The 79th running of the Swiftsure International Yacht Race, hosted by the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, got off with a bang. Skies were overcast but dry. Winds were present in a big way, well into the 25 to 35 kts range. Its Cape Flattery Race is a 101.0nm dash up […]

The 77th annual Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race took place starting May 24 in beautiful sailing conditions interspersed with frustrating doldrums and even a dry squall. Described by some as a race of “chutes and ladders,” the fleet of 76 boats embarked on the 186-nautical-mile journey on Friday afternoon […]

Spanning three weekends, the Seattle Yacht Club hosted its popular Tri-Island Series. The 22-boat PHRF Short Course Division saw the local J/105 contingent in action. Winning was John Aitchison’s J/105 MOOSE UNKNOWN with a 1-5 for 6 points. Third place was determined by a tiebreaker at 8 points each. Losing […]

On May 11, the St. Francis Yacht Club hosted nine teams for the 2024 San Francisco Bay J/105 Women Skipper Invitational. PRO Gerard Sheridan and his RC team ran four action-packed races on the city-front course while Karl the Fog danced across the sky. Nicole Breault’s team on Arbitrage, which […]