Winter Racing is on. We didn’t get any reports on Winter Vashon back in December, but we did get pix courtesy of Jan Anderson. Some of them are below and the rest are here. You can see the results here plus registration info for the remaining races.
These days any racing is great racing and the results seem to have lost their importance while we navigate Covid. That said, it was wonderful to see Smoke and Terremoto back on the race course. As Bruce Hedrick predicted, the race ended on a shortened course.
Tomorrow is the second race of the South Sound Series, the Duwamish head race. About 50 boats are signed up, and there are always some good stories coming from that race. Bruce will put his prognosticator’s hat on and put out a weather outlook later today. Hopefully there’s not quite as much wind as we’ve seen a few days ago (50-60 knots in places!)
I’d love to relay some of the stories that come from the Duwamish Head race. Just email me.
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.
Looking at the photos from the Winter Vashon race it looks like many of the over 40′ boats were sailing with more crew than stipulated by Covid-19 mandates. Seeing many of the same boats entered in Duwamish Head it will be Interesting to see if this rule will be enforced for these future events.
Looking at the photos from the Winter Vashon race it looks like many of the over 40′ boats were sailing with more crew than stipulated by Covid-19 mandates. Seeing many of the same boats entered in Duwamish Head it will be Interesting to see if this rule will be enforced for these future events.