Adventuress Cup 2022

First, all of us at Sound Experience cannot thank you enough for making the third annual Adventuress Cup – A Race for the Salish Sea an amazing success. Thank you for your enthusiastic participation. You helped to raise more than $121,000 to continue the work and mission of Adventuress to reach our region’s youth with powerful education programs.

We are thrilled at this time to announce the winners of this year’s event based on points accrued through dollars raised, on-the-water race results, participation in the Wind in Your Sails Challenges and recruiting points. While not everyone could take home an award, we hope that everyone had fun! Below are the winners by category and a race day recap. Thank you again for your tireless support of Adventuress and her youth mission!

Race Day Recap

Saturday was a perfect race day for the Adventuress Cup with NW winds 15-25 knots and plenty of sunshine. The Corinthian Yacht Club Race Committee set a long upwind - downwind course covering over 17 miles and the fleet reveled in the conditions.

First off were the No Flying Sails fleet (no spinnakers). Team Ruby skippered by Paul Smith powered across the line and led the fleet upwind but couldn’t hold off the bigger boats in the class and was eventually passed by Team Pirate Turtles, skippered by Jason Karas, and Team Puget Packeteers, skippered by Jim Congdon. The Pirate Turtles held onto the lead to finish first in their class.

Then, as the five-minute warning for the start of the Flying Sails class sounded, the majestic 133-foot-long Adventuress , with a large spread of canvas surged across the line with representatives from the many sponsor companies and guests of Sound Experience aboard. All were cheering and snapping pictures as they embarked on a sail of a lifetime. Adventuress was a spectator boat, and didn’t officially take part in the race.