Distance Race Series, Protection Is. Race Results and Series Standings
Eleven boat started and were seen putting up their spinnakers as they rounded Point Hudson. Three boats actually finished after a day of big wind shifts, wind holes, and strong […]
Smith Island Race 2022 – Results and Commentary
(Results below)
Smith Island Kicked off the PTSA Distance Series in Ideal Conditions.
It’s blowing a moderate gale at Smith Island this Sunday morning (whole trees in motion and difficult to […]
Five PT Boats to Compete in the Around the County Race
PTSA boats Sir Isaac, Martha, Pacifica, and Vamoose will race in this weekend’s Around the Country Race. The schooner Wolfhound, from New Zealand but for now sailing out of Port […]
PTSA Distance Series – Bush Point Race and Series Results (Revised – 08-06-21)
The Bush Point Race was the final of the three race Distance Series. This year the first race, Smith Island, was cancelled due to dangerous conditions in the Strait of […]
Protection Island Race 2021
These are the results reported as of Monday evening. While Shore stations showed variable 5 – 8+ kts of wind from a steady NW direction, the long finish times show […]
Smith Island Race Cancelled Due to Gale
Attention Attention
The 2021 Smith Island Race scheduled for Saturday Apr. 10 is cancelled because of the following NOAA forecast for the Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca:-
“W wind 25 […]
Sir Issac Wins Shaw Island Winter Classic Race 2021
On February 6th, twenty-three boats took off in big wind to go clockwise around Shaw Island for the Orcas Island Yacht Club’s 2021 Shaw Island Winter Classic. There were two […]
Sir Issac and Martha Rock in “Rogue the County”
PTSA big boats Martha and Sir Issac participated in the two day “cruise” around the San Juan Islands that substituted for the Round the County race, […]
Protection Island Race Report – 7/25/2020
With a light wind the fleet took off into the fog at 10am on Saturday. Not all results are in but it sounds […]