If you’ve ever driven across the Ross Island Bridge and looked south, you might’ve seen them — a fleet of tiny white triangle-shaped sailboats zigzagging back and forth like someone lit their sails on fire. It looks aimless. Disorganized. Like a miniature regatta gone rogue.
It’s not. It’s supposed to look like that. It’s chaos with a purpose.
Every Wednesday evening during the summer, a group of dinghy sailors — some seasoned racers, some just figuring it out — harness the evening wind on the Willamette River and race with precision. What looks like chaos is actually the Willamette Sailing Club’s summer Wednesday night races.
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