PNW Hero: Christina Wolfe

Orcas Island sailor Chris Wolfe was…

Type 2 Entertainment: Girts Rekevics Foulweather Race 2024

An early season blast from Anacortes to Friday Harbor was great fun and faster than ever with a new course record. Not everyone would understand why my living room looks the way it does right now, but I’ll bet there are a…

Fun in the South Sound: Toliva Shoal 2024

The winding Toliva Shoal course. Green line is the…

Better Than Expected, As Always — Shaw Island Winter Classic 2024

The first North Sound race of the year is a predictably great tradition, the good times always surpass questions about the forecast.

48° North’s Top 25 Racing Sailboats for 2023

Wow, what a year 2023 was! Such great racing in every imaginable condition around the Salish Sea. And the 48° North Top 25 returns to honor the best performing racing keelboat teams in the region. Participating in many…

J/Podders at J/70 Worlds

The Rookie Experience FRAM-96 lit up…

Duwamish Head: Kicking Off the 2024 Racing Season on Puget Sound

Kicking Off the 2024 Racing Season on Puget Sound The second race of the Southern Sound Series is the Duwamish Head Race, hosted the first Saturday in January by Three Tree Point Yacht Club. It’s a mid-distance race starting…

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,…

Youth Sailing Beat: Observations and Opportunities for the PNW

In June, I came to the Pacific Northwest to be the new Youth Sailing Director at The Sailing Foundation, which has the mission to raise the level of sailing in the region. With previous experience on the US Sailing Team as…