Route

Here’s the route for 2019. Click on legs (orange = AM; purple = PM) for more details, including date and destiations. Click upper right corner icon to view full-size chart.

The course & schedule

Cooling off after pedaling in the sun near Oyster Bay.

On most days of the Raid, the fleet will race (or cruise) through two legs: one in the morning; one in the afternoon. Here’s a text-version of the daily schedule:

Day 1: Tue 13 Aug, 2019

Willow point, Vancouver Island > Mitlenatch Island, 8 nm

Mitlenatch Isl>  Manson’s Landing, 7.5 nm

Day 2: Wed 14 Aug, 2019

Manson’s Landing, Cortes Island > Shark Spit, Marina Island, 2.5 nm

Shark Spit > around Marina Island, 9 nm

Day 3: Thu 15 Aug, 2019

Shark Spit Regatta, 8.5 nm

Shark Spit> Gorge Harbour > Shark Spit, 5 nm

Day 4: Fri 16 Aug, 2019

Shark Spit > Rebecca Spit, 6.5 nm

Rebecca Spit > Open bay, Quadra Island, 2.5 nm

Day 5: Sat 17 Aug, 2019

Open Bay > Lake Bay, Read Island, 4.5 nm

Lake Bay > Carrington Bay, Cortes Island, 5 nm

Day 6: Sun 18 Aug, 2019

Carrington Bay > Penn Island, 3 nm

Penn Island > Teakerne Arm, Redonda Island, 11 nm

Day 7: Mon 19 Aug, 2019

Teakerne Arm > Squirrel Cove, Cortes Island, 7 nm

Squirrel Cove > Copeland Island, 6.5 nm

Day 8: Tue 20 Aug, 2019

Copeland Island > Willow Point, 15 nm

Boats will typically raft together for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and will either raft up at anchor for the night with the motherships, or go ashore to camp.

The daily cycle of Salish Sea glee

Sailing into the sunset near Lasqueti Island.
  • 07:00 boats and crews raft together for breakfast
  • 08:00 skippers meeting
  • 09:00 start the morning leg
  • Boats race under oar, or sail, or pedal or paddle, until the designated spot
  • Lunch served on the motherships
  • Afternoon leg starts shortly after the slowest boats arrive
  • Crews then race to the predetermined spot for the evening
  • Spend the night either:
    • at anchor, alone with their thoughts and blisters
    • rafted with the motherships, sharing stories of the days triumphs and losses
    • camped on the beach, communing with B.C’s rugged wilderness, and the intertidal zone

The days will dawn bright and full of promise, and the cycle will be repeated. A score will be awarded for each leg according to the order of finish (1 for first, 2 for second…) The boat with the lowest score at the end receives eternal glory, and a nifty prize…