Friday, June 29, 2007

View from the Shore - Cadillac Van Isle - Leg 10 (start)

After a day of rest in the home port, Kairos set sail with the rest of the Cadillac Van Isle fleet from Ogden Point at 2:00pm today for the final leg of the race to Nanaimo. Kairos is expected (hoping) to arrive Nanaimo sometime tomorrow. I plan to stay home tonight and drive to Nanaimo noon Saturday to meet the boat.

1 comment:

Crow said...: it appears that you may have not got much sllep at home last nigt David! Congrats to the crew and skipper of Kairos; June 30, 2007 at 8:02 PM

Returning crew

The crew on Kairos have raced together previously on Ockham’s Racer. The crew has waited patiently for two years for Ron to acquire a new boat and is now anticipating the adventure of the Cadillac Van Isle 360. Joining Ron for this year’s race are Maureen, Marion, Heather, April, Charlotte, Rose, Louise, Nigel, Dennis, Geoff, Curtis, Bert. The crew’s experience, ranging from a seven-year sailing journey around the world, to local and international racing, is varied and well suited to the variety found on the Cadillac Van Isle 360 Race.

Years doing the VI360

Ron and many of his crew have raced in all but one Cadillac Van Isle 360, and was one of the 14 boats that set sail in the original Cadillac Van Isle in 1999. This is truly one of our favourite races due to the variety of conditions and the people involved in the race.

Cadillac Van Isle 360 success

Ron has had success coming in second, first and second in division 2 during the Cadillac Van Isle 360s of years past. Lets hope the opportunity presents itself again - the moment when things are possible.

Ground support

Once again we have our fabulous ground support team, David, providing shore support for Kairos. David has also been land racing around the island since 1999.

Fun spirit . . . but no skits

One of the things that leads to success for Ron and his crew is Ron’s leadership as well as our ability to have fun, but get serious and focus as needed.