On a May Saturday morning, the 500+ sailors on the 180 boats participating in the 2018 edition of the FIGAWI Race were greeted by a solid 15-20 southwest breeze, making for a mostly starboard close reach/fetch from Hyannis, MA on Cape Cod down to Nantucket Harbor. The smaller boats did […]

Eighty boats crossed the starting line in big breeze on May 25 off of Stamford Harbor (CT) to begin the 73rd edition of the 186 nm Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race. The good times lasted until most of the boats had rounded Block Island, but on the return leg […]

In windy, gusty weather, the San Francisco Yacht Club hosted their annual Elite Keel Regatta along the northern side of the Bay near Sausalito. In the 18-boat J/105 fleet, it was the first big regatta win for Tim Russell

The 42nd annual Oregon Offshore International Yacht Race started on May 10. The starting line was off the mouth of the Columbia River. Boats then proceeded north to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and finished at Victoria, British Columbia, inside the harbor entrance. The course distance is 193 miles; […]