Vic Maui 2010

It's about the journey

The sea conditions 500 miles offshore were tossing Delicate Balance in every direction and Pierre and his Vic-Maui crew were focussed on managing the helm and trying to keep water from swamping the cabin as they traded places at the tiller, struggling to deal with confused seas and 30 foot waves caused by gale force winds that were gusting up to 48 knots…
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Bali Hai Bound

Preparing to go off the beaten track

After I talked to Bill Carmichael about his plans to sail from Vancouver down the coast to Central America and then across the South Pacific, I Googled “Vanuatu flights from Vancouver”. I wanted to see how easy it was to get there, so that I could confirm my long-held belief that you have to be a bit insane to navigate all that blue water...
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