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Columnist DOUG HANSEN charts the challenges racers will face on next month’s WA360 race around Deception Pass.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
