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...
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...
Between a heat wave and week of rain, races 5 and 6 proved to be fair weather and not so fair weather for our Wednesday Night Races.Race 5 saw a bunch of breeze & white caps, helping to cool everyone off from the extreme heat. The breeze filled completely by the second half of the race, and we finished second across the line with the J24 just a nose behind in third place! The Sailing Association...
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...
