Slow Start, Big Turnout at St. Francis YC Spring One Design Regatta On the first day of the 2015 season opener, the St. Francis YC Spring One Design regatta, it seemed everyone was there: 80 boats, 300 sailors, 8 fleets. Everyone, that is, but the wind. Early season conditions prevailed, […]

Gill Commodore’s Cup A record entry of 81 yachts entered the Gill Commodore’s Cup, the prelude to the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta. 30 knots of wind with breaking waves provided testing conditions for the fleet. The starting area on the south side of St. Maarten provided some relief from the […]

Blakely Rock Light Race 66 boats made it out for Corinthian Yacht Club Seattle’s Blakely Rock Light Race – the first in their three race Center Sound Series. Winds were out of the north at 6-8 by start time, and at 10am class one led the fleet off the line […]

Corinthian Yacht Club CYC Midwinter Regatta Going on the hunch that the light northerlies would give way to more substantial westerlies, the RC at the Corinthian Yacht Club of Belvedere Midwinters raised the postponement flag before the 11:55 first gun and let it ride. The wind filled with a mid […]