Port Townsend Yacht Club will be hosting one of three national Women’s Sailing Conferences on August 2. The conference, sponsored by BoatUS and organized by the National Women’s Sailing Association, will include instruction on docking and mooring techniques, spinnaker handling, heavy weather sailing, single-handed sailing, GPS charting, helming, tacking & gybing and more.
Whether you [...]
Congratulations to all who braved the record-breaking temperatures in the Seattle Area and participated in the Sloop Tavern’s 2008 Spring Regatta this past Saturday. Here are the Top 3 finishers for each class:
Class 1 - Non-flying Sails Division
Boat Name
Skipper
Corrected Time
1
Magician
Brian Berg
3:19:42
2
Runner
Dan Randolph
3:24:54
3
Araminta
Stapleton/Peterson
3:44:42
Class 2 - Non-flying Sails Division
Boat Name
Skipper
Corrected Time
1
Penetration
K. Jones
3:04:48
2
None (J100)
Ed Schulman
3:13:25
3
Whistling Swan
Bill [...]
There are basically four major ways you can enjoy Seattle’s Opening Day Boat Parade- line up on the Montlake Cut, actually take part in the boat parade, watch the Windermere Cup races on TV (no fun!), or moor on the Log Boom and throwing a few back with your neighboring boaters.
Each year, the University of Washington [...]
Many people will line up on Montlake Cut on Saturday, May 3 to watch the UW crew races in the 24th Anniversary running of the Windermere Cup. But Opening Day in Seattle is best known for the Seattle Yacht Club’s Opening Day Boat Parade.
An annual tradition since 1920, the Boat Parade is the largest regional [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
US SAILING’s Olympic Sailing Committee (OSC) recognized a local sailor today - Ben Glass - as Developmental Coach of the Year. He is one of three outstanding sailing coach recipients for the 2007 Coaches of the Year Awards. The awards are a part of the United States Olympic Committee’s (USOC) Coach Recognition Program, which highlights the accomplishments [...]
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