The dates for the Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race will be Saturday June 6th to Sunday June 21st 2015, starting and ending in Nanaimo BC.

A schedule will be available by the end of February, 2014.

Looking forward to the 10th dash around the rock.

The Organising Authority and the Race Committee is meeting on November 30th to begin planning for the 2015 race.

A survey questionnaire is being prepared and will be posted on the race website www.vanisle360,com shortly. The purpose of the survey will be to receive feedback on the 2013 race, and provide insights for potential [...]

Here are the overall winners for the Black Press 2013 Van isle 360 International Yacht Race

Congtratulations to all the competitors!

Multi Hulls

First Place – Dragon Fly

Second Place – Bad Kitty

Big Boat Division  

First Place – Icon

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Results from Leg 10 have been posted on the results page.  Check out the website tomorrow for a recap of the last leg of the race!

The latest edition of the VIVA newsletter available here!

The sailors finally got their sleigh ride into Victoria!  The start in Ucluelet was counted down by the students from Ucluelet Elementary.  They were so excited to watch their boats start, and were cheering them on.  As the boats sailed down the coast, the wind picked up.  There was awesome breeze at the finish, and [...]

All boats finished just after 9am this morning.  That’s 49 hours of racing!  The boats started on Sunday morning at the Quatsino Lighthouse.  A big thanks to the entire town of Winter Harbour for coming out and making our stop there so fantastic.  Dale, Tina and Reef (their friendly dog) were great and [...]

The VIVA 360 newsletter from June 12 is available here!

Results are finally posted!  After a LONG night for many of the sailors, they arrived in Winter Harbour.  The RC had a fantastic few days at the lighthouse, and have just arrived in Ucluelet.  We’re expecting sailors to start arriving early in the morning.

Lots of photos have been posted on our Facebook [...]

All the boats are in Port Hardy, and there are a few crew changes happening tonight before the outside legs begin tomorrow.

Racing today was great, started out light in Telegraph, but was building all day.  Most of the boats finished in a nice 12 knot (or more) breeze and SUN!  There was great racing [...]