A Tale of Two Races
This column first appeared in the May 2019 edition of Freshwater News. And proves that opposites can attract… It’s Oregon Offshore Month, that annual Pacific Northwest yachting ritual that celebrates, in no particular order, hypothermia, sleep deprivation, endless lee shores, and upon reaching that most beautiful of finishes in Victoria, B.C., scores of sailors swearing that they’ll, “NEVER DO IT AGAIN.” That is of course until the second beer at Garrick’s Head or the Sticky Wicket dulls short term memory…