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Girts Rekevics Memorial Foulweather Race
February 24, 2023
Eventual winners of PHRF 2, the…
Toliva Shoal 2023Sporty Conditions and a Shortened Course
February 22, 2023
All smiles when Goes to 11 has the…
Charley Rathkopf to Return as Race Week PRO
February 17, 2023
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
February 8, 2023
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
February 2, 2023
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…
PNW High School Sailors Take On The Rose Bowl Regatta
January 20, 2023
Northwest youth sailors travel south to share the water with top-level competition and get a dose of sunshine, surf, and sand. For kids and adults alike, it can be hard to get motivated to go sailing during the winter in the…
Red Ruby Takes on theRolex Middle Sea Race
January 12, 2023
Red Ruby is a Jeanneau Sun Fast 3300 co-owned by Pacific Northwest sailors, Jonathan McKee and Christina and Justin Wolfe. The boat is based in Europe and the group is running parallel shorthanded offshore campaigns on the…
Foulweather Bluff Protest and Resolution
January 5, 2023
An unusual situation unfolded during Corinthian Yacht Club (CYC) of Edmonds’ annual Foulweather Bluff Race in October 2022. While the fleet was sailing east-southeast between the northernmost turning mark at Foulweather…
The 2023 Seattle Area Racing Calendar is Live!
January 4, 2023
48° North is once again proud to bring you our annual racing calendar — SARC — which highlights sailboat racing events throughout the Pacific Northwest. The 2023 racing calendar features 325 events hosted by more than 75…
Winter Vashon: Snowpocalypse? Nope. Wild Ride? YES!
December 16, 2022
After a bleak forecast, Winter Vashon surprises with some sunny skies and more than enough wind to make it around the course. We went into the first weekend of December with a foreboding weather forecast of snow, more snow,…