So this part of the Cruise has an interesting story attached... and I'm not sure if I should call this the Second Port of Call? It wasn't on the itinerary, more of an emergency stop...Well anyway, after waking up at the crack of dawn from Dutch Harbor, we set off out of Narragansett Bay and turned West towards our next scheduled stop: Stonington, CT. The fog was some of the thickest I had seen in...
At the beginning of August, an annual event took place: the Wickford Yacht Club Cruise. This highly anticipated club event is a week long trip taken by WYC members, as we all chug along together, under power, sail, or power-sail, to various locations along the southern New England coast. In the past, from what my parents have recalled, the cruise took years to leave Narragansett Bay and for quite...
We've been pretty lucky all summer with regards to weather. Overall it's been dry and comfortably warm. I'm having a hard time recalling any nights it was too hot to get to sleep, or too many days it was blisteringly hot. We've had strings of thunderstorms, true, but still I would say it's been really dry (as I think back to the wettest summer on record a few years back).Wednesday Night Racing...
Day 2 of Race Week witnessed more wind troubles again as NBYA sailed out of Colt State Park in Bristol. A westerly/north westerly breeze spoiled any chance the sea breeze had of filling. And although our beloved southerly made a valiant effort to fill around noon time, it was quickly thwarted by that NW breeze. I joined the Opti Red White and Blue fleets for day 2, and again only one race was...
Every summer brings a pleasant little surprise to the residents of North Kingstown. Along Boston Neck Road is a small little pond. I'm not talking about the large pond that runs along Annaquatucket and under the road, but it's neighboring little little pond, about 30 feet or so in diameter. It is full of Lotus flowers and every summer in the high heat they bloom for a very short period of time....
