Pacific Northwest

On Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at approximately 1:30PM, the Oregon State Police responded to the report of a small plane that had crashed into the Columbia River near Clatskanie. Initial information indicated the plane was ...

Kurt Hoehne write a nice piece
on this past weekend' Blakely Rocks Regatta




The Blakely Rock Race is almost always something. It’s seems to be either a wake-up gear-buster or a very chilly reminder that we get to race when a lot of the continent doesn’t, as long as we can bear the cold. And it usually points out pretty clearly who has a jump on the fleet – the perpetual winners or someone new on the scene. While the results on Saturday indicated that Firefly had won overall, it turns it was sailing with the wrong rating, and it has retired from the race. See below. This makes Ballistic the overall winner and Sachem the class 7 winner. And Crossfire, which led on ...

65 Boats in 10 divisions answered the call of the 2nd race of the Southern Sound Series,
The Duwamish Head race, a 30.8 jaunt from Des Moines Marina up north to Duwamish Head and Blakely Rock
before returning back to Des Moines Marina. A great mid winter distance race, even more so when
conditions ...

The Royal Vancouver Yacht Club held host to the 2017 6 Meter World Championships over the last week.

With 16 Classic boats and 18 Open boats competing in 8 races over 7 days, in the water of English Harbor, it was a spectacle
to behold as these vintage vessels gathered in unison for the 1st time in the West Coast since 1979.

The 6 Meter World Cup is held biannually, ...

All lanes of Interstate 84 remain closed from Troutdale (Exit 17) to 2 miles west of Hood River (MP 62). SR-14 is closed to commercial traffic in both directions, but open to passenger vehicles. Bridge of the Gods is closed.

The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office has increased evacuation levels ...

It's true.

Death From The Rear v2 has launched and is headed up river on the 10th anniversary of the Double Damned.




Living up to the promise he was gonna sail this "Damn Race" one way or another, Paul Sutcheck put the pieces together,
secured a Cal 20 "Sláinte" or "Cheers" or "to your health" in Gaelic and hit the road. Sort of.

The boat had no trailer, and it took some searching to find the right sized used one, and when ...

A fire destroyed several boats at the Everett Marina Saturday night.

The fire started around 8 p.m. in the 1700 block of W Marine View Drive. Crews at the scene say smoke ...

Seems like just yesterday a group of crazy sailors proposed a race from Cascade Locks, 42 miles
upriver and downhill to The Dalles through the Columbia ...

2017 Stage 2, Day 2: Groundings, grindings, and a creative curve ball
The hour hand’s third and fourth laps around the R2AK have been both eventful and deceptive. Looking at the ...