America’s Cup Live Broadcasts This Weekend If you have the time and interest you can tune in to the live broadcasts of the America's Cup series races from Venice this weekend. Quite a treat to hear the familiar "Guys, we got a cluster f**k here" spoken by a highly paid athlete in an Australian accent.
It's an amazing sight with the Cup catamarans racing in the narrow confines of the bay in front of lovely and historic Venice.
You can find the races at http://www.youtube.com/AmericasCup.
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from Erik Coburn
Looking forward to seeing you all this upcoming weekend. If anyone is in need of a place to put down a tent let me know because we should be able to accomodate you. We have been having nice wind all summer and I’m guessing by the law of averages it should be sunny and warm this weekend!
Our goal this year is to provide an event with as many fair races as possible at the smallest fee possible. Consider this the Recession Special. During our high school event we got off 19 races. Obviously our courses will be longer for the Youth Circuit but we are hoping to provide as much racing as possible for an inexpensive entry fee. Therefore, we ask that you provide all other meals besides dinner Saturday night. You will pass a Safeway (obvious) on your left as you descend the big hill into town. We also have a Food Co-op a little further down the road on the left off of Kearney Street (next light past the Safeway/McDonald’s light). In town there are many food options.
Please let me know via email or phone if you have an Opti Green competitor. Also, please let me know if you are in need of a place to camp.
Notice of Race follows the break.
continue reading » Port Townsend Youth Regatta August 6th and 7th
 Photo by Joel Goldstein from the NW Maritime Center's blog Stem to Stern 70 high school sailors gathered at the Northwest Maritime Center to wrap up the season under surprisingly sunny skies Saturday and Sunday. The wind cooperated as well – at least on Saturday, allowing the Race Committee to bang off 18 races on Saturday over the course of about 7 hours. Sunday was to be less windy so the R/C, made up of three generations of the Daubenberger family made the best of Saturday. As it turned out, this was a good thing to do as only 2 races would be completed on Sunday.
Out of 17 teams, Port Townsend High School fielded three of them, posting finishes of 2nd, 4th and 15th. Orcas Island won the event, and Bainbridge Island rounded out the top three. The locals have been practicing at the regatta location for two weeks and it seemed to show, as they had a knack for the shifty conditions and cross-course current.
continue reading » Sailing Team Ends Season at PT Regatta
Another report from Coach Erik Coburn. The final district qualifier will be May 28th and 29th in Port Townsend.
The High School Sailing Team put forth another good effort at Team Race District Qualifiers finishing 4th out of 7 varsity teams. We did not field a JV team. The event, sailed on Eagle Harbor on Bainbridge Island, was conducted under sunny skies and light 5 – 8 knots of breeze this past Saturday and Sunday. As the first day’s round robin concluded the team went 3-3 which included an upset of Orcas Island. The next day the team went 4-2 in the round robin with an upset of Sehome (Bellingham) and North Kitsap (Pouslbo) but fell to Orcas and Bainbridge. The overall 7-5 record put the team into the final 4 winners bracket, but dropped the 3 races to Sehome, Orcas and Bainbridge.
continue reading » Sailing Team Scores at Team Race District Regatta
A quick update on our sailing team from coach Erik Coburn. As always, your financial support helps make it possible.
We went up to Doublehand District Champs with the high school team and had a good showing.
Varsity got a 4th out of 12 and we displaced one of the perennial powerhouses by 27 points over 24 races. We were 10 points out of 3rd. The 1st place team was head and shoulders above everyone but we had the youngest team by far, with two sophs vs all seniors in the top 5 teams besides us. We had a weird protest that had we won we might have tied for 3rd on points but I hadn’t figured out if we would have won the tie breaker. Dick Rose was the committee so no arguing with him!!! No worries anyway because only the winner goes to Nationals.
continue reading » PT High School Sailing Team Update
 By Leslie McNish
Despite having to cancel two of three practices last week due to high winds, the Port Townsend dinghy sailors made a strong showing on Bellingham’s Lake Whatcom, under partly cloudy skies and a reasonable steady 6 to 10 knot breeze. It was nice for the team to compete in some better breeze than they had experienced at two of the previous regattas. Since it resembled what the team often practices in, they were more comfortable sailing in it. The regatta was sailed in 13′ Flying Juniors (FJs) and 14′ Alphas.
continue reading » Port Townsend Sailors Perform Well in Bellingham
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