Certainly one of the most fun races of the year and for a great cause. Plus, as of 1300 today, there were 92 vessels registered so as always, the Sloop …
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It’s a little hard to fathom how hard these Volvo Ocean Race boats, and crews, are being pushed. Yet, here’s video evidence. And if the video doesn’t do it for …
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WOW, what a great series and once again Mother Nature decided to be a bit of a contrarian. So what else is new? The Friday Brief had the conditions being …
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Bruce’s Weather Brief March 27: With Tips for Three Tree Point Race (TTP)
Last weekend was just another classic example of why they send weather people to the Pacific Northwest: To teach them humility. Forecasting here is tough on a good day and …
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Have you ever tried predicting an elapsed time for either a northbound or southbound cruise through the Tacoma Narrows? Well, on Saturday, March 21, for 12 contestants, it was the …
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French yachting star Florence Arthaud, who broke into solo ocean racing in the 1980’s and became a sailing legend by winning the 1990 Route dy Rhum, died recently in …
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Right before this year’s Big Seattle International Boat Show I got a call from the great folks at Evinrude who wanted to know if I wanted to see the next …
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Youth Sailing Open House is Saturday
by Kurt Hoehneby Kurt HoehneIf you haven’t been paying attention, you might have missed the fact that youth sailing is making a resurgence. Just this past weekend, about 170 high school sailors from around …
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So, you want to do the Volvo Race? Here’s a video of yesterday’s broach-to-leeward by Mapfre. She’s down for a long time, it takes a while to get the canting …
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Sailboat Racing
Gig Harbor Islands Race Delivers a Bit of Everything
by Jan Andersonby Jan AndersonThe Day that had Everything! The rain turned to sun, breeze turned to better breeze, spinnakers all around, tactical challenges abound, and food and friendship at the club afterwards. We …
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Environmental Disaster Averted, Nearly 70 Years Later
by Peter Marshby Peter MarshThis is a fascinating story I think nwyachting.com readers might also find interesting.
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Bruce’s Weather Brief: March 20, 2015 Special For Gig Harbor Islands Race
As we said last week, it was too good to last and sure enough the weather is turning more typical for springtime in the Pacific Northwest. That would mean rain …