items tagged with sailboats
August 18, 2011
Wednesday evening drew many crews for racing on Fidalgo Bay, but at least one sailboat decided to sit this one out.
Tags: Baker, sailboats
April 10, 2011
A new view from an old vantage point. New in the foreground at Seafarers’ Memorial Park is the rock breakwater. In the background are sailboats, the shore of Guemes Island and the tip of Cap Sante. The location where this … Continue reading →
Tags: sailboats, Seafarers
March 11, 2009
Maurice Fink and Joe Gleason are among 10 or 12 owners of the “Soling 1 meter,” a semi-scale remote control sailboat modeled after the Olympic sailboat. Fink (holding boat) and Gleason spent part of Wednesday afternoon at Heart Lake, but … Continue reading →
Tags: fink, gleason, remote, sailboats
August 15, 2007
Wednesday evening was beautiful … a great night to sail on Fidalgo Bay. Wind was lacking, but everyone who gathered for the weekly race went home a winner.
Tags: fifth street, sailboats
July 8, 2007
A city parks and recreation department staffer races out to re-join young sailors after running one of the teens in to Cap Sante Boat Haven. Young sailing students applied their new skills on a windy afternoon that provided both challenges … Continue reading →
Tags: city, park, recreation, sailboats
June 27, 2007
Students from an Anacortes Park and Recreation class sail toward Cap Sante, with a barely visible Mt. Baker looming on the horizon.
Tags: Baker, park, sailboats
June 5, 2006
Today’s photograph is uploaded from my laptop computer, where I have stored some of my favorite Fidalgo Bay photographs from a recent Anacortes Yacht Club sailing event. Mt. Baker’s been in and out of cloud cover in recent days, but … Continue reading →
Tags: Baker, sailboats
September 22, 2005
These sailors motored up Guemes Channel over the past weekend, making the most of remaining summer days. The shore of Guemes appears in the background.
Tags: guemes channel, sailboats, summer
August 4, 2005
It was interesting Wednesday evening to see a one-person sailboat glide across Fidalgo Bay with Mt. Baker and a massive oil tanker in the background. The tanker brought a shipment of crude oil to the Shell Refinery.
Tags: sailboats, tanker
May 13, 2004
From my living room window I counted at least a dozen boats, their sharp white sails standing in stark contrast against the deep blue water and moody skies above. With a few minutes to spare before we left for Whidbey … Continue reading →
Tags: sailboats, shell
March 12, 2004
I’ve only been “skipper” of a small sailboat once in my life, but that doesn’t mean I can’t take vicarious pleasure from real sailors doing their thing in Fidalgo Bay. Six or seven small boats were just sailing back into … Continue reading →
Tags: sailboats
