Winter storms and winter swell means cold days at the beach for me and cold days in the water for water sports enthusiasts like Andrew, here. New Englanders are interestingly adapted to sports of every season, from the warm summer days of sun and small swell, to the winter days of 50 something degree water, 7mm wetsuits, and heavy storm breezes. This day in particular was one of the windiest I had...
I've been looking forward to getting out on the water now that winter has moved on. Of course, the first day I do get out the weather was much more winter-like than spring-like! About 45 degrees but a very cold westerly wind made for a chilly day. I went out with the North Kingstown High School Sailing Team for a home regatta against Prout. It was a team race, 3 vs. 3, and NK came out on top! With...
This past Sunday was a fundraising event for Wickford Sailing Assocation, the Quonset Point 10 Miler. This was the first year a 5K course was also offered to registrants. There was a great diversity of runners, even one of my former sailing students who is about 9 years old did the 5K! Luckily the rain held off and it was just a chillier overcast day. The race started at 10am, and two runners...
