Pacific NW Offshore Racers, Crew, and Support Teams,
OK, well we now have 20 boats registered!! Well, technically, we only have 19, but if you round up and you count a boat that is sorting out an SER concern before he registers, we have 20! That was our first goal. Now it's on to our Stretch Goal of 25! Who do you know that wants to do the race? Put them in touch with me. This race is gonna happen, and it's gonna be a good one.
In other news, the 19th boat to register has two hulls! Yep, we have our first multihull in the race who will be handling "safety boat" duty and will act as a test case for multihull SERs for a division next year and as a direct link to the multihull community here in the PNW. The owners are Joe and Sue Dazey with their Chris White 48 named Presto. Here's a bit of their sailing bio:
We started sailing multihulls in the mid-1970s. In 1981 we made a voyage to Alaska and couldn't stop going back so we started commercial trolling for salmon. In 2014 we retired from fishing. We bought our 48' Chris White catamaran in Florida, sailed to the Chesapeake, sailed to the Caribbean a couple of times with the Salty Dawg Rally (13 days and 9 days), crossed from Antigua to Panama (12 days), went through the Panama Canal, cruised the coasts of Panama, Costa Rica, and Mexico. In June of 2019, we left Ensenada and arrived 17 days later in Sitka. We're based in Poulsbo, WA. We did a bit of racing in Puget Sound in the 1970s/80s, and raced more recently in the Chesapeake. We enjoyed good success in the 2016 and 2017 Cape Charles Cup.
More details:
For folks thinking about hotels and such in Ilwaco/Long Beach Peninsula, the Visitor's Bureau will be updating their site shortly with information and we'll include links on our PNWO website.
The Port Angeles Yacht Club has worked with Westport Yachts to provide 195' and 205' of dock space for us in addition to the space the marina is making available.
Boats have started registering for moorage in Ilwaco using the link on our site. If you haven't registered, here's the link. https://www.portofilwaco.com/2021-pacific-nw-offshore-reservations/
An updated inspection guideline will be published later today on the Regatta Network site through www.sailpdx.org notice board and inspections will be starting soon.
The registered boats are going to start showing up on the website and in social media with photos and commentary from Eric Hopper and Lilli Matzke. Check 'em out.
We are locking in a volunteer that will likely do video interviews with skippers and crews for posting before, during, and after the race. Cool, no?
Sailing Instructions are being drafted and will be posted most likely within a few weeks.
We have signed an agreement with YellowBrick to do race tracking this year. It should be cool.
So you can see, the race is on! I'm shooting for weekly posts from here on out. Look for us on Facebook and other social media.
See you in Ilwaco.
Denny
Dennis Damore
CYC Commodore, Pacific NW Offshore Race Captain