Letters Volume XXX, Number 9, April 2011
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Managing Editor Richard Hazelton
Celebrating the Anticipation of Summer
People are walking around in shorts and sandals, that means the temperatures must be way up in the 50s in the Pacific Northwest. It’s been a very wet winter and everyone’s ready to scrape off the moss and put away the rain gear. (Okay, the rain gear is always at hand.) Yes, we do tend to push the arrival of summer a bit, but who can blame us. Sailing up an indigo inlet framed by verdant green, the sun on your shoulders, with snow capped peaks presiding over all, it’s a picture postcard starring you.
Those hardy racers have beat everyone to the punch and have been out there doing it. They’ve already been rewarded with some exiting sailing, even experiencing some summer-like conditions with sunshine and no wind, but mostly pretty good sailing weather.
One of the first signs of spring is the 48° North Swap Meet, held at Fisheries Supply, April 2. But that’s only the start. We don’t want to jinx an early summer by pushing too hard, so we’re celebrating with an Anticipation of Summer Boat Drink Contest. We’re already accepting recipes (see page 36 for details) with the judging party in May. See you there! We’ll be heading down to Oakland for Strictly Sail this month to check out the latest in gear and gadgets and, of course, sailboats. With the reemergence of hard chine designs, electric power, and the scuttlebutt of all automatic sailing, it should be quite interesting and thought provoking.
So, get that new bottom paint on, swab down the decks pack the cooler and prepare to hoist the sails. Revitalized and reinvigorated, its time to launch into a new season.
Editor
BTW - More blogs from Northwest cruisers have been added to our website. Go to
www.48north.com and click on Cruisers Blog to share in their adventures.
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