PNW-Based 1D35 SUCH FAST Finishes PV Race 2nd in Class
Pacific Northwest based SUCH FAST Sails into Puerto Vallarta Second in Class We'll look forward to connecting with the Pacific Northwest based Such Fast crew as soon as possible, but for now, they're catching up on some much…
Sonic’s Lessons: Recommendations from Overboard Rescues
Scott Smith Shares Overboard Rescue Experiences from TP 52 Sonic
Sowing the Seeds of Speed While Fostering Fun
Influential Coaches & the High School Sailing Boom From the February issue of 48° North On a misty Saturday afternoon, I sit with one of the local island families in the Orcas Island High School gym watching their…
Big Pacific Northwest Presence for Pac Cup
Pacific Cup boasts a BIG Pacific Northwest Contingent of Registrants for 2020 Dark gray clouds flying swiftly toward the straits and a deepening low kicking up some hefty southerly chop on Puget Sound each make summer seem…
Video: A Wild Ride Aboard “Goes to 11” at Toliva Shoal 2020
The Antrim 27 Goes to 11 sure had a blast at this year's Toliva Shoal Race Goes to 11 skipper, Jeremy Bush, sent us this great video capturing their team's…
Righting Moment Augmentation in Modern Sailing Yachts
In the last year, two major events in the Pacific Northwest crowned champions that sailed vessels utilizing a system of enhanced or assisted ballast—Team Angry Beaver won Race to Alaska aboard a canting-keel Schock 40; and…
48° North’s Top 25 Sailboats of 2019
With a mix of distance and around-the-buoy races, as well as single-race events and multi-race regattas, the qualifying races for 48° North’s Top 25 are a good representation of Pacific Northwest racing. Scoring is on a…
College Match Racing: The Transition from Dinghies to Keelboats
While I can’t claim to know the exact origins of the sport of match racing, I’d be willing to guess that it began sometime immediately after construction of the second sailboat was complete. As humans, we seem to have a…
Seattle-based J/125 Hamachi wins Transpac Race!
Huge congratulations are in order for the crew of the Seattle-based J/125 Hamachi after winning the 2019 Transpac Race. The six-man crew won First J/125 to cross the line, First in Division 3 and First ORR Overall. With…
