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…

Come Together:
Girts Rekevics Memorial Foulweather Race

Eventual winners of PHRF 2, the Fennell family on their Moore 24, Paramour. Just like the man it honors, the Girts Rekevics Memorial Foulweather Race brought together clubs, sailboats, and friends for a weekend of good fun.…

Toliva Shoal 2023
Sporty Conditions and a Shortened Course

All smiles when Goes to 11 has the kite up and is rippin'! The Toliva Shoal race once again proved to be a fantastic event. The third stop of the Southern Sound Series, this race traditionally begins and ends in Olympia. It…

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…

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,…

CYC Turkey Bowl Recap

CYC Turkey Bowl Regatta, which was also the District 22 Grand Prix Series Finale, brought varied dinghy fleets to Puget Sound for late fall fun with some excellent conditions on November 19-20. Here's the report from the…

The Fast Lane on Golden Shores — Round the County 2022

Two days, 120 boats, 700 sailors, 65 miles... Another wonderful November circumnavigation of the San Juans. Round the County has my heart. The two-day trip around the San Juans hosted by Orcas Island Yacht Club and Friday…

CWB’s Norm Blanchard W.O.O.D Regatta 2022

The Center for Wooden Boats hosted the W.O.O.D Regatta on Seattle's Lake Union in late September, bringing out more than 30 boats to enjoy sunshine and terrific breeze. This year’s Norm Blanchard W.O.O.D. Regatta (Wooden…