Mako Sailing

The sun was out, it was warm and the breeze was on. It was a record breaking year for the Swiftsure Cape Flattery race. Mako finished...

Here is the actual track of Mako from the YB tracker. Pretty cool, and helps to relive some of the journey. In other news Mako is signed...

Round the County is an annual race around the San Juan islands that make up San Juan county. It's hosted by Orca Island Yacht Club and...

Mako made it back to Olympia on Friday August 12th and was greeted by friends and family at the dock. Mako made great time on the return....

Jason and three crew that did not do the race are bringing Mako back across the pond. They set out on Tuesday July 26. The trip back is...

This is Kaneohe Yacht Club from the clubhouse. Not a bad place to tie up your boat eh? The KYC pool is steppe away from the docks. They...

The last day of the race was really the best sailing that we had. Reports of record swell were made from the remnants of Hurricane Darby....

Pacific Cup 2022 is a wrap! It was an adventure that will never be forgotten. The crew and Mako are well and adjusting to life on land in...

The Pacific Cup race is “the fun race to Hawaii.” The race goes from San Francisco CA to Kaneohe Bay Oahu HI. It’s 2,070 nautical miles...

We’ve in California and have stared prep for the race. Lots of cool boats around at Richmond Marina. We’ve been doing some last min...

It was a fantastic shakedown for the boat and the crew. We had zero wind in Puget Sound and turned the corner into the ocean with flat...

It was a mad scramble to get the boat ready for our trip. We hauled out the boat for a wash, zincs and checking the bottom paint. Then we...

Team Mako has been super busy preparing for the journey from Olympia to San Francisco. We plan to depart on Monday 6/6/22. You can track...

Luckily the Sydney 38 is a boat designed for ocean sailing and therefore is quite easy to modify for a race like the Pacific Cup. That...

The best pics of Mako yet from the amazing Sean Trew! 4th out of 5 in our class but only 5 min behind first after 38.4 nautical miles....

Bill our navigator and videographer is working on adding data from the instruments to the videos. This is pretty amazing stuff. Just wait...

We knew that we had a big job on our hands when we bought the boat. The "new" bottom paint was rough, gummy, falling off, and not...

We did our first cruise to our favorite Southern Sound destination Penrose Point State Park. No wind but we had a blast.

We did the Salish 200! The Salish 200 is a 204 mile course around the San Juan Islands in the Salish Sea and down through Puget Sound...

We finally got to sail Mako in our home waters. We were impressed with the boat and how sensitive it is to sail trim. Getting used to...