Optimism Delivers: CYC Pulley Point Race
March 29, 2024
Rounding out the mostly wild Center Sound Series—Corinthian Yacht Club's spring mid-distance series—the Pulley Point Race deviated from the trend with concerns about light breeze rather than a gear buster. In the end, it was…
Blowing Dogs Off Chains
March 22, 2024
CYC's Center Sound Series Blakely Rock and Possession Point races were wild, and then much wilder. The series wraps up tomorrow with the Pulley Point Race and, for now, looks a bit more civilized in the breeze department.…
Type 2 Entertainment: Girts Rekevics Foulweather Race 2024
March 1, 2024
An early season blast from Anacortes to Friday Harbor was great fun and faster than ever with a new course record. Not everyone would understand why my living room looks the way it does right now, but I’ll bet there are a…
Fun in the South Sound: Toliva Shoal 2024
February 23, 2024
The winding Toliva Shoal course. Green line is the…
Better Than Expected, As Always — Shaw Island Winter Classic 2024
February 16, 2024
The first North Sound race of the year is a predictably great tradition, the good times always surpass questions about the forecast.
Red Ruby Project: Down to the Wire in the Rolex Middle Sea Race
January 30, 2024
There were 110 boats entered in…
Duwamish Head: Kicking Off the 2024 Racing Season on Puget Sound
January 19, 2024
Kicking Off the 2024 Racing Season on Puget Sound The second race of the Southern Sound Series is the Duwamish Head Race, hosted the first Saturday in January by Three Tree Point Yacht Club. It’s a mid-distance race starting…
Red Ruby Report:
ORC Doublehanded Worlds
December 18, 2023
To win a championship, you need to be firing on all cylinders, and you also need a lucky break or two. This was one of those weeks. Peter Isler and I won Class B on the Jeanneau SunFast 3300 Red Ruby — which I co-own with…