THE SIDELINES : Mad Max Takes Yacht Race Lead
Mad Max, out of the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club and skippered by Wink Vogel, took over the lead on the fourth day of the Victoria-Maui international yacht race.
Race organizers said Wednesday that Mad Max had covered 531.3 nautical miles but was only 7.4 nautical miles ahead of second place Earl of Mar, from Seattle.
Early leader Carissa, based in Lahaina, Hawaii, dropped to third place.
The 12 racers still had about 1,800 nautical miles to travel.
Winds, generally from the south and southwest, remained promising Wednesday with some yachts reporting speeds up to 25 knots.
The race covers about 2,308 nautical miles.
The yachts travel westward from British Columbia through the Juan de Fuca Strait, across the North Pacific to the finish line off the west coast of the Hawaiian island of Maui.
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