Seattle Yacht Club


Vashon Island


The Vashon Island Race, the second


of three in Seattle Yacht Club's Tri-Island Series, took place May 14. Sailors awoke to a bright, sunny day and hustled forty-eight boats to the start line, where a glassy Puget Sound welcomed us. The temperature was moderate, and the forecast was for light winds and a good chance of rain. Indeed the seven classes of boats were postponed, but there was no sign of impending rain. Before long, a carpet of breeze was spotted to the north; it approached the race course quickly, consistently, and with determination to deliver breeze for this 48-nm long-course race. The committee signaled resumption of the race, and Class 1 positioned for the start with a 5-6 knot northerly. Shortly after the


start, boats spread out across the Sound. The wind was rather consistent across the


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Above: Shortly after the start, boats spread out across the Sound.


Below: Light air sailing between ”Penetration,” “Kowloom” and“Beltane.”


Photos by Jan Anderson. www.flagshipmaritimetraining.com/id7.html


water, and with the flood tide until about 4:00 pm, boats were looking for current. Yachts everywhere were moving pretty well, but some enjoyed the conditions better than others. Lorenzo Migliorini, skippering Allegro Vivace to a second place win on the 35-nm short course, recounted, “The conditions were great for the J-105, and we were very fast upwind as the boat was tuned very well. We crossed immediately after rounding Pt. Robinson buoy and we stayed close to the east shore the whole way back to get current relief. We rounded Pt. Robinson buoy in 5th and finish 2nd. It was a great sailing day.” Taking first in Class 5 was Charles Hill’s Different Drummer, while third place was secured by Tom Kerr’s Corvo. In Class 1, Steve


Travis’ 1D48 Flash and Greg Slyngstad’s new Kernan 44 Wasabi, both with a PHRF rating of -24, had fun and close racing


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