Team We Brake for Whales at the start of Race to…
Editor’s Letter: The Night Before
I realize that many boaters may be thinking about wrapping up the summer boating season this month. Still, for the average cruiser, August may just as easily be the month you’ve looked forward to all year, when you’ll untie…
Editor’s Letter: Investment Returns
Sailboat racing can be so stinkin’ fun and rewarding, something that affords extraordinary community. Of course, I know that lots of folks don’t share this opinion. They’ve had experiences that contradict those and any other…
I’ll Say It… The Best Vashon Island Race EVER
Temps pushing 80 and lovely sunshine doesn't always bring breeze, but it sure did for this year's excellent SYC Vashon Island Race. As the week wore on prior to May’s annual SYC-hosted circumnavigation of Vashon Island, the…
Editor’s Letter: The Course Less Traveled
Cruising means something a little different to everyone. There are as many unique definitions as there are cruisers out chasing their dreams. Thankfully, the waters of the Pacific Northwest accommodate pretty much any…
Editor’s Letter: Sail the Breeze You’ve Got
“We just have to sail the wind we’ve got.” I couldn’t begin to count the number of times I’ve heard or offered that ubiquitous suggestion on a sailboat. This message illuminates the limitations (and possibilities) of our…
Bright Sun, Beautiful Breeze, and a Big Ebb: Center Sound Race #3
The final race of CYC's Center Sound Series sent racers sailing a familiar course up to south Whidbey Island in lovely conditions. As March drew to a close, so did Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle’s Center Sound Series. Like…
Reaching There and Back — CYC Center Sound #2
Another great Center Sound Series race is in the books and, like the first one, it included an unusual amount of reaching for this area. A few years back, the course predictability of the second installment of CYC Seattle’s…
Blakely Rock Reach Report
The event that kickstarts the central Puget Sound sailboat racing season brought PNW sailors together again to play in some unusual breeze. The Blakely Rock Race — the first of the Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle’s Center…