Pegasus Goes Round the County
A Beginner’s guide to the Round the County race, by Dan Newland Close to Thanksgiving, many boaters love to sail “South of the Border”, however that generally assumes the US border, not the Canadian. But for 21 years, sailboats in the Puget Sound area have participated in a two day event that is more akin to an ocean race than an inland sail at a time of year that often brings storms, snow and freezing rain. Being new to the area, we had not sailed on any of the larger, well attended and competitive races in the area. [...]
A Reminder about Bottom Work and Wind
big wind and not enough pads can work out badly Many of us will no doubt be doing bottom work this coming spring and this picture is a reminder that although it is tempting to move the stand yourself, it might be better to ask the yard guys for a hand. The story behind this shot from Sailing Anarchy is that a stand was moved to paint an area of the bottom that had been covered by a stand pad, the wind came up, the boat came down. The Sydney 32 and the Alden in the picture took [...]
Meeting Date Changed to December 17th
As it turns out there is a last minute scheduling conflict for Sirens and we need to move the end of season/end of year meeting to the following week. The new date is Thursday December 17th. 6pm social ½ hour with the meeting starting promptly at 6:30. Sirens is still the place See you there! Steve Scharf
Test showing video capabilities of the site
With a camera on the Committee boat we could show videos of starts, etc. Thanks, Dan, for the idea.