Reach Row events set for September

August 16, 2023 1:30 am
Photo courtesy of Sequim Bay Yacht Club / Preparing race course markers for Sequim Bay Yacht Club’s Reach & Row for Hospice, benefit races for Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County, are Frank DeSalvo, rowing/paddling race director, flanked by Kelly (left) and Bob Macaulay, who have participated in the sailing races since 1997. The benefit was established by then-SBYC member Mike Crim in 1991 as Reach for Hospice, and the name changed to Reach & Row for Hospice, when a rowing and paddling race was added.
Photo courtesy of Sequim Bay Yacht Club / Preparing race course markers for Sequim Bay Yacht Club’s Reach & Row for Hospice, benefit races for Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County, are Frank DeSalvo, rowing/paddling race director, flanked by Kelly (left) and Bob Macaulay, who have participated in the sailing races since 1997. The benefit was established by then-SBYC member Mike Crim in 1991 as Reach for Hospice, and the name changed to Reach & Row for Hospice, when a rowing and paddling race was added.

Funding respite care for the families of terminally ill Clallam County residents has been Sequim Bay Yacht Club’s goal for more than 30 years, and this year the club expects its all-time total of contributions to Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County (VHOCC) to surpass $500,000.

Racers and paddlers from both Clallam and Jefferson counties have started to register for the 5k rowing and paddling race scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 16. Anyone high school age and older from anywhere is eligible to launch a rowing shell, canoe, kayak, rowboat, inflatable, paddleboard — anything human-powered — from Mud Bay at John Wayne Marina. Registration fees — $25 per person for those pre-registering at webscorer.com, with discounts for yacht club members — all go directly to VHOCC and may be tax-deductible.

Sailors race on Saturday, Sept. 23, with registration on-site that morning. Registration is by donation, with $50 per sailor the minimum.

Get more information at sequimbayyacht.club/hospice-sailing.

Photo courtesy of Sequim Bay Yacht Club /