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She took 17 days, 6 hours and 50 minutes. The race, heralded as a FUN RACE has encouraged both the ardent racer and the cruiser-racer. It has been held every even year since 1968 with 2014 being the 25th Vic-Maui race. The number of entrants has ranged from 4 to 37 boats. Records have been broken many times since the first official race in 1968.
The Vic-Maui, the longest offshore sailing race off the west coast of North America, starts off Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and finishes near Lahaina, Maui, United States, a distance of approximately 2,308 nautical miles (4,274 km). In the Vic-Maui 1994 the then brand new C&C 37R "Luna" competed, finishing 3rd in Div B, 15th of 24 boats ...
The Swiftsure International Yacht Race is the premier long distance sailing race in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia area. Starting and ending in Victoria, BC , Canada, the Swiftsure is international because the midpoint markers for the four long courses are in U.S. waters.
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Merlin approaching Diamond Head. The Merlin is a 68 foot long by 12 foot wide monohull racing yacht designed by Bill Lee.Weighing 25,000 pounds, it is considered one of the most famous racing yachts in the United States, and has won numerous offshore yacht races including the Transpac (Transpacific Yacht Race) in 1977, establishing a course record that stood for 20 years.