Race Report: Cow Bay Regatta 2025
Have you heard of the herd? The Cow Bay Regatta once again lives up to the hype as a fan favorite racing event of the year. Cowichan Bay, British Columbia, is absolutely stunning with beautiful hills and mountains…
Race Report: 55th Shaw Island Classic
Light winds and strong currents made for another interesting race around Shaw Island in this annual clockwise versus counterclockwise battle. The story of this year’s 55th Shaw Island Classic hosted by the San Juan Island…
Whidbey Summer Classic: Juan-Design Fun
Racing in Penn Cove is always a treat, and this year’s Whidbey Summer Classic Regatta (WSCR) hosted by Oak Harbor Yacht Club truly was Penn Cove at its best. Since its inception in 2021, the premier class at WSCR has been…
The Adventure We Chose: Salish Seasters on WA360
Stories from the four awesome women sailing and pedaling their well-traveled Santa Cruz 27, and details from their fellow Bellingham-area teams on the epic WA360 adventure race. WA360 is the brilliant brainchild of the same…
Race Report: J/70 Mixed-Plus National Championship
A conversation with winning skipper Dalton Bergan about the first national level regatta in the region for this rapidly growing one-design. The J/70 one-design activity in the Pacific Northwest continues its meteoric rise…
Anchors, Breakage, Building Breeze, and Delight: Swiftsure 2025
The biggest, grandest distance race in the region provided a whole lot of variety this year, and allowed long course boats to test out some seldom used gear—anchors—before those who continued were rewarded with more classic…
Pacific NW Offshore: TC’s First Ocean Race
Light to building, fun to freezing—this young Hobie 33 crew learned a lot of important and worthwhile lessons on their first offshore race. A few days before this year’s Pacific NW Offshore, from lovely Ilwaco, Washington to…
Race to the Straits 2025
With northerly winds, a strong ebbing tide and transient orca sightings, it was a Race to the Straits to remember. Here's the story from Santa Cruz 27, Norn. An 8:47 a.m. start on a crisp spring morning marked our third Race…
Race Report: CYC POD and PSSR
It’s not really spring in Seattle until Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle (CYC) gets boats large and small around the buoys for their spring regattas. This year, CYC divided the fleets differently for several reasons…
Race Report: Southern Straits 2025
From a light air morning start to a full on gale building at night, this year's Southern Straits Race was a slow-motion, fast-motion affair. Southern Straits is always held over Easter Weekend and this year Easter was in…
