Beating the Odds — Eastsound Spring Regatta
Some "all-in" racing conditions made this year's Eastsound Spring Regatta (ESSR) an adventure to remember. Sailing in the spring can be a gamble, but odds are you’ll have a great weekend sailing on Orcas Island in any…
Blakely Rock Crew Overboard Rescue
When a Sailor or Three Goes in the Water, Is Your Crew Ready to Respond? The Carol Pearl Blakely Rock Benefit Race, hosted annually by the Sloop Tavern Yacht Club (STYC), is a highlight of the spring racing season. Each…
Life Lessons and Halfway ‘Round
The author's mother at the helm of Happy Place, getting…
Southern Straits Race Aboard Victorious 65 Red Roses
The springtime distance racing classic around the Strait of Georgia provided varying conditions for a competitive fleet. Here's the story from the winners of the medium course.
Bright Sun, Beautiful Breeze, and a Big Ebb: Center Sound Race #3
The final race of CYC's Center Sound Series sent racers sailing a familiar course up to south Whidbey Island in lovely conditions. As March drew to a close, so did Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle’s Center Sound Series. Like…
Red Ruby Project:Buying and Preparing a Boat on another Continent
Seeing her in person, the Red Ruby crew was struck by…
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…
Last month, we started at the…