Sail with me on the Block Island Ferry... Well we didn't take the ferry, but we certainly sailed! It was such a nice break to sail instead of motor. Listening to the lapping of gentle waves against the hull instead of the obnoxious humming of a motor. The trip from Mystic to Block Island was the longest leg, and we couldn't sail for the entire time since the breeze was light and we had to make it...
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...
