Red Ruby Project:Buying and Preparing a Boat on another Continent
Seeing her in person, the Red Ruby crew was struck by elements of the boat's design, like concave sections ahead and behind the keel. Rewind to January 2022, and Jonathan, Justin, and I are the proud owners of Red Ruby, a…
Gig Harbor Islands Race — The Race That Never Happened
With light air and some starting confusion, this year's Islands Race will be forgotten as the race that never really happened. It was still a lovely spring day! Early in the week prior to the final event of the four-race…
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…
The Genesis of the Red Ruby Project
Last month, we started at the end (of the year, not the project), recapping our Jeanneau SunFast 3300 (SF3300) Red Ruby’s last race in 2022, the Rolex Middle Sea Race. This month we are going to step a little bit farther…
Come Together:
Girts Rekevics Memorial Foulweather Race
Eventual winners of PHRF 2, the Fennell family on their Moore 24, Paramour. Just like the man it honors, the Girts Rekevics Memorial Foulweather Race brought together clubs, sailboats, and friends for a weekend of good fun.…
Toliva Shoal 2023Sporty Conditions and a Shortened Course
All smiles when Goes to 11 has the kite up and is rippin'! The Toliva Shoal race once again proved to be a fantastic event. The third stop of the Southern Sound Series, this race traditionally begins and ends in Olympia. It…
Charley Rathkopf to Return as Race Week PRO
A familiar face will be back in charge of the race committee this summer at Race Week in Anacortes. Race Week in Anacortes is a healthy blend of the new and the traditional. Many racers with years of experience at the…
J/24 Worlds Coming to Puget Sound in 2024
The J/24 Class World Championship regatta, one of the most prestigious events in international sailboat racing, will be held on Puget Sound in 2024 and hosted by Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle. The governing body of the…
48° North’s Top 25 Racing Sailboats of 2022
The highly anticipated and hotly contested 48° North Top 25 is back! In 2022, sailboat racing in the Pacific Northwest had the fullest racing calendar and the most participation in several years. The teams that make up this…