Nigel Barron, sailing on a J/105 reports a drifter of a Race to the Straits start, with the 8 o’clock starters still hovering about Meadow Point when he got started. From there it was a drifter up to Point No Point, where the fleet largely parked it up. We have this on good authority of Scott Malone, watching from shore.
Nigel and team packed it in. “Very impressed if anyone will make it to the halfway finish spot at Double Bluff.” Nigel and team opted for the “iron genny” method and headed for the Portage Canal shortcut to Port Townsend. He didn’t sound unhappy – “I’ll take blue skies and a day on the water!”
Ah, but wait. This from our friend Joe Bersch reporting around 4:30 that there’s a beautiful 12 knot northerly at Carkeek that filled in. Maybe there were some (halfway) finishers.
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Kurt grew up racing and cruising in the Midwest, and has raced Lasers since the late 1970s. Currently he is a broker at Swiftsure Yachts. He has been Assistant Editor at Sailing Magazine and a short stint as Editor of Northwest Yachting. Through Meadow Point Publishing he handles various marketing duties for smaller local companies. He currently is partners on a C&C 36 which he cruises throughout the Northwest. He’s married to the amazing Abby and is father to Ian and Gabe.