Smoke on the Water
This article first appeared in the September 2018 issue of Freshwater News. Right about the time that the West Coast was basically burning just about everywhere. And we were just trying to identify the windward mark through the smoke… (Cough, cough. Wheeze.) If you’ve been sailing this summer just about anywhere in the Pacific Northwest, be it racing or cruising, then you’re likely familiar with the braille-like conditions on the water since wildfires broke out…well…just about everywhere on the West…