2000 Pacific Yachting

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One RoughRace
Fickle winds, foul currents and
a fierce West Coast storm—
the Cadillac Van Isle 360 threw
everything at its 23 entrants.
For the crew of Time Bandit,
the adventure had more than
its share of trying moments....
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ROM the first day my wife Barbara and
I read about the race around Vancouver
Island, we wanted to do it. A trip of
570 miles in some of the most beautiful
parts of the West Coast and on the Pacific
Ocean seemed like a fantastic challenge
and a great vacation.
The Cadillac Van Isle 360 started in Nanaimo June 3 and finished there two weeks
later. Each leg is a day or two long, with
scheduled layovers in communities around
the Island. At each stop, locals and race
organizers puton a welcome party which adds
tremendously to the whole experience. This
year, the second running attracted 23 boats.
Our boat, Time Bandit, is a 40' J/120 built
in ‘96. We bought it used in 1998 to cruise,
but we’ve ended up racing frequently. Our
usual crew of racing friends could not spare
the two weeks the Van Isle 360 would
require so, with the help of Janine Bell, one
of the race organizers, and the race Website,
we found people who were interested in
doing the race. By May we had our crew—
Wally Lum, a Time Bandit regular, and seven
others with a range of sailing experience.
Wade Blake and Joel Reeves took on
mainsail trim, Paul Mulder and Tom Bendle
trimmed the genoa, Vi Powell looked after
halyards, Wally would be tactician, Ron
PACIFIC YACHTING • October 2000 • 1
TOM BENDLE PHOTO
By Bob Brunius
Left: Skipper Bob Brunius steers
Time Bandit in a duel with
General Hospital.
ON FRIDAY NIGHT Team Time Bandit
joined the pre-race party on the pier. While
we partied, the wind blew briskly, flags
flogged, and halyards tapped nervously as if
to portend what was coming the next day.
But by Saturday morning, the breeze had
vanished. The weather was clear and sunny,
and the light breeze coming out of Newcastle
2 • October 2000 • PACIFIC YACHTING
Island Passage nearly died as it reached the
starting line in Nanaimo Harbour.
After battling all day in light winds, our
crew worked into the lead among the
monohulls. But it was becoming clear that
none of the boats would make the finish
before the cut-off time. When the race
committee called by radio to say the race to
French Creek was called off, we were disappointed but felt good about our first day.
At French Creek the entertainers in our
crew took to singing at the local pub. Tom,
it turned out, not only knows how to sail
but is also an extraordinary singer. He sang
a few songs on stage with the hired act.
We were feeling confident about our
teamwork and Time Bandit’s speed—we
thought we should be able to compete
with this fleet. The next couple of days’
racing took us through Comox and Campbell River. Our crew was still learning the
boat and there was enough wind to finish
both legs. We weren’t winning races but
the competition was excellent. It became
obvious that Mad Max, sailed by a crew
from Comox, was the boat to stay close to.
They always seemed to go the right way.
THE LEG to Hardwicke Island was a
tough one. We misjudged the currents and
PAT MAHONEY PHOTO
Pook jumped halyards, and Barb ran the
foredeck. Brian Wood, an experienced racer
and helmsman, joined us in Port Hardy for
the overnight legs. Each had a different
reason for joining the team, but we all
shared a strong sense of adventure.
TOM BENDLE PHOTO
Right and below: In the storm off
Brooks Peninsula, Time Bandit’s crew
braces for the next big wave, while
a Labrador helicopter from Transport
and Rescue Squadron 442, hovers
near the dismasted Tsunami.
Hospital and Ballenas most of the day. Late in
the day, Diehler and Persuasion were ahead
but not so far that we couldn’t correct on
them. We were fired up and the tacks were
crisp. “GO BANDIT GO!” Tom would
holler. It was looking like a Time Bandit day.
But ahead the wind was going light. We
ended up becalmed for 20 minutes while we
dejectedly watched the fleet catch up and go
around us. At some point our sense of humour kicked in. We decided to change Time
Bandit’s name to “Wind Hole Magnet.”
In the morning we set sail for Port Hardy,
35 miles to the north. We had a great beat up
along Queen Charlotte Strait and as we
passed inside the Masterman Islands, we were
able to hoist our spinnaker. The breeze was
up, the boats were fast, and the crisp rushing
sound of Time Bandit’s wake was exhilarating.
The entertainment in Port Hardy
included Highland dancers, folksingers, a
bagpipe band, and native dancers dressed in
traditional garb. As the drums and chanting
continued, we watched drunken sailors
dressed in traditional garb! Somehow the
crew of Persuasion wandered into the native
dancers’ dressing room, got into
animal skins and had a quick lesson in ceremonial dance steps.
THE FOLLOWING MORNING we prepared for the first long leg. The route from Port
Hardy to Winter Harbour covers 70 miles and
crosses notorious Nahwitti Bar at the top of
Vancouver Island. The bar is a vast area of
relatively shallow water where, if strong tidal
currents flow in opposition to the wind, short,
steep waves develop. Although the bar is by
far the shortest route, we made plans to bypass
it in the event it was too rough.
As the fleet left Hardy Bay, the wind filled in
strongly from the southeast. Under spinnaker,
we ran down toward the bar 22 miles away.
The winds were hitting the high teens and
Time Bandit was speeding along at over 10kts.
There was no problem at the bar this day,
and we turned the corner for Cape Scott.
We were miles from the nearest harbour and
it felt like a different world. Soon we would
turn the corner again and find ourselves on
the “outside.” The water and wind were
rough at Cape Scott, pushing us through a
rapid series of sail changes. But as we headed
south, the winds grew light and the boats
PACIFIC YACHTING • October 2000 • 3
ANDREW DIXON PHOTO
didn’t sail well in the light and fluky winds.
Following the fleet from last place diminished our appreciation for this leg’s
incredible beauty. And I got crabby. At one
point Tom left his post at the genoa and
stood next to me at the helm. I’d been
giving too many directions and he suggested that if I didn’t like how he was doing
things I should put someone else at his job.
It rained much of the time. Somehow, I
knew this was all Barb’s fault but I just
couldn’t put my finger on the reason why....
That night we tied up next to the salmon
cages at the Liard Salmon Farm on Hardwicke Island. For an hour we sat below and
talked through our frustrations. We were
pushing ourselvestoohard for our experience
level, both with the boat and with each
other. I heard that I needed to be sure people
were ready before starting maneuvers, then
proceed more slowly to be sure we were
working together. We enjoyed an excellent
salmon dinner on the farm’s barge, then
turned in, lulled to sleep by the splashing of
jumping fish in the pens.
Hardwicke Island-Telegraph Cove was a
great day of racing. We battled with General
TOM BENDLE PHOTO
Left: Against the Olympic Mountains, the fleet set spinnakers
for the final leg from Victoria to Nanaimo.
Above: Paul Mulder, Wally Lum, Ron Pook, Bob Brunius and
Brian Wood enjoy the ride as Time Bandit surfs toward Victoria.
Below left: Crossfire posted strong finishes to end up third in Div-1.
MARK KAARREMAA PHOTO
from the southwest; the forecast called for the
wind to increase to 25 or 30kts. The coast
guard had arranged for regular check-ins by
all boats, starting in the afternoon and continuing until every boat made it to Ucluelet.
farthest offshore were making better progress. We got into Winter Harbour at dusk,
only seconds behind General Hospital and
Mad Max after 70 miles of racing.
The longest leg of the Van Isle 360 is from
Winter Harbour to Ucluelet—about 140
miles along some of the most rugged coast on
the planet, past the dreaded Cape Cook on
the Brooks Peninsula. This strange place creates disturbed waters, even without strong
wind. Most days in June are not bad, and
more often sailors are left wanting more wind.
The leg got under way with 15kt winds
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THE WIND backed to the south and
continued to build, prompting us to reduce
the size of our headsail. Changing the sail
was an adventure in itself, as we nearly lost
our heavy-air jib overboard. Once the
heavy jib was up, we were well in control
and moving nicely through the lumpy seas.
Ahead someone spotted whales, big
whales, humpbacks! They were jumping and
breaching in the heavy seas. As we passed
them, only 100' from our port beam, they
were lying on their sides with their huge flippers in the air as if waving to us. One of the
crew thought maybe they were “getting it
on.” (A couple of our crew—of mixed gender
and recent introduction—must have taken
thewhale sighting as a good sign,because for
the rest of the trip they were frequently found
huddled together in the quarterberth, rolling
around with their flippers in the air.)
After three hours of driving in the rough
stuff, I turned the helm over to Brian. Soon
the winds exceeded 35kts. The reefed main
could no longer be sheeted hard so we took
it down and tied it to the boom. The boat
was maintaining over 8kts close-hauled with
just the jib up. The crew was working well as
a team and I had confidence in them.
The wind continued to build and soon
the bow was routinely burying into breaking
seas as we blasted into the screaming wind.
This was far above what the morning forecast had called for! Someone coming up
from below said the navigation computer
was out. I headed down for a look.
Below, I saw why the computer wasn’t
working. Water was falling in a stream from
a small hole adjacent to the companionway
directly onto the keyboard. There was
nothing I could do so I decided to go forward
and use the head. Standing before the head
while bouncing off the walls, I felt like dice
in a shaking cup. Somehow I got done what
I needed to do but I wasn’t able to get my
pants and foul-weather gear back above my
knees. I lay down on the floor just outside
the head and pressed my feet against the
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Continued from page 27
PUT A LITTLE “Spirit”
IN YOUR LIFE!
Skippers Roger Lawton of Hard Drive (left) and
Ron Jewula of Ockham’s Racer savour first and
second-place finishes in Telegraph Cove.
wall while bracing the back of my neck
against the windward wall, and started to
pull on my drawers.
THE BOAT must have fallen off a huge
wave, and I found myself levitated. The boat
quickly discovered water again, smashing
into the sea as it rotated under me. My head
hit the leeward sidewall and my body
crashed to the floor in a limp pile. A few
moments passed when I wasn’t quite aware
of what was going on. As my eyes began to
focus again, I knew I should get out of the
front of the boat. I crawled on my stomach
toward the main saloon.
As I lay there the radio crackled and a voice
called: “any boat in the Van Isle fleet, please
come in.” I resumed pulling on my pants and
moved to the nav station. “This is Ballenas
and we have been contacted by the coast
guard. They are requesting that radio checkins on Ch-26 start immediately.”
I turned on our secondary GPS receiver to
get our coordinates. As a result of miscellaneous leaks, water now covered the floorboards and port sidewall, and the bilge pump
wasn’t able to help because of our angle of
heel. I bailed water into the sink and made
some progress. The wind had now built to
50kts and the seas were up to 20' high, but
the boat was still maintaining 8kts with just
the jib. Looking out the Lexan companionway door into the cockpit was like
looking into a sloshing half-full fish tank.
OUR SPEED was now too much for the
size of the waves and Time Bandit was
launching off the tops of the largest waves.
The crew was tethered and hanging on for
dear life, but the largest waves were pushing
them around. Brian lost his grip on the helm
and was swept across the boat and up against
the aft lifeline.
Below, the second GPS started indicating
a position. Then the radio came to life again.
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It was Crossfire announcing Tsunami’s dismasting (see sidebar). I relayed the message
to the coast guard; they were aware of
Tsunami’s situation, and asked for our position. “The race committee is recommending
that you return to Winter Harbour. What
are you going to do?” they asked.
I was suddenly too sick to talk and went to
the sink briefly. Returning to the radio, I
told them we would let them know soon
what we were going to do. When told that
coast guard was suggesting we go back to
WinterHarbour, the crew near the cockpit
all agreed without hesitation. After Brian
turned the boat back north, Paul, our seasoned bluewater sailor, took the helm and
brought us safely back to Winter Harbour.
That night, we relived the adventure many
Storm Off Brooks
As we left Winter Harbour, a warm front from
a big offshore low-pressure system was
approaching Vancouver Island. We prepared
accordingly, although none of us expected
the gale warning to be upgraded to storm
warning by noon Sunday.
At the start, the winds were already blowing above 25kts southeast and building.
Three to four hours later, most of the fleet
were just outside Brooks Peninsula, battling
50kt winds and 15-20' breaking seas. On
Crossfire we double-reefed the main and set
a heavy-air blade jib.
At the helm, it was a battle to keep the boat
under control and on course. If the boat
rounded up and crash-tacked, it would put
the entire crew on the windward rail in the
water. Horrendous gusts nearly knocked the
boat down, skipping us sideways like a ragdoll with more than 45° heel.
The wind blew at a sustained 50kts and
screamed through the rigging so loud that
you could only communicate with the person
next to you by screaming as loud as you
could. Waves broke clear over the boat, lifting
the crew up from the rail.
Despite these extreme conditions,
Crossfire and crew kept going offshore to
get away from the confused seas near
Brooks. Aboard Mad Max, just to windward
of us, the crew winched a man to the masthead to trip a jammed jib halyard. Their
mainsail started to tear away from top of the
mast, creating a potentially dangerous situation as the main became a masthead spinnaker. As they tripped the main halyard, the
rest of the sail ripped away from the mast
and into the water. Now trawling a huge
mainsail, skipper Sid Halls luffed the jib to
slow down while all nine crew tried to pull
the sail back aboard. Back under control,
they carried on with only their #2 headsail
and no main. In the end, Mad Max was the
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only boat that carried on to Ucluelet to finish
this leg. However, as more than half the
boats retired, the leg was not counted.
The Frers 40 Tsunami, sailing just below
Crossfire, suddenly had their entire mast
crash down when an inner shroud broke.
Nobody was hurt and nobody fell overboard.
We immediately lowered our mainsail and,
despite severe conditions, managed to stay
with the crippled Tsunami as her crew
desperately worked to cut off their solid rod
rigging, the remains of the mast and the sails.
The coast guard appointed Crossfire as
escort vessel to ensure Tsunami’s safe return
to Winter Harbour. Four hours later both
vessels were safely tied up at the dock.
Some boats continued longer than others,
only to reach the same conclusion that conditions were putting crew’s lives in serious
danger. The 27' trimaran 3D ran with the
storm and spent the night behind Triangle
Island; they later made their way back to Port
Hardy where they retired from the race.
Hakuna Matata, a Peterson 35 skippered by
Sandy Huntingford (last year’s Van Isle 360
winner), packed it in about 40 miles from
Winter Harbour. The boat came off a huge
breaking wave and fell 16-18' into the next
trough, breaking a number of lifeline stanchions as the crew on the rail tried to hold on.
After spending a wet and cold but safe
night in Winter Harbour, a lot of humble
sailors set out to transport the boats to
Ucluelet. We had all experienced some of the
worst fury Mother Nature can dish out, and
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times. For some of the fleet, however, the adventure was not over. Mad Max continued
sailing in the dark! Tsunami and Ballenas were
headed back to Port Hardy under power. Eventually every boat was accounted for and no
one was hurt, a very respectable outcome considering the unexpected force of the storm.
Our race to Ucluelet became a 140-mile
delivery sail. The storm had passed, although
it left the seas a little lumpy. In Ucluelet we
had a great layover. Many of us drove to
sunny Tofino to walk the ocean beaches we
had heard so much about. The crew got
needed rest, boat repairs were done, and we
focused on our 100-mile leg to Victoria.
SOUTHWESTERLIES! The afternoon
gave us what we’d been hoping for. Time
Bandit likes to reach and, with the wind
blowing as much as 25kts, we were moving at
a steady 11-13kts with our heavy-air spinnaker. Victoria was just around the corner....
True to form, the wind in the Strait of
Juan De Fuca died that night. The full moon
shone off the glass-calm waters. Lights in
the distance twinkled. You could be miles
from shore and think you were 100yds away.
It’s a wonderful, almost magical experience,
familiar to Swiftsure Race competitors.
When the sun set, we were pretty far
ahead but dawn revealed the fleet all around
us. We were about 20 miles from Race Rocks
and, as soon as the wind filled in from the
Mad
east, we had a great tacking duel with
Max and General Hospital. Everyone worked
hard and we were doing well. By the time
we were past Race Rocks we had a nice lead
on Max and Hospital.
But just about 100yds from the finish line
we fell into another “wind hole.” Mad Max
went right and slipped around us, finishing
while we watched. General Hospital took a route
left of us and also finished. Once more “Wind
Hole Magnet” snatched defeat from the mouth
of victory! But Wally put a chipper spin on it.
“That was some good racing,” he grinned.
We finished in Victoria about 1100hrs
Friday. Because we lost a day in the storm,
the race committee had to start the final leg
to Nanaimo the same day at 1700. Our
morale was zapped after losing a second close
finish in a row. We needed time to recharge
but we didn’t get it.
We used the few hours we had in Victoria
to clean up, have lunch and get the boat
ready. But the crew’s nerves were frazzled
and all manner of bitching and gruffness
PACIFIC YACHTING • October 2000 • 35
SEVEN OF US pitched in and got ready
for the start. There, the General Hospital
crew was dressed up in stuffed bras, wigs,
lipstick and miniskirts. There is nothing so
uplifting as seeing your competition in drag
with the sunlit, white-capped Olympic
Mountains as backdrop.
The remaining 19 boats set spinnakers
and started a slow march through Mayor
Channel and out Baynes Channel into Haro
Strait. It was beautiful to watch—and since
we jumped out to an early “behind,” we
didn’t have to turn our heads to view it.
That night the wind died completely and
the fleet anchored to keep from going backward. By 1500hrs the next day the wind was
still light, and we had only made it to Active
Pass. Frustrated and short on food and fight,
we gave up on that last leg. The engine
started and we began to power our way to
Nanaimo. But my four-year-old Yanmar, apparently not wanting to be different, also
gave up, and we set sail for Ganges.
Ah, Ganges.... It was Saturday night, we
showered, had dinner and talked about the
rest of the boats which were still fighting light
winds and adverse currents, trying to beat
the cut-off time at 0800 Sunday. The next
morning we took the ferry from Saltspring
Island to Vancouver Island, where our landyacht chase vehicle motored us to Nanaimo
for the post-race banquet. What a great
shindig it was! Even if Time Bandit hadn’t
made it all the way back to Nanaimo, at least
we did! We learned a lot, made new friendships that we hope will grow—and we’re
looking forward to doing it again next year.
Time Bandit finished sixth in Div-1. Bob
Bruniusskippersherout of OrcasIsland,Washington. This is his first contribution to PY.
Cadillac Van Isle 360
—DIVISION WINNERS—
Div-1, Myrrh, Eric Jespersen, Sidney
Div-2, Ockham’s Racer, Ron Jewula, Victoria
Div-3, Redshift, Wayne Gorrie, Nanaimo
Fastest Elapsed Time: 98hrs, 25mins, 27secs
Diehler, Bob Diehl, Bellingham
2001 Cadillac Van Isle 360,
June 9-23 (tentative)
Information: www.vanisle360.nisa.com
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on Granville Island
(604) 645-1001
• All stainless steel construction
• Size 15” to 20” diameter with shaft
size to 1.25”
• Externally adjusted
pitch, forward and
reverse
• Rated to 75 hp
• Replaceable bearings,
single point greasing
• Saildrive version available with rubber hub
• Competitive pricing
Winter Projects?
Winter Discounts!!
For more information contact:
West By North Enterprises
4751 Fernglen Place, Burnaby, B.C. V5G 3W2
Tel: (604) 506-2032 • Fax: (604) 430-0309
E-mail: [email protected]
www.westbynorth.com
Email: [email protected]
www.creeksideyachtservices.com
Custom Marine Water
& Waste Tanks
• Custom Welded Marine Tanks
• Fabrication and Welding
• Corrosion Resistant Materials
• Polypropylene Fittings
• On Site Bulk Storage Systems
• Plastic Sheet Supply
• Custom sizes to meet your needs, without the custom price!!!
1-800-665-4499 visit us at www.emira.com/bcsilo
Fax: 604-852-8022 A division of BC Silo and Tank Ltd.
On Our WEB SITE
www.pocomarine.com
see our specials on Pumps
& Floatation Gear
Engine Parts
Endura Paint Products
Interlux Marine Paint
Mustang Life Jackets
Industrial Formulators
Products
• Boat Oars and Paddles
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• Stearns Safety and
Outdoor Equipment
• Trailer Parts
• Rope and Gear
• Marine Hardware
• Michigan Propeller
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Charts & Tide Books
Marine Hardware
Unit 109, 2071 Kingsway Ave., Port Coquitlam, BC, V3C 1T2
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Custom Metal Fabrication
TEL: (604) 464-8773
We can get anything you want at competitive prices. Same day delivery.