Every year the Wickford Yacht Club takes their annual cruise. All the members get together and travel as a group by boat to various locations around Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Last year we went along Block Island Sound towards Connecticut but this year it was east through the Elizabeth Island and New Bedford.First stop was Cuttyhunk! I hadn't been there in quite some time but...
Summer sailing has drawn to a close and the first days of school are upon us. It wasn't too long ago I was making my last visits to the WSA Junior Sailing Program to take a few more shots of the kids. First up, the racers! Wickford made a brilliant showing at NBYA with an overall win for a Division in 420s at Race Week and a second place for the overall NBYA season. Great job you guys! Now go...
It all begins here kids! This is the summer when you get to connect nature with fun, water with sport, wind with movement, and summer with sailing! You know, sailing just started as a way to get from one place to another, to see new lands and perhaps trade exotic goods. But it is more than just that! It's about sportsmanship, integrity, fun and games (of course), and a bit of self-reliance....
The Newport Regattais a premiere One-Design event hosted out of Sail Newport that has been going on for as long as I can remember. I can recall sailing 420s as a young junior sailor, or competing in the Laser fleet with 4.7 and Radial rigs. It was one of those awesome events that everyone looked forward to and everyone had fun at! Not another one of those junior sailing events, but one where you...
Juniors are the next generation of sailors. I think this is an easily forgotten fact when noisy kids are running through your quiet yacht club, sails aren't rolled properly, or youngsters start throwing fits over capsizing. But it's our job to teach them how to roll those sails and that capsizing isn't the end of the world. They will soon be the shepherds of sailing's future and we are here to...
