Tragedy struck yesterday when Greg Mueller died after falling overboard from With Grace. Our condolences to his family, friends and shipmates. We were unaware of this for the original post. .
Don’t look now, racers, but there’s a week of Northwest Racing again, and it’s a success. After Covid sunk Schelleen Rathkopf’s plan to move Race Week from Oak Harbor to Point Roberts, there were a lot of question marks. She’s found a home for the event in Anacortes, and with a fleet of around 70 boats (including 4 one design classes) Race Week has a glowing present and a bright future.
Rathkopf reports: “By day 2, 6 races each across 11 fleets. Blowing 12-15 every day. Tides combined with new venue keeping racers on their toes. People are super happy and have described Anacortes and the racing area as the perfect place for Race Week.”
Results here.
Enjoy these photos from Jan Anderson. We’ll do a wrapup report when all is said and done.
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.