We don’t know much about this mast break at the Seattle Yacht club Grand Prix regatta yesterday, other than it was blowing hard, it happened near and is a bummer for Steve Travis and the crew aboard Smoke. Hopefully nobody was hurt and they can get back up and racing next season.
We’ll try to get the details and a full report on Grand Prix. Thanks to Nigel Barron for the heads up and photo.
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.
That’s truly sad to see…