Harken once again joins 48° North in recognizing the high level of racing here in the Pacific Northwest and West Coast of Canada by providing handsome trophies for the TOP 25. Tracking the racing results of almost 500 boats from Olympia, Washington to Vancouver, B.C., our Top 25 rewards not just the occasional bullet, but consistent, top-notch sailing. The following ten major sailing events were tracked during 2008 in our effort to find our Top 25 Boats:
SSSS’s South Sound Series, Corinthian YC’s Center Sound Series, Seattle YC’s Tri-Island Series, CYC’s Puget Sound Sailing Regatta, West Vancouver YC’s Southern Straits Classic, Royal Victoria YC’s Swiftsure International Yacht Race, Whidbey Island Race Week, SYC’s Star & Bar Regatta, Bellingham YC’s PITCH Regatta, and CYC’s Puget Sound Sailing Championship.
We tracked one boat as one entity; if you’ve changed boats or boat names, sorry, you’re off the radar. Likewise, if you were out of the area and unable to compete in four events, your boat was not counted.
Performance of all boats sailing in one or more of the above ten events was tracked with a boat’s best four event performances being used for calculating her final position. Then, if two boats were tied, and there were many, the average fleet size was considered. Average fleet size was determined by taking a boat’s average fleet size in each event, adding them together for a final average fleet size. So, when boats were tied in the final scoring, we considered the fleet sizes and listed the boat with the larger average fleet size ahead of the other.
Our goal is to celebrate participation and consistent top-end sailing. Each boat has earned her spot in our list based upon her performance in a number of regattas and varied sailing conditions. Our hats are off not only to all the outstanding skippers and crews on our Top 25 list, but to all of you out there racing our challenging Northwest waters.
Qualifying for the 48° North Top 25
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