Hey all,

I've been flying around on a Hobie 21 SE up here in Vancouver, Canada and I'm looking for a few other boats that would like to go on a bit of an adventure that I'm planning for June 19th - 26th of 2010. The course would involve a Start/Finish in Victoria, Canada.

We have this Island up here called Vancouver Island which is almost precisely a 1000 kilometer (650 mile) circumnavigation. I'd like to get a few fast cats that would like to join me on a gumball rip around the island for the Summer of 2010. We have a 20' Zodiac that could escort us as we scream through some of the most incredibly scenic and remote sailing areas that the Pacific Northwest has to offer. I've done a fair bit of sailing the area, researching the daily checkpoints, prevailing winds/waves and logistics and its quite doable. Anyone into making this happen with me? I figure it would take a week to do. We'd want to do it as close to the solstice as possible to get the full benefit of the very long 16 1/2 hours of daylight we get at that time.

Here's the course: http://maps.google.ca/?ie=UTF8&ll=49.703168,-125.551758&spn=3.31472,8.4375&t=h&z=8

Maybe this could be the next Worrell 1000 but without the financial implosion.

Please contact me if you're interested.

David Gauci
gauci_d<at>hotmail.com