2011 Van Isle 360 international Yacht Race

Beautiful awards for the division winners

Loved how beautiful the awards turned out.

Stunning Native Indian Art work for the winners of the Van isle 360!

Van isle finished up today with the awards ceramony at Pioneer Plaza in Nanaimo. Div 1 winner was Flash, Div 2 winner was Diva, Div 3 winner was Kotuku and Div 4 was won by Dragonfly. Overall winner was Dragonfly. All the results are posted at Vanisle360.com. A BIG thank you to all competitors, sponsors and communities around Beautiful Vancouver Island. Hope to see you all again the next time round!!!

Blu is about to finish! The last boat in. Bravo Zulu dropped out of the leg and motored into Nanaimo. They made some risky decisions on the leg that just didn't work out in their favour. A great race was had by all. Awards will be tomorrow.

Well after a long night, most of the fleet have crossed the line!

Beautiful Spinnaker start Leg 9 in Ucluelet

Dragonfly is once again out in the lead- doing an impressive 14+ knots!

Lead boats are off Henry Island. Icon is doing about 12.5 knots followed by Makika at about 11.5 knots! Most boats are hugging the American side along San Juan Island.

The final leg is under way!! Boats started off Ogden Point at 3pm. Dagonfly is leading the way- doing a respectable 6.5 knots. Flash, Icon and Dark Star are all travelling at about 7 knots- it could be another fast leg. Boats are off Cadboro Bay

Makika crew at the end of yesterday's leg

Dragonfly lost their spinnaker and sustained some hull damage yesterday- they hit a log....not quite the same as Makika and the whale...but despite everything, they were first boat in at 1945 last night. Followed closely by Makika. My Tai was first div 2 boat across the finish. Final boats crossed the line in the early hours of this morning