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John Bailey Sr. passed away July 11th at Kai Tai in Port Townsend. John was the partner of Betty Champlain of Port Townsend. He was the father of Megan, John Jr., Bill, Debbie and Robin. John and Betty had many happy years together in Port Townsend. They enjoyed gardening together and sailing a [...] While we’re waiting to see if summer really does arrive on the 5th of July, an interesting post by Charles Doanne on Joshua Slocum before he circumnavigated. Before Joshua Slocum could become the man we remember today–the one who invented bluewater cruising by sailing around the world singlehanded in a rebuilt oyster smack named [...] The July 2 races offered variety, place changing racing, and early fireworks. The first race was a short windward/leeward in a light easterly wind that barely held for all boats to finish. After a delay, the expected NW wind filled and the committee boat moved for a windward/leeward course using the Y mark and tower. Shortly after the start the wind was clocked at an average of 12 and by the finish was averaging 17. Rush had two great races which put them in first place overall, one half point ahead of Oden. Second race fireworks included Tzieu t-boning Thatuna on the way to the windward mark. No Name shredded her genoa before the start and while gathering the ramains kissed the rub rail of the committee boat (no damage). Not to be outdone, a 505 joined the second race, finished 5th across the line then proceeded to interfer with the ferry and get 5 danger horns. A truly eventful evening on the bay! Pegasus fighting for a spot on the line Pegasus XIV does the 2010 Swiftsure raceThe 2010 Swiftsure was many things this year but fast wasn’t one of them. It had a few moments of excitement but the word was “Well, it’s never like this…” Swiftsure normally starts with an upwind leg, the price you pay to have a good, solid downwind finish. Oh that it were so this year. On the other hand, we can’t say we weren’t warned. Our weather briefing Friday started with “It looks like great wind at the start with this high offshore but sometime during the day, it will move over us giving us light and variable winds.” Ugh. World traveler and photographer, Bud Lebens (Dean Lebens’ GOOD brother), is offering prints of his PTSA racing photos. A portion of the cost will go toward the purchase of new PTSA racing buoys. Prints will be delivered unmatted and unframed, after receipt of fee. Pricing: 8×10 $40 ($15 to PTSA) [...] The weekend of May 22-24 is just around the corner, and that’s when PTSA will host the 2010 International 505 Dinghy Pacific Coast Championship Regatta. We need volunteers for registration, Race Committee, salmon burger flipping on Sunday night, housing competitors and more. It promises to be an exciting international event with top drawer racing [...] |
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