Photographic Proof: She Floats

Photo courtesy of Harley Soltes
At last, we got a picture of Mistral underway.
It took an article in the Seattle Times, but we managed to get photographer Harley Soltes in a chase boat during the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival schooner challenge. Mistral defended last year's cup win over Sparkle and lost, but it made for a good story and even better pictures. The story ran on the cover of Northwest Weekend and is available online.
BLANCHARD RACE UPDATE: Mistral will be racing in the Blanchard Regatta this weekend at the Center for Wooden Boats. From 8 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday is the crew breakfast, followed at 9 by a race seminar. The skipper's meeting is at 10:30 and the race is at 11. There is a dinner at 7 p.m. Another day of racing will commence Sunday at noon. Crew has been summoned for both races -- you know who you are -- but we aren't playing for a lot of marbles in this one so feel free to contact the skipper if you're interested.