Seattle Boat Show Cancels In-Person Event, Debuts New Approach to Virtual Show
The 2021 Seattle Boat Show is not happening in person, but a new digital experience — Seattle Boat Show Connected — provides an intriguing alternative. In many ways, the writing was on the wall. Fifty-thousand person events…
Race Week Announces Change of Venue from Point Roberts to Anacortes
What PNW sailboat racer didn't feel Race Week's absence this year? The summer's pinnacle sailboat racing event will now take place in Anacortes in June 2021. Planning anything in the age of Covid is like racing in the…
Island Life 2020
A Potpourri Of Perspectives about Cruising in the San Juan Islands From the August, 2020 issue of 48° North. For many boaters around the Pacific Northwest, the San Juan Islands are the quintessential destination for summer…
PNW Hero: Sarah Hanavan
Growing a yacht club youth program from 4 participants to more than 60 in four years; coaching her high school racers to achieve the highest-ever finish for a Northwest team at a Mallory Cup Fleet Racing National…
Test Sailing the RS 21
48° North Boat Test From the May 2019 issue In 2018, the British small boat specialists, RS Sailing, came to market with a new keelboat that has been generating a lot of excitement; and now it’s come to the Pacific…
Look to the Water
Finding inspiration in how maritime right-of-way rules determine privilege I have been reflecting on the notion of privilege recently, and the ways I may have been a recipient or beneficiary of privilege without recognizing…
VIDEO: Tucker Thompson America’s Cup Update
I originally got to know Tucker Thompson when I had the opportunity to interview him to for 48° North prior to the America's Cup in Bermuda. Tucker is extremely active in the America's Cup scene—he's a former Cup sailor, the…
Restarting the Magazine Machine for June – Classified Deadline on Tuesday!
We are back to printing 48° North in June, and deadlines for Classifieds and Subscriptions are this week! For a host of pandemic-related reasons—from reduced advertising revenue to concern for delivery contractors, from…
Key Takeaways from US Sailing Leadership Forum
US Sailing Experts Share Ideas About Safe Sailing and Explore Cautious Steps Toward Reactivating Local Sailing Events, Regattas, and Junior Programs US Sailing is one of those enigmatically versatile organizations. It can be…
Catalina 425 Boat Review
A Sail Test On An Award-Winning American-Built Cruising Boat From the April, 2020 issue of 48° North My first crossing of the Strait of Juan de Fuca was aboard a wing-keel Catalina 42 that bounded comfortably in…