The Pelicans are Racing Again! Phinney Bay (South end of Dyes Inlet) will again be the site of the 2nd Annual Bremerton Pelican Regatta April 26 and 27. Viking Fleet #3 is a Northwest sailing club that sails 12′ lug rigged San Francisco Bay Pelicans (pdf). These heavy-weather dinghies were designed in the 50’s for [...]

At this glorious time of year, many of us boating folks are not just working in our gardens but also on our boats and not just for the coming season but for one or more of the Springtime parades coming up. The Northwest’s biggest and best known marine parades no doubt are the Daffodil Parade [...]

“Red and white canes were strewn all over the grass. There might as well have been a sign: Disabilities left behind. Gone racing!!!”
This quote from 48th North (July 2003) almost says it all about this remarkable organization and its members & participants. You may have seen them on Lake Washington, run into them on the [...]

Racing sailors know how frustrating it can be when, during a race, they have to change course not because of shifting winds but because other non-racing recreational boats, ferries or freighters, oblivious of the race, insist on crossing ahead of them. Similar situations arise during so-called “log races” which are, in spite of all the [...]

It is truly amazing how many racing opportunities sailors have on Puget Sound, and many of these opportunities have little to do with Seattle. Last time, we discovered racing in West Sound. Now let the incoming tide take us down past Gig Harbor and through the Tacoma Narrows. Believe or not, we found the SSSS, [...]

WWW.BOATBLUE.ORG is the Web site of The National Marine Manufactures Association (NMMA) which claims to be the “nation’s largest recreational marine industry trade association, representing over 1,600 boat builders, engine manufacturers, and marine accessory manufacturers”. Recently the Web site alerted the boating public to a recent court ruling that would require all recreational boats to [...]

In case you did not know yet, there is some serious racing going on in West Sound between Port Orchard and Poulsbo/Port Madison. For details, please consult the Website of WSSA, the West Sound Sailing Association.
2008 WSSA TROPHY SERIES
RACE SCHEDULE
SPONSORING YC RACE DATE
Port Madison West: Sound Invitational — February 23
Port Orchard: Spring Shakedown — March [...]