Fall Nightcap Series – Race 7
Nine boats came out to drift around for a while, waiting for the wind to become apparent so a course could be set. Around 1:30 a light breeze filled in […]
Fall Nightcap Series – Race 6
Nine boats turned out on a warm, overcast afternoon for a long wait for a slow race around a short course.
The wind forecasts were mostly in agreement, 4 mph ESE, […]
New, Large 2015 Thunderbird Regional Gallery
Steve Scharf’s large on-the-water gallery of 74 terrific pictures of the 2015 Thunderbird Regional Regatta.
Fall Nightcap Series – Races 4 & 5.
Conditions for races 4 & 5 were almost the same as for 2 & 3. If only we could count on such consistency– but that would get boring. The wind […]
Fall Nightcap Series – Races 2 & 3
What can be said about today’s races? If you weren’t there you missed some of the best sailing this season. It was so good we did it twice! It was […]
Fall Nightcap Series – Race 1 – Sept 20, 2015
The forecast was for a gale in Admiralty Inlet and at noon the wind was picking up so the official race was cancelled. However, five boats decided to go out anyway: […]
Wooden Boat Festival Races 2015
The 26′ & Under race on Friday and the Schooner Cup race on Saturday were similar in that both started with a nice wind, but many racers did not understand […]
Leeward Mark Rounding, Thunderbird Regional
Thanks to Satch Yarbrough for sending along this video of one of the leeward mark rounding at the Thunderbird Regional Regatta, and a number of pics from the same rounding […]
Photos from the T-Bird Regionals
Thanks to Wendy Feltham and Steve Scharf for these pictures of the 2015 Thunderbird Northwest Regional Regatta. Hopefully, more photos will be coming in soon. Click on any image to […]