Corinthian Yacht Club’s

Scatchet Head

Fleet P01: Steve Travis’ “Flash” about to cross in front of Paul Lamarche's “Neptune's Car.” Photo by Jan Anderson.

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catchet Head Race, the second in the three-race Corinthian Yacht

Club Center Sound Series, was another fabulous day on the water for 69 boats. It was sunny and cold, windy and dry. This 25.4 nm race starts off Shilshole,

heads due north, rounds the Scatchet Head buoy to port, and finishes near the start off Shilshole. Years ago, the race went to the mark at Possession Point instead, but since boats consistently encountered a wind hole there, year after year, Corinthian Yacht Club switched the rounding mark to nearby Scatchet Head. Thus the name change. The race got off to a smooth start, on time and under a steady 20 knots of

breeze. In P2, White Cloud, a Cookson 12 metre, was eager to sail but had just six crew on the 39-footer. On their way out to the start, they stopped by the clubhouse dock, hoping to pick up additional crew. No such luck, so they headed out to the start line. Kirk Schroeder, one of her crew, described the situation. “By now the Class 1 gun had gone off and with a steady 20 knots blowing and about eight minutes to our start, we scrambled to get the main up and prep the kite on the foredeck. With none of our regular bow folks on board, we got the kite up a bit late and headed down the rhumb line to the mark.” Light on crew for such a windy race, they

would have to sail impeccably. Kirk continued, “Amazingly with our light crew, heads-up sailing, and grinding in on every puff, we were the first boat in our class to the windward mark, outside of that pesky Melges, Banshee!” After rounding, the beat home proved more difficult with the light crew. “It wasn’t until around half way back to Shilshole that the other boats, one by one, picked us off due to our lack of rail weight.” Since Greg Slyngstad sold Roxanne

shortly after the Round the County race in October, Alex Krawarik and others of the Roxanne crew sail on String Theory, Bob King’s Olson 40. Their strategy was to run to the Scatchet Head buoy and,

The Washington State Ferry ”Spokane” trumps all divisions. Photo by Jan Anderson.

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