The Mini Transat fleet is certainly the breeding ground for major offshore sailboat racing innovation. While closely regulated (especially for all safety matters), there’s still plenty of leeway for Mini …
Sailing in England is “rather different.” An amazing 1,585 skippers of everything from museum pieces to glorified daysailers to tricked-out racing boats brought their boats to the starting line of …
Our friend George Yioulos of West Coast Sailing travelled to England to, among other things, see and sail the new RS Aero. Here is his report in its entirety, along …
Last Saturday’s Port Madison/Sloop Tavern Three Buoy Fiasco race off Seattle was a light air, low-key affair. The non-traditional pursuit type race allows skippers to choose the direction they want …
The wind was so light there was more Splish than Splash, what little breeze appeared disappeared in a flash. Our hosts were so nice therewas great food and fun, though …
To nobody’s surprise, the new America’s Cup Class will be in 62-foot foiling multihulls instead of the 72-foot behemoths used last year. This came as part of the Protocol for …
As Swiftsure Races go, this certainly wasn’t one of the worst and really was pretty good since we had wind, for the most part, and if you were on …
This one is painful, but especially so for the bowman who may think twice about straddling the bowsprit next time.
As they predicted, the front passed and the ridge is building. If we look at the same two place this morning where barometric pressure is reported, Forks and Bellingham, the …
This could be a very interesting race because of the usual suspects: tide and wind. It maybe raining now (1100 hrs Friday) however that will pass shortly and we will …
Jan Anderson was on hand to photograph Saturday’s racing in the Sperry Topsider/Sailing World NOOD regatta last weekend. She did a great job of capturing the familiar challenge of Seattle …
Bruce Hedrick’s pre-race weather forecasts and tactics primers have struck a chord with Puget Sound sailors. He invites anyone to query him about what exactly he means and maybe lend …
