VI Virtual Club Night – Single Handing Mexico to Victoria

After a couple of seasons enjoying the Sea of Cortez, it was time to come home. But how?  Bashing up the coast or freighting were options, but Hawaii beckoned, just in time to get out of Dodge as COVID lockdowns threatened.

Follow Brian Short as he single-hands his way over 5200 miles to Victoria on Carpe Ventus, a Beneteau Oceanis 445.  The choice to single hand was not made lightly and he will expound on his reasons for doing so.  Peace and tranquility or nail-biting excursions? Both happened.  This presentation picks up from where Brian left us in May 2018.

​Brian is a retired electrical engineer and former VI Mid-Island Rep on the VI Watch.  He and his wife Glenda made many Salish Sea trips, circumnavigated VI, and managed a trip to Alaska in preparation for the trip to Mexico.  When not on the boat, he can be found with his family (COVID notwithstanding), singing in a choir, exercising or trying to reverse the present climate crisis.

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This will be a Virtual Club Night, on the Zoom platform.  An invitation with links to the Zoom meeting and login details will be sent to all BCA members.  Non-members are also welcome to attend. If you would like to attend or did not receive an email invitation please request one by sending an email to nanaimo@bluewatercruising.org.