Orcas Islander Nate Feder snapped this photo at the beginning of the 2011 Round the County sailing race.

The sailors began this morning at Lydia Shoal, in Rosario Strait, just east of Obstruction Pass, and headed north past Orcas Island, around Clark, Matia, Sucia, and Patos Islands, then continued down Boundary Pass past the Turn Point Light House. The racers finished for the day at Roche Harbor.

Results from the first leg are posted online.

The second leg of the race will commence at 9 a.m. on Sunday morning. The sailors will begin in Mosquito Bay, south of Henry Island. The course continues south along the shore of San Juan Island, across Salmon Bank, around Lopez, Decatur and Blakely Islands to finish again at Lydia Shoal.

An awards dinner at the Orcas Island Yacht Club will follow.