Top: Dragon, a Cochran/Clissold Design, was the runner-up in the Cape Flattery Multihull run. This year marked the official 75th anniversary of the iconic Swiftsure International Yacht Race, and with …
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By Brad Baker This year, I’m racing my tenth Vic Maui race aboard Firefly. My Vic-Maui career has been one incredible adventure after another. My first Vic-Maui race was in …
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It was a chilling 50-degree Seattle day and even colder on the water, so there I was, bundled up three layers deep with a foulweather outer layer as I sailed …
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The summer racing series on Puget Sound began with the longest competition of Seattle Yacht Club’s annual Tri-Island Series. The course takes the fleet north and alternates between two turning …
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The final competition of the Corinthian Yacht Club Center Sound Series (CSS), Three Tree Point Race, traditionally marks the end of the late winter races and ushers in summer sailing. …
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The annual Leukemia Cup Regatta is one of the standout charity races of Puget Sound. The popular event benefits the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) that fights to create a …
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Photos by Jan Anderson The spring holds a special place on the Seattle racing calendar. Not only does it tease the beginnings of summer, but finally we can race sailboats …
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Over the last decade, I’ve been privileged many times to be aboard the Royal Canadian Navy ship that establishes one end of the Swiftsure International Yacht Race’s start line. The …
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Youngest Skipper, Nicola Henderson, Leads Visit Seattle Crew to Victory On January 16, the 70’ clipper racing sailboat Visit Seattle sailed over the finish line of Airlie Beach in Whitsunday, …
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Pacific Northwest-based sailors Jonathan and Libby Johnson McKee won the Tasar World Championship 2017 in Gamagori, Japan held August 1 to 6, 2017. Jonathan and Libby Johnson Mckee at the …
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Northwest Yachting presents the Rutten Race
by Norris Comerby Norris ComerThe Downtown Sailing Series makes every office worker in downtown Seattle wish they were on Elliott Bay. (Photo: Alex Kwanten) August in many ways announces both the height and …