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Cold High School Start: NK v PAbbey v Williams

It's been a slow start to the high school sailing season this year.  The North Kingstown team was delayed a few weeks from ice covering the harbor.  As things began to thaw it looked like warm weather had arrived, but soon enough it was back to cold gray wintery conditions.About a month into the season I finally got on the water to join the team! It was a 3-way regatta against Portsmouth Abbey and...

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NBYA Jr Race Week 2014

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...

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Wickford Regatta 2014

This was my second year covering this event, and while I was unable to get on the water for the first day of races (due to the Sail Newport Youth Challenge) I was able to go out on Sunday.  The wind was flukey, the breeze was fairly light, but it was still terrific to see all the one-design boats competing so close to home!  There were several returning faces and both the laser fleet and F18 fleet...

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NK vs. Rogers vs. Sharon

The high school sailing season always feels short. No sooner are the boats in the water in early March then the season is drawing to a close by mid April. But before the season championship events, North Kingstown hosted a three-way regatta in Wickford Harbor, inviting the Rogers team from Newport and the Sharon team from Massachusetts. There was actually breeze and sun as racing got underway...

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Spring Sailing with NKHSST

Late March... it's technically spring but days like these would probably fool you into thinking it was winter. High School sailing is almost a month into its short season and my alma mater and local team from North Kingstown was out making the best of a particularly chilly March afternoon. No warm sun but luckily no snow or freezing rain either. This team was already undefeated in the few events...

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