The summer sailing season kicked off early this year with the Sail Newport Youth Challenge hosted the second weekend in May, a full month earlier than usual. This season opener hosting a fleet of around 90 Optimists, plus a handful of 420s and Lasers, was scheduled as part of the Volvo Ocean Race Newport Stopoverwhich opened with various youth activities and closed with the Atlantic Leg start for...
The high school sailing season is actually coming to a close! But a couple weeks back I had the opportunity to join the Middletown and Rogers High School Sailing teams at Newport Yacht Club as they hosted a unique event for JV sailors across the state. This 7 school event allowed the junior varsities to team race other schools in a formal setting, an opportunity that may not otherwise occur for...
It's been a slow start to the high school sailing season this year. The North Kingstown team was delayed a few weeks from ice covering the harbor. As things began to thaw it looked like warm weather had arrived, but soon enough it was back to cold gray wintery conditions.About a month into the season I finally got on the water to join the team! It was a 3-way regatta against Portsmouth Abbey and...
This past February, as we were bombarded with cold and snow, there was one day in particular that reached 45 and sunny. My first thought was "Go to the beach!" I wasn't going to the beach for a day of sunning and swimming, but for some shooting. It was the first day when one jacket was enough and you could stay outside for over 20 minutes without fear of frostbite.It started as gray and...
I have thousands upon thousands of photos from the past couple years, and inevitably some get left behind. Folders of personal work take the backburner for other projects, and are soon forgotten. While I strive to look through all my images and edit the keepers as soon as possible, I don't always succeed.But when I find free time I go back to these forgotten folders and give them another look....
