Pacific NW Offshore Race: 50 Years and Counting

The Pacific NW Offshore International Yacht Race is set for May 14-17, 2026, aiming to welcome 50 boats to celebrate 50 years in the making. Have you ever wanted to be part of history? Have you ever contemplated racing…

Rum Run 2025 — Duck Dodge’s Saltwater Soirée

When you think Duck Dodge, you think Lake Union; but each fall, there's a fun race across Puget Sound that ends with a famous Duck Dodge raft-up in beautiful Port Madison. The 2025 edition was special. Here's a quick rundown…

Top 25 Things About PITCH 2025

If you came for the wind and stayed for the party, you were handsomely rewarded at this year's PITCH Regatta. Bellingham Yacht Club’s (BYC) annual PITCH Regatta has been a fan favorite for 51 years. For all of its…

Race Report: Northern Century 2025

Every year, Anacortes Yacht Club’s Northern Century Race throws down a challenge like no other, and this year certainly delivered on its promise. Northern Century is an event where the wind might disappear, the currents take…

Race Report: Tasar BC Championships

After a great Tasar North Americans at Jericho Sailing Centre last year, the Tasar fleet was eager to return to English Bay for the 2025 BC Championships. Twenty-one boats showed up, a recent record, including six boats from…

RECAP: Race Week Bellingham 2025

Race Week is the centerpiece of many Pacific Northwest racers’ calendars, and has been for decades. In recent years, it has changed homeports and racing areas a couple of times, but its primary draws endure, and it really is…

Shilshole Bay YC Passes Long Running Snowbird Series to Sloop Tavern YC

A new chapter of stewardship is ahead for this beloved winter series—and its legacy remains, as do the already published race dates for the 2025-2026 season. Sloop Tavern Yacht Club (STYC) and Shilshole Bay Yacht Club (SBYC)…

Race Report: Cow Bay Regatta 2025

Have you heard of the herd? The Cow Bay Regatta once again lives up to the hype as a fan favorite racing event of the year. Cowichan Bay, British Columbia, is absolutely stunning with beautiful hills and mountains…

Race Report: 55th Shaw Island Classic

Light winds and strong currents made for another interesting race around Shaw Island in this annual clockwise versus counterclockwise battle. The story of this year’s 55th Shaw Island Classic hosted by the San Juan Island…

Reminder: PITCH Regatta Moving to Sept. 12-14

"Come for the Wind! Stay for the Party!" is the motto of Bellingham Yacht Club's (BYC) fun annual PITCH Regatta, which will be held September 12-14, 2025. This year, BYC celebrates the 51st anniversary of the PITCH Regatta…