Three Tree Point Yacht Club
Duwamish Head Race
T
he Duwamish Head Race, hosted by above: Jonathan mcKee's was no need to rush. The planned start
Three Tree Point YC, the second race Riptide 44 “Dark Star” about to round the for the cruising class came and went. As
in the South Sound Series, took place on Duwamish Head light on his way to the fleet bobbed around there was the
January 9
th
. It starts in Des Moines and First in Class B. usual banter and shenanigans between
heads north past Three Tree Point and friends on different boats, cracking of
Alki Point to the permanent marker at Below: The crew of “Korinna-Korinna” beers, fiddling with boats, and scanning
Duwamish Head, then west to round working hard as a team. the horizon - for any signs of wind. There
Blakely rocks before heading back to were periods when the wind visited, and
Des Moines. Total distance is 30.8nm. Photos by Jan anderson. the tell-tale surface ripples lured waiting
The morning of the race, racers into hoisting sails.
the forecast was predicting But the visits were brief.
light air around start time, Most folks anticipated an
growing to the 7-9 range abandonment, some boats
from the south. Rain was were even removing sails
also in the forecast; a high and packing up.
likelihood of rain. As it turns out,
As boats queued in the packing up to head in
start area it was apparent was premature. Had there
that the predictions had been rain, the attrition
been wrong. The wind was rate surely would have
not light from the south, been great. With sun,
there simply was no wind. most racers lingered in
Fortunately, the predictions the start area and enjoyed
of precipitation had also their time on the water.
been incorrect: there was As Andrew Marsters
no rain. aboard John McPhail's
The RC wisely flew the J-160 Jam succinctly put
AP flag early, alerting the it, "If the sun weren't out
sailors lingering at the Des and the weather wasn't
Moines Marina that there unseasonably warm, the
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