It's the end of the season. School is starting and summer is gone. But these kids certainly made the best of their sunny summer months! From Providence to North Kingstown, here are some of my favorite smiles from across the bay as the junior sailing season drew to a close. Enjoy!See more photos in the Viewing Galleries
What an interesting day out on the water. It was the Optimist New England Championship, hosted out of Potter's Cove by Sail Newport to over 400 optis from the US, USVI, Canada, and even Mexico! This is always a well attended event and this year it graced the shores of Newport with an astounding number of opti sailors ready to compete! The Opti Green fleet had about 40 boats, and the Red White Blue...
Narragansett Bay Yachting Association organizes events for sailors all over the bay, particularly junior events that give young sailors an opportunity to race with juniors from outside their own programs. There are multiple events for Optis, 420s and Lasers throughout the summer, and then there's Race Week. This US Sailing Junior Olympic Sailing Festival for the past several years has been hosted...
This summer I've had the opportunity to visit the Providence Community Boating Center in an effort to provide Providence families with great on-the-water photos of their young sailors.The Providence CBC program follows a much different model than the junior programs I'm used to, with a total of 4 two week all day programs for kids to attend versus the four-week or eight week models of other junior...
The Brooke Gonzalez Advanced Racing Clinicis not just any sailing clinic. Young sailors from all over submit applications in the hope they are accepted for 4 days of advanced instruction and coaching by some of the best in the business. This year sailors from New England, Canada, California, US Virgin Island, and even Signapore were accepted for the clinic, which was hosted by Sail Newport in late...
