wingssail images fredrick roswold Judy takes us out I’m on watch and I’m just sitting on deck, watching. I guess that’s what you do when you are on watch; you watch. It’s midnight and we are running down wind in a strong breeze. We have a reefed mainsail and a small More
edwina images-john matejczyk Sailing in Banderas Bay these days is better than ever. The blue skies, flat water, and steady winds have reminded us how much we love this place. Saturday (pictured) was fantastic. Sunday was challenging (to say the least) but we survived. Today, Wednesday, the Beer Can race More
wingssail images-fredrick roswold Judy Sailing The need to get moving and get to the next place is an itch which has to be scratched. It doesn’t matter how nice it is where you already are, you still wonder about the next place. It doesn’t matter how many pictures you’ve seen More
wingssail images-lisa diel Starting on Port Tack With a “Blast” in December our racing season got underway. On day one of the Banderas Bay Blast, after a pretty decent start (seen below) we sailed well on the first beat and controlled the small but competitive performance class. We rounded the More
jdl digital media images Wings Sailing Over the VHF radio a call to the fleet is heard, “This is Wings, the rabbit, we are five minutes from the mark. To all you racers out here, be prepared to turn around in five minutes when you see Wings heading back.” That More
jdl digital media images Wings Sailing on Banderas Bay We finished the racing season in March with the Banderas Bay Regatta. The crew were in high spirits as we sailed home from the third and final race despite the fact that we were disqualified in that race due to a More
wingssail videos-lisa diel The start was fun but the finish was better. The last two Wednesdays we’ve pretty much been racing against Olas Lindas and no one else. The other boats have either stayed away or are a lot slower so we don’t see them after the start. But racing More
wingssail images-fredrick roswold Going Sailing The first tack was hilarious! We had ten women aboard who had never been on a sailboat and they were all lounging around on the port side deck. I got everyone’s attention and then explained to them that when Judy yelled, “Tacking” they all had More
wingssail images-nikk white Wings’ Crew We’re a team, those of us who sail on Wings. Judy thinks of us as a family and she is right, but it’s a family who work together towards a goal. That goal is to sail this boat as well as we can. January was a busy month for the […] More
wingssail images-elinore craig Fred & Judy We started off the racing season with some great performances due to really good teamwork. It’s funny how winning and knowing we all worked well together made for a happy crew. wingssail images-elinore craig Hi Jinks on Wings The boat must have liked it too, we felt fast on […] More
wingssail images-lisa diel Wings Sailing Racing rolls around each December. The crew, those who summer up north, drift back into town and the rest of us who summered here put away our boat projects and start puttering with rigging and sails and daydreaming about the sleek hulls of the racing boats gliding to windward in […] More
bill baum image Winning PSSC Wings is sailing home to Shilshole Bay Marina on October 23, 1993, after winning the PSSC regatta. It was tough sailing that year with winds in the 24-30 knot range for the three races on Saturday, then light winds on Sunday and we battled it out with Bill Buchan’s Sachem, […] More