Words: Doug Hansen // Photos: Jan Anderson The brief post-summer break in racing ends as racing fleets return to the waters of Shilshole Bay for the fall racing season. Corinthian …
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What’s does the new year have in store for the Pacific Northwest boating community? Well, there is plenty to look forward to, no matter what kind of boater you ask.
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Parents send eager-eyed children off to summer camp every year. But what happens when we get “too old” for camp? In 1983, a group of Northwest sailors decided that enough …
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WIRW Kids Camp gets Sponsor
by Kurt Hoehneby Kurt HoehneCharley and Schelleen Rathkopf, the new owners of Whidbey Island Race Week, are doing a lot more than talking about a kids camp. They’d already named a camp director, and …
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From Whidbey Island Race Week PRO Charley Rathkopf, who reported in last night: Finally some wind, but lots of rain came with it. That allowed for an on-time start in …
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This may be my last update, as I’m camping over the weekend and participating in Whidbey Island race week next week. The two lead boats, Longboard and New Haven, are …
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JAN ANDERSON, marine photographer and co-owner of Flagship Maritime Training Center, takes you behind the lens for a snapshot of what it takes to photograph a sailboat race.
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Columnist DOUG HANSEN charts the challenges racers will face on next month’s WA360 race around Deception Pass.
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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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A new decade is upon us, and boaters are thinking about New Year’s resolutions to make the most out of 2020. By: Norris Comer Boaters and marine industry professionals of …
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Words: Doug Hansen // Photos: Neil Parker The start of the true fall racing season is marked by Corinthian Yacht Club of Edmonds’ annual Foulweather Bluff Race. Standing for nearly …