Week 3 of competition at Wickford Wednesday Night Racing was a much lighter air race. A beautiful evening on the water and our usual but still stupendous golden dusk light... But light air is not a friend for Papa, our heavy water/fuel/amenities laden Nonsuch 30. We didn't have the prettiest start, which forced us to a side of the course we tried to do our best with, but we finished second to...
Another season underway! For those of us who live in the West Bay, and sail, the popular summer series run by Wickford Yacht Club is Wednesday Night Racing, happening just about every Wednesday night from Memorial Day to Labor Day. It's a fun laid back group of boats sailing anywhere between Wickford Harbor, the Jamestown Bridge, the North End (Jamestown), and Quonset Point. And we all follow the...
Bravo circle was full of high performance one design boats: the 505s, F-18 catamarans and the triple-handed Vipers. While I still bounced between both circles on day two of the Wickford Regatta, I spent much more time on Bravo circle. It was the first time I had seen F-18s sail and they were quite exciting to watch! Day two of the regatta had very similar conditions to the first day, with...
I was recently invited to photograph the Wickford Regatta during two days in May, a one-design regatta hosted by Wickford Yacht Club out on Narragansett Bay. Competitors were divided into two circles, Alpha and Bravo, and I spent most of my time on the first day with the Alpha boats. These included Club 420s, International 420s, and the largest class, the Lasers!Wickford Regatta was first held...
Well the second day out on the water was much better than the first. When it was cold and blowing 20 a couple weeks ago, the day I went out with the North Kingstown High School Sailing Team for their regatta against Rogers Academy was one of those first true days of spring. The sun was shining, the smell of fresh rain and budding trees was in the air, and you almost didn't think you needed a...
