Tom Wile Builds Vivachee, Hull #10
A series of YouTube videos documenting Tom Wile (the first ITCA President) building Hull #10. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 [...]
2025 Northwest Championship Regatta – August 30th & 31st
Will be held in Port Townsend. See the regatta page on Regatta Network for more info. Everybody's welcome.
2107 International Championship Regatta Official Notice of Race
Printable NORPrintable Amendment 1 to NOR
Thunderbird NW Regional Championship Regatta Sept 3-4
Mark you calendars and get your boats ready for the NW Regional Championships. [pdf-embedder url="https://thunderbirdsailing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-NW-Regionals-NOR.pdf" title="2016 NW Regionals NOR"]
Happy 2019!
Something to get you thinking about the upcoming sailing season! Crowded Rounding on Day 1 of the 2017 Internationals
TBird Racing Videos
Dale Dunning from Fleet 33 in Port Townsend has done a series of videos from his boat Owl using a 360 camera and has posted [...]
2025 Pacific Northwest Regional Regatta
The Pacific Northwest held their 2025 Thunderbird Regional Regatta in Port Townsend during the Labor Day Weekend. Port Townsend Sailing Association once again hosted [...]
The Birth of Thunderbaby
Thunderbaby was built by Duane Emnott. She is the the newest Thunderbird in the worldwide fleet. With a gorgeously varnished wood hull she was launched as the fleet [...]
Accidentally discovering the carver of the Thunderbird International Race Trophy
Here's a great article from the Gig Harbor History Museum about the International Regatta Trophy. Synopsis: The piece tells the story of how the [...]
1975 Internationals Seattle – Tanker Jones
A newspaper article about Canadian "Tanker" Jones, Canadian Football League player and Thunderbird sailor attempting to repeat as International Champion in 1975. Tanker Tries [...]
2015 ITCA Annual General Meeting Minutes
https://thunderbirdsailing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ITCA-AGM-2-7-15.pdf
2018 AGM Meeting
https://thunderbirdsailing.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ITCA-AGM-2-10-18.pdf
TBIRD West Coast Regional Regatta 2024
Ten Thunderbirds joined in for eight races over two days in Port Townsend. Conditions were great with moderate, consistent winds. Corvo dominated the field with [...]
April 2026 Racing in Port Townsend – Photos
It was a dark and stormy Wednesday evening...but the Tbirds prevailed. Photos by Nell Allen from the committee boat. [...]
Raven Wins 2019 Internationals
Team Raven from Port Townsend, sailing a loaner boat (Atomic Salsa), took three first place finishes on the last day of racing to win the [...]
On-line registration for 2017 Internationals now live!
Two months from today the 2017 Thunderbird International Regatta begins! It's time to register. To make that easier we are using the US Sailing Regatta [...]
2018 ITCA Annual General Meeting Announcement
ATTENTION THUNDERBIRD OWNERS The annual ITCA Annual General Meeting will be held at Twelve noon, Saturday February 10th, 2018 in the Sequim Bay Yacht [...]
West Coast Championship Regatta – Sept 4-5, 2022 – Results
Nine races were completed over two days. Day one saw light but steady winds from the SE and the race committee was able to pull [...]
2016 Annual General Meeting Minutes
https://thunderbirdsailing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ITCA-AGM-2-20-16.pdf
2015 Northwest Thunderbird Regionals NOR
2015-Thunderbird-Regionals-NOR
2018 West Coast Thunderbird Championship NOR
https://thunderbirdsailing.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2018-Thunderbird-West-Coast-Champioship-Regatta-NoR-002.pdf
2023 International Regatta Results
The 2023 Thunderbird International Regatta went off without a hitch. Good wind and weather, and a bunch of good sailors, made for a fun, competitive [...]
THUNDERBIRD RENDEZVOUS and REGATTA big Success!
by Edward Josberger While Saturday, July 25, brought a welcome respite to the 90 F heat wave that enveloped Western Washington, the racing at the T-Bird [...]
John Booth, A Legend. RIP
Published in Victoria Times Colonist from Apr. 17 to Apr. 18, 2019 BOOTH, John Reginald Age 80 of Victoria, BC passed away suddenly on Monday, April 8, 2019. [...]
Get the lead out – Mast issue up for discussion
The ITCA is currently working on a proposal for an amendment to the specifications to remove the weight requirement. A current proposal would be to eliminate section [...]