anchorage. Eventually Kevin Welch’s Icon (sailing in the double-handed division with Jan Mejer) managed to escape as well, literally ramming the tide gate using their massive Code 0 spinnaker, only to later narrowly miss being swept onto Vendovi Island while Tantivy sat at anchor, roasting sausages, in the shallows along Sinclair Island watching the debacle unfold. During the night the wind built


slightly, but not enough to keep several boats from being swept south of Sinclair Island and into Bellingham Channel. Making the best of this, Son-Of-Raven managed to catch a slight easterly in Rosario Strait, putting them in first position while the rest were swept south around Cypress Island. Closely behind Son-Of-Raven were Tantivy and Icon who engaged in a gybing duel while heading north along the beach beside Lummi Island. As the sun began to rise Icon managed to hit her stride and rounded the Point Roberts mark thirty minutes ahead of Son-Of-Raven and ninety minutes ahead of Tantivy. Way behind the lead boats were those


which spent most of the night anchored near Saddlebag. These competitors were rewarded by a building northwest wind down the Strait of Georgia, making for lumpy seas. The lumpy seas forced Chuck Tidrington in his Santa Cruz 27, Cookie Monster, to retire after 18 hours and four miles from Point Roberts mark, when the majority of his crew started losing their breakfast! Also behind was Ian Sloan’s J-27 Stranger who was the first to step into the northerly after hanging it out along Lummi Island. By the time most boats reached


Boundary Pass, a classical convergence zone had developed between the competing northwest winds in Georgia


Strait and the southwesterly in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The boats that went down the west side of Haro Strait were able to gain some current relief from the building flood until Kelp Reef when they were forced to buck the current head on in order to maintain some forward progress. In the meantime, Icon, which had


built a massive lead over Son-Of-Raven and Tantivy while riding the northerly down Haro Strait, hit yet another parking lot at Hein Bank. In doing so they drifted backwards losing about an hour and a half while watching their competitors gradually cut into their lead. Eventually a slight westerly filled in and Icon managed to reach down towards Smith Island, catch a building southeasterly and ride the flood up Rosario Strait and finish around 3:00 pm on Saturday afternoon. Son-Of-Raven followed around 5:00 pm and Tantivy about 5:30 pm. The next boat across the finish line


was Geoff Pentz’s C&C 37 ReignMaker at 3:40am Sunday morning, followed by Joe Poire’s Mumm 36 Sly D Away at 4:03 am and Stranger at 4:13 am. Sailing an excellent race was Gavin Brackett who sailed his San Juan 24 to a 7:44 am finish on Sunday after two nights on the water! The last boat to finish was Randall Barnes’ Catalina 470, Sol Pacifico, who crossed the line at 11:31am on Sunday with an elapsed time of 39:51:51! Of the 32 boats in the race, only 16 managed to finish before the time cutoff. Full results check: http://anacortesyachtclub.org/ In the end, all were winners in one of


the toughest and most challenging events that the northwest has to offer. Make sure you put this event on your calendar as it is earning a well regarded place as one of the best in the Northwest.


by Kevin Welch


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Foulweather Bluff Race October 2


The 30th annual Foulweather Bluff


race is sponsored by the Corinthian Yacht Club of Edmonds. All yachts in the flying sails division with a PHRF rating of 180 or lower compete in the 26 mile feature race to the CG Buoy off Foulweather Bluff and return to the finish line just north of the Edmonds Ferry Dock via the Scatchet Head Buoy. Yachts with a PHRF rating of 181 and higher and yachts in the NFS division compete in the 18 mile short course to a temporary buoy set off Pilot Point, also returning to the finish via the Scatchet Head Buoy. The race will have a reverse starting order with the NFS and the over 181 PHRF classes starting first and the Multi-Hulls starting last. In addition to the usual first, second


and third place class trophies, there is the perpetual Bill Heston Performance Memorial Trophy, awarded to the mono-hull with the best long course corrected time, a special award to the wooden yacht with the best finish, and the Grand Perpetual Foulweather Bluff Team Trophy to the Yacht Club with the best combined top four finishers. The Foulweather Bluff Race is also one of the last events used as a qualifier for the SYC Grand Prix. Overnight moorage is available at


the Port of Edmonds Marina to boats arriving the day before the race and/or staying overnight the day of the race. Register: www.cycedmonds.org or


mail entry forms: Reinhard Freywald, 9503 - 234th St. SW, Edmonds, WA 98020.


Congratulations to Tantivy - 1st in class Northern Century


Shoot the Moon - 1st in class Star and Bar Regatta


Thanks for choosing Ballard Sails.


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