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 to 35 kt easing to 15 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 4 to 6 ft subsiding to 2 to 4 ft in the afternoon". Other wind forecast sources tell a slightly less dire story but still dangerous to our fleet. Any rescheduling will be announced later.
High winds cancel White-cap race – again
After a light and variable morning the wind began to rise rapidly around midday. When the Race Committee decided to cancel in late afternoon the wind at the ferry dock was southerly, averaging high 30's and gusting over 50 mph, making the decision easy, even though an official Gale Warning had not been issued. The Bay was a mass of whitecaps with breaking rollers across the Boat Haven entrance (it was low tide) making exit difficult. Ironically, around race time the wind suddenly switched to a Westerly and dropped below 10 kts., making the RC feel foolish. However this was [...]