Well we weren't able to avoid the fog. We motored all morning from Galilee to Stonington. We had high hopes of the fog lifting, but of course it didn't until we were secured to a mooring. It was a quiet day in Stonington harbor, mostly spent swimming off the boat and cruising around in the dinghy for a little harbor tour! In the evening, we made it onto land for a terrific shower and some ice...
At the beginning of August, an annual event took place: the Wickford Yacht Club Cruise. This highly anticipated club event is a week long trip taken by WYC members, as we all chug along together, under power, sail, or power-sail, to various locations along the southern New England coast. In the past, from what my parents have recalled, the cruise took years to leave Narragansett Bay and for quite...
We've been pretty lucky all summer with regards to weather. Overall it's been dry and comfortably warm. I'm having a hard time recalling any nights it was too hot to get to sleep, or too many days it was blisteringly hot. We've had strings of thunderstorms, true, but still I would say it's been really dry (as I think back to the wettest summer on record a few years back).Wednesday Night Racing...
Day 2 of Race Week witnessed more wind troubles again as NBYA sailed out of Colt State Park in Bristol. A westerly/north westerly breeze spoiled any chance the sea breeze had of filling. And although our beloved southerly made a valiant effort to fill around noon time, it was quickly thwarted by that NW breeze. I joined the Opti Red White and Blue fleets for day 2, and again only one race was...
The event to signal summer's over and the school year is about to start: Junior Race Week. Every year, the junior sailing division of the Narragansett Bay Yachting Assoc. holds it's "junior olympic" event, welcoming all junior sailors from across the entire bay to compete in a (almost) week long event. This event culminates an entire summer's worth of regattas and competition. In the end, a winner...
