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…

PNW High School Sailors Take On The Rose Bowl Regatta

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 the
Rolex Middle Sea Race

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

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!

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!

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,…