"Kairos" crossed the finish line for Leg 10 in Nanaimo Harbour around 5:00am this morning. I drove up from Victoria and when I arrived at 7:15am, the crew was well into the Scotch. I decided to join them - Scotch for breakfast.
We spent the morning snoozing on the boat. Most of the crew headed home to Victoria for the night. We'll be back in Nanaimo tomorrow for the 11:00am awards presentation for Leg 10 and for the overall winners and wrap-up.
Saturday, June 30, 2007
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.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
View from the Shore - Cadillac Van Isle 360 - Leg 9
Kairos finished at about 1:50pm and had a slow drag race with Kenetic III to the finish line.
The winds never arrived and one by one the boats in the fleet began dropping out as the chances of finishing before the 6:00pm deadline became less and less. Under the race rules, 50 per cent of the starting boats have to finish by the deadline for the race to count. By around 3:00pm more than 50 per cent of the boats had retired and were under power and the Cadillac Race Committee cancelled the leg (around 7 or 8 boats had finished by this time, including Kairos). The leg will not be scored, which is too bad for those boats that did finish and were we'll placed, Kairos included.
Victoria is home port for Kairos and the crew are all at home resting and most likely sleeping. The final leg in the race starts tomorrow at 3:00pm off Ogden Point, and boats will race overnight to Nanaimo (hopefully, it is only one overnight) completing the 580 nautical mile race. The winds typically die overnight on this leg, so it tends to be one of the longest and due to the islands, tides and currents, a lot of strategy is involved. There are several routes than can be taken - Dodd Narrows, False Narrows, Porlier Pass, Active Pass or Boundary Pass - to get out of the islands and into the Strait of Georgia.
More tomorrow after the start...
The winds never arrived and one by one the boats in the fleet began dropping out as the chances of finishing before the 6:00pm deadline became less and less. Under the race rules, 50 per cent of the starting boats have to finish by the deadline for the race to count. By around 3:00pm more than 50 per cent of the boats had retired and were under power and the Cadillac Race Committee cancelled the leg (around 7 or 8 boats had finished by this time, including Kairos). The leg will not be scored, which is too bad for those boats that did finish and were we'll placed, Kairos included.
Victoria is home port for Kairos and the crew are all at home resting and most likely sleeping. The final leg in the race starts tomorrow at 3:00pm off Ogden Point, and boats will race overnight to Nanaimo (hopefully, it is only one overnight) completing the 580 nautical mile race. The winds typically die overnight on this leg, so it tends to be one of the longest and due to the islands, tides and currents, a lot of strategy is involved. There are several routes than can be taken - Dodd Narrows, False Narrows, Porlier Pass, Active Pass or Boundary Pass - to get out of the islands and into the Strait of Georgia.
More tomorrow after the start...
View from the Shore - Cadillac Van Isle 360 - Leg 9
The crew of Kairos just before departure from Ucluelet on Leg 9.The second picture is the Kairos support vehicles, seen here watching the boats depart from Telegraph Cove.
The wind died overnight and this morning, boats not through Race Rocks are facing an ebb tide and very little or no wind.
Kairos is beyond Race Rocks waiting for wind or a change in the tide.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
View from the Shore - Cadillac Van Isle - Leg 9 (start)
Kairos set sail this morning with the remaining 40 boats still in the race from Ucluelet in light wind. In leg 8, Kairos came in 3rd in Division 2, behind Kenetic III and Mad Max. Kairos is still in second place overall, about 11 points behind Mad Max.
We're expecting the boats to arrive overnight and early tomorrow morning in the Inner Harbour.
I'll post some pictures later today.
We're expecting the boats to arrive overnight and early tomorrow morning in the Inner Harbour.
I'll post some pictures later today.
Monday, June 25, 2007
View from the Shore - Cadillac Van Isle 360 - Leg 8 (continued)
Kairos crossed the finish line at 3:44pm today. The crew is relaxing in the Tauca Lea Resort in Ucluelet. The fleet sets sail at 10:00am on Wednesday for Victoria.
View from the Shore - Cadillac Van Isle - Leg 8 (continued)
The mandatory midnight check-in by the boats with Tofino Coast Guard Radio showed that most of the fleet was well off-shore north of Estavan Point and "Icon" was in the lead.
The Monday 6:00am check-in has most of the fleet off-shore of Estavan Point. Winds are reported (as of 4:00am) 5-15 knots north-westerly and will shift later today to easterly but stronger (meaning an upwind finish).
We're expecting "Icon" in the next several hours with most of the fleet finishing later this afternoon and into the evening (if the winds hold). "Kairos" had better be in before 7:00pm as we have dinner reservations for 12. If they don't make it by then, Maureen and I will get to find 10 new "friends" for dinner.
I'd like to thank the Tofino Coast Guard for doing the radio check-ins and keeping watch over the fleet as they make their way down to Ucluelet.
'Til later....
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