Columnist DOUG HANSEN charts the challenges racers will face on next month’s WA360 race around Deception Pass.
Sailboat Racing
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Despite the cancellations of most of the major regattas in the region due to COVID-19, Seattle area racers are getting back on the water to race — virtually. By Jared …
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Like other eSports platforms, online sailing has seen a huge surge in interest since the onset of COVID-19. As part of this month’s Virtual Racers story, we reached out to …
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There is no escaping the reality that the world shutting down put a serious hamper on global sailing. International regattas worldwide have been postponed or canceled, boats in foreign countries …
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With the ongoing global outbreak of Covid-19 and the enormous impact it has created on world travel, the 2019-2020 Clipper Round the World Race came to a halt in the …
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The 2021 New Zealand Millennium Cup’s Notice of Race (NOR) has just been released, attracting the attention of many big names in superyacht racing. Frequent competitors in global superyacht regattas …
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The Gig Harbor Yacht Club Islands Race, the last race of the winter South Sound Series, takes its name from the historical course rather than any island. Back in the …
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Words: Doug Hansen // Photos: Jan Anderson While some of the best sailors in western Washington claim there is no sailing south of Alki, clearly, they have not gone far …
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Words: Doug Hansen // Photos: Jan Anderson Deep winter in the Pacific Northwest can be tough. Relentless rain plagued us through a seemingly endless January while we battled a different …
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US Sailing will be providing several one-day workshops for those interested in becoming Certified Race Officers. Becoming a RO means learning the best practices for running races and providing better …
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Words: Doug Hansen // Photos: Jan Anderson On January 11, racers joined for the first time in 2020 for the second race of the South Sound Series. Organized by Three …
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Sailboat racing can be simple or complex, expensive or even economical, highly competitive or casual and fun. How do you figure out a fair system of competition for everyone? World …