In fact, in 2005 Port Angeles’ Dan Kaseler of Raptor/Gaastra/Vandal Sails made the world’s fastest sail as Finian Maynard on a windsurfer set the record of 48.7 knots using a sail Dan designed. In 2009, Dan won the Pacific Coast Championship in his Melges 24, and he’s currently developing his Raptor sails for one of [...]
Looks like a boat start was favored this night
Some ideas on where to start on the line from Dave Perry from the US Sailing site here.
Just like buying a new home, the key to getting a good start is location, location, location. I divide the starting line into three regions. I call [...]
Lecture attendees filter into the meeting room at the Northwest Maritime Center
The title “Racing on the Bay: the Insiders Advantage” drew over one hundred sailboat skippers and crew wanting to learn the secrets of sailboat racing on Port Townsend Bay. Lifetime Port Townsend sailors Daubie Daubenberger and Joe Daubenberger shared their expert knowledge gathered from [...]
Bill Gladstone, the author of the North U series of racing books, has a posting on US Sailing site, here, on when to split tacks with the leaders when you are behind.
You know the old adage: “Can’t catch ‘em if we follow ‘em.” So, when you are behind you’ve got to split tacks [...]
I bet there’s more than one boat that has a goal for the coming season of doing a better job handling their spinnaker. Here’s an interesting video of Philippe Kahn’s crew practicing jibes in a Mumm 30. Lots of things to learn watching this clip.
Pegasus leads the fleet into Haro Strait
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 [...]