Three Sheets Northwest was on hand to shoot a few pictures for a story we were writing on the 2010 Blakely Rock Race on Saturday, which kicked off this year’s Center Sound Series. Both this annual race and the Blakely Rock Benefit Race in April are well-known by local boatyards, because they usually produce a few [...]

What does it take to race across an ocean alone in a small boat against some of the best sailors in the world?
It’s a question that Seattle sailor and rigger Chris Tutmark can now answer.
In October, he and fellow Pacific Northwest racer Craig Horsfield completed one of the most demanding sailing races in the world—the [...]

Next month is Three Sheets Northwest’s one-year anniversary. Through the holidays, we’ll be posting a few of our favorite stories from the past year. This story was originally posted on Jan. 21.
This beautifully maintained 1926 Lake Union Dreamboat is thought to be one of only about 24 ever made. With its tongue and groove cedar ceiling, [...]

How could I resist? Waggoner, the self-appointed cruising bible of the Pacific Northwest, called the trip’s jumping-off point—Port Alberni, on Vancouver Island—”the single best saltwater trailer boat destination in the Northwest.”
In April I began seeking a really special cruise for myself and Sam, my 20-year-old nephew from Chicago, who had just finished an 18-month volunteer [...]

You couldn’t say I attend services regularly—nor irregularly, for that matter.
In fact, the only reason to find me on my way into a church on any basis would be to attend some wedding or funeral, sitting anonymously in the back—very concerned that for all my years of living life in full, a bolt of fire [...]

As it usually does, last weekend’s Round the County race included some of Puget Sound’s sleekest, fastest racing sailboats.
But in the end, no amount of Kevlar, carbon fiber or high-tech design made the difference. The annual regatta around San Juan County, among the most high-profile races in the region, was won by the 102-year-old wooden [...]

The annual Round the County race in the San Juan Islands has become one of the most anticipated fall races in the region, thanks to the great scenery, high level of competition and weather that always seems to prove challenging.
This year’s race is delivering again.   
Day one of the two-day regatta, hosted by the Orcas Island Yacht [...]