Jul 20 2009 in Race Week by Marty McOmber
Sunny 75-degree weather ushered in the warmest day for the fourth and final day of racing in the ‘Ohana Harbor Coffee Whidbey Island Race Week regatta. Two solid races for each of the 10 classes were run by the Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle race committee Friday afternoon in a 6-9 knot westerly. The committee’s [...]
Jul 17 2009 in Race Week by Marty McOmber
Jul 16 2009 in Race Week by Marty McOmber
Wednesday, July 15, the third day of the five-day ‘Ohana Harbor Coffee Whidbey Island Race Week regatta, brought the total number of starts fired off for the 94 boats so far to 64. Ranging from the J/125, Roxanne, with a PHRF rating of 6, to Tom Black’s US25, Blackie, with a PHRF rating of 244, [...]
Jul 15 2009 in Race Week by Marty McOmber
For the 94 boats competing in the nine classes of ‘Ohana Harbor Coffee Whidbey Island Race Week, the crew’s watches could be set by the noon-sharp start of Tuesday’s first race, one of three races completed successfully during the second of five race days scheduled for the 27th annual regatta. Making up for the event’s [...]
by Deborah Bach
Jul 14 2009 in Race Week by Deborah Bach
Monday was no wind, no worries for Sunny Kerr. Despite traveling from Victoria, B.C. to compete in this year’s Whidbey Island Race Week, Kerr shrugged off the lack of wind that prevented any races from being held the first day of the regatta. Undaunted, Kerr and her crewmates on the J/109, Astral Plane, headed out [...]
Jul 14 2009 in Life Afloat, Race Week by Marty McOmber
On Monday, 94 sailboats congregated in the waters of Washington State’s Penn Cove in anticipation of this year’s Whidbey Island Race Week. Unfortunately, the wind was left off the guest list. Regardless, enthusiasm remained high as the approximately 500 racers looked forward to the remaining four days of competition. Indeed, this annual regatta, which attracts [...]
by Deborah Bach
Jul 12 2009 in Life Afloat, Race Week by Deborah Bach
Stephenie Schwenk and her husband, Andy, have raced against each other in sailboats for years, all in good fun. Sometimes they’d make bets. If she won, he’d have to cook. If he beat her, she’d wear her lingerie. But they often raced together during Whidbey Island Race Week, and five days in the same boat [...]
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