View from the Water: My Race to the Straits

This year’s Race to the Straits (RTTS) had to have had the best wind in a long time, though it was a headwind race both ways. Sailing a J/88, I had been hoping for at least a downwind leg, as Sea Stories always enjoys the…

Norn’s Race to the Straits, Including C.O.B. Recovery

Norn's Report: Two Sailors and a C.O.B. Rescue The first weekend in May brings Sloop Tavern Yacht Club’s immensely popular doublehanded romp from Seattle to Port Townsend and back, Race to the Straits (RTTS). This year was…