Racing Sheet

As the sun sets on summer, Doug Hansen anticipates a big autumn event for the sailing community: The J24 World Championships.

With the J/24 World Championships set to start here in the Northwest later this month, Doug Hansen outlines the many attributes and accolades of the high-flying J/Boat fleet.

Doug Hansen recaps Anacortes Race Week, where the convivial atmosphere on land is balanced by fierce competition on the water.

Doug Hansen recaps the rollicking, rolling Swiftsure International Yacht Race, where only the intrepid and bold prevailed.

Doug Hansen recaps the dramatic and thrilling first race of the Seattle Yacht Club’s Tri Island Series, the marathon that is the Smith Island Race.

Oh, Canada! Doug Hansen breaks down the Southern Straits Classic Yacht Race weekend, a true thriller through British Columbia waters.

Doug Hansen recaps a windy, wild, and woolly Blakely Rock race, always a much anticipated kick-off to the spring sailing season, that this year really tested team’s fortitudes.

A new chapter begins for Doug Hansen as he joins the ranks of the growing local J70 fleet with the purchase of his own racing boat.

Little Wing’s big adventure: Doug Hansen introduces a restored raceboat that logged some serious miles in 2023, including to San Diego for the heralded Hot Rum Series.

Doug Hansen wraps up 2023 with a recap of Seattle Yacht’s Club Grand Prix Regatta, always a competitive, celebratory, and culminating event on the local sailing calendar.

Doug Hansen and the Seattle-based Smoke crew take the show on foreign waters for a chance at the thrilling Le Voiles de St. Tropez regatta in Southern France.

Doug Hansen reflects on two of summer’s most memorable races—Corinthian Yacht Club’s Moonlight Race across Lake Washington and the Pacific International Ton Championship in Bellingham Bay.