We don’t have any PNW videos to share this week, apparently everyone’s shutter fingers were frozen. Mine certainly were. But there was lots of sailing elsewhere to shoot. I’m hoping that as spring and summer racing pick up we get some great local footage. Let me know if you get some!
Volvo Ocean Race
There is, of course, a never-ending supply of video from the Volvo Race. And in case you hadn’t heard, the first five boats into the recently concluded leg finished within 30 minutes of each other in Auckland, New Zealand. First and second only a couple of minutes apart. In a 20+ day race! The fact that it was the dead of night didn’t bother the Kiwi fans, they were on hand for the big hello. Here’s the Volvo Ocean Race show on the finish, in its entirety.
World Sailing
And then there’s the World Sailing Show. It’s glossy, it’s a fast-paced 20-some minutes, it covers a broad range of sailing. It may even be your cup of tea. The most interesting parts to me were the inflatable sail on a telescoping rig and watching one of those blunt-nosed mini transat racers move through the water and over the waves.
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.