The Wickford Regatta has been hosted annually by Wickford Yacht Club in the spirit of early-season one-design fun! This year's classes included Lasers, Club 420, International 420, F18 catamarans, 505s, J/22s, and new this year were 29ers. Both days were well into the 80s and low 90s, but we were blessed with beautiful breeze all weekend.
Racing kicked off on Day 1 around noon, with Alpha...
This winter has been one for the record books. With 30 degree swings in temperature, mid 60° weather in late February, it suddenly feels like spring has already arrived with summer just around the corner.
While I spent some time outside basking in the warm sunlight the past few weeks, I still felt anxious as these weather patterns are certainly an indicator of the trending unpredictability due...
Conanicut Yacht Club's annual Around the Island Racecircumnavigates Conanicut Island every Labor Day weekend. This is an end of season event for many sailors, and allows for a last friendly hoorah with mostly PHRF and a few One Design fleets. This year's event was slightly unusual compared to most years, as a stiff northeasterly breeze hung around most of the week through the weekend. Rain and...
A week before Race Week, Newport was host to the Opti New England Championship Regatta for the second time in the past three years. There were almost 100 more boats than the last time this event visited Narragansett Bay in 2014, and with about 100 boats to a total of 4 starts, it was attack of the optis all over again!Sailors come from throughout the region to compete, but others travel from...
Day Two of NBYA Junior Race Week. I joined the 420 circle this time, and while the clouds and rain were gone, the breeze remained and even stronger than the day before.There was a stiff westerly breeze of about 15-20 knots in the morning, holding into the afternoon. While these breezes tend to die and make room for the southerly sea breeze, that wasn't the case on this day, and soon the gusts...
