Downhill sailing sailing near the start of the Seattle Yacht Club's 2025 Protection Island Race aboard Dark Star, Jonathan and Libby McKee's Riptide 44

© David Schmidt The magic of night sailing, checking in with the Transat Paprec, Congressional Cup decided
We bundled up as the last of the rays sunlight dipped below the Olympic Mountains and night quietly fell on Puget Sound. We'd been racing for about twelve hours in the Seattle Yacht Club's Protection Island Race (April 26), and we were getting tired.