Anchors, Breakage, Building Breeze, and Delight: Swiftsure 2025
The biggest, grandest distance race in the region provided a whole lot of variety this year, and allowed long course boats to test out some seldom used gear—anchors—before those who continued were rewarded with more classic…
Swiftsure 2024: Always a Challenge, Definitely Challenging This Year
The region's most storied long distance sailboat race gave its participants a wide array of challenges this year—from gear busting wind to zero wind in opposing current. The 2024 version of the Swiftsure International Yacht…
Reflecting on Five Decades of Southern Straits Races
When 48° North asked new Southern Straits Regatta Chair, Peter Salusbury, if he could think of an interesting story to share about the classic event, he said, "Hmm, hard to say... I've done 48 of them." That'll do, Peter,…