PNW Crew Gears Up to Do Fastnet Race in August

A group of Puget Sound sailors — including 48° North racing columnist, Stephanie Campbell — will soon head to the UK to compete in the world's largest offshore race, the Fastnet!  It all started with a call from my friend…

Seattle J/80 Owners are Sailing at Nationals and Worlds in Denmark

Three Seattle J/80 owners have combined forces to charter a boat and bring some of the fun J/80 fleet spirit in the Puget Sound region to world-level competition for the 2021 J/80 Danish National Championship and the J/80…

Five Things a Monohull Sailor Should Know about Multihulls

This article, by Ray McCormack, originally appeared in the April 2017 issue of 48° North.  You can hardly think about chartering in 2017 without acknowledging that you may be sailing a big cruising catamaran. Even though the…