Ballard 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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Progress

In the last entry, I recounted some of the growing pains One Life has been experiencing since sailing ...

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Growing pains

For the 0.01% of you who’ve read every word here, you know I said this blog would highlight ...

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