Off to the races!Wickford is changing it up this year by offering two 6-week series for the summer. And while we all were just wrapping our heads around summer finally arriving, the first series was already over!I got out on the water for one gorgeous sunny evening in particular in late June to catch some action. The changeover in this fleet is pretty minimum so I have to really work to create...
It feels like we're almost halfway through the summer but Wednesday Nights are just beginning! Between hot no-wind days and rain, there have been few gorgeous sunny summer nights on the bay. But one of the first few weeks of Wickford Yacht Club's summer beercan racing series provided a rather beautiful sunny evening with a westerly breeze. I was onboard the family Nonsuch 30, Papa, and captured...
The last weeks of Wednesday Night Racing hosted by Wickford Yacht club absolutely flew by! There were windy nights and almost airless nights. Brilliant sundowns and cloudy ones. We missed the last night of racing but still managed to eek out a 4th place for the season, which isn't too shabby for our broad and sluggish Nonsuch 30! It's really more of a cruiser than a racer...Here are just a few...
There are recurring thrills every summer: fireworks on the 4th, warm ocean waters, hot sandy beaches, ice cream truck jingles, a cool Del's lemonade... And for sailors it's the start of summer racing series. From the PHRF series hosted out of multiple yacht clubs to One Design races hosted by local fleets, there's always somewhere to race every week during the summer months. Beer and smiles are...
Another year in the books. 2013 started out with surf, snow and seascapes, which moved into spring flowers, high school sailing and Wickford Regatta in May. The summer was full of activity from the Sail Newport Youth Challenge kicking off the summer sailing season in June, to the junior sailors, beercan racers, and Newport Regatta among other events. The summer drew to a close with a cruise...
