged Sailors' Charity Bay Race off Harbor Island set for Oct. 13

    The Oct. 13 charity event will raise funds to replace the organization's current fleet of sailboats, which range from 28-32 years old. Point Loma Yacht Club will be donating 100% of race entry fees to the Challenged Sailors. Following the regatta taking place out of Harbor Island, there will be a post-race party at Southwestern Yacht Club at ...

  19. PDF Application for Entry, 2023 Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race June

    sle 360 International Yacht Race June 3rd to June 17th, 2023Place holde. for final posterWelcome, and thank you for considering an application for the 2023 race. The Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race is the most challenging and grueling sailboat race in the Pacific North West taking place in s. me of the most remote, inaccessible and ...

  20. Chills As 'Massive' Cougar Spotted Prowling Outside Home in Broad

    A stock image of a cougar seen on Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. A video showing a cougar prowling around outside a home in Vancouver Island has gone viral on TikTok.

  21. Luhansk Oblast

    Luhansk Oblast (Ukrainian: Луганська область, romanized: Luhanska oblast; Russian: Луганская область, romanized: Luganskaya oblast), also referred to as Luhanshchyna (Луганщина), is the easternmost oblast (province) of Ukraine.Its administrative center is the city of Luhansk.The oblast was established in 1938 and bore the name Voroshilovgrad Oblast ...

  22. Luhansk Oblast campaign

    Since 19 September 2022, a military campaign has taken place along a 60-km frontline in western parts of Luhansk Oblast and far-eastern parts of Kharkiv Oblast amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [11] Also known as the Svatove-Kreminna line or the Kupiansk-Svatove-Kreminna-Bilohorivka line after the major settlements along the front, the campaign began a day after the Ukrainian Army ...

  23. Donetsk and Luhansk: What you should know about the 'republics'

    Kyiv, Ukraine - Moscow-backed separatists have controlled the southeastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, known collectively as Donbas, for almost eight years.. But Russian President ...

  24. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 30, 2024

    Jun 30, 2024 - ISW Press. Download the PDF. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 30, 2024. Riley Bailey, Christina Harward, Nicole Wolkov, Angelica Evans, and Frederick W. Kagan. June 30, 2024, 6:50pm ET. Click here to see ISW's interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps ...