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2021 Racing – Pandemic Style
[Editor’s note: My apologies to all for not doing a better job of updating this blog since September. ...
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BROVID-2020
Way back in 1985, I ended up on a recreational volleyball team at Western Washington University in fall ...
DetailsBallard Cup Series End
Anyone reading this knows the 2020 sailing season didn’t go as planned. The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted everything just ...
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First Singlehanded Race with Flying Sails
I raced Dragonfly (my prior boat, a 1969 Columbia 26 Mk II) singlehanded last season, but always in ...
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$11 to Victory
It’s been a busy week for work and home, so it has been a while since I’ve been ...
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Cruisin’ for the Weekend
One of the big appeals of the J/99 is its competence for both racing and cruising. She’s no ...
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Busy racing week
Since I didn’t start writing this until Thursday, I’m sure I will forget some details. It was a ...
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Little Things Make a Big Difference
There are probably more racing articles written about the start than any other aspect of a race. I ...
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Third Time is the Charm
One of my favorite outings when I was learning to sail was going out with Gary Peterson on ...
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2020 STYC Women at the Helm
Every racer in the NW gets a second Christmas when 48 North’s SARC (Seattle Area Racing Calendar) comes ...
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