Day 2 of the Sail Newport Youth Challengestarted a bit earlier, which posed a bit of a wind problem. With a ripping current flushing out to sea and a gentle westerly to start the day, no sooner was everyone off to the races that the wind decided to absolutely die and switch around to a southerly seabreeze. It was nice once it kicked into gear, at a good 10 knots, but for several strenuous minutes...
This past weekend I was over in Newport Harbor to photograph the Sail Newport Youth Challenge, an annual early season event for junior sailors. All of these kids are still in school but manage to get themselves together for a two day regatta in early June. I saw a few familiar faces and was out shooting for both days of sailing. Day 1 proved to be a very windy day as the seabreeze filled around...
NK Sailing has been getting a lot of attention lately! The high school sailing team qualified for Nationals this year for the first time in team history! In my day the team had come close but this time these sailors actually got the chance to fly across the country for the ISSA High School Double Handed Championship in Chicago! After several days of racing in seriously heavy air, they ended up...
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...
I've been looking forward to getting out on the water now that winter has moved on. Of course, the first day I do get out the weather was much more winter-like than spring-like! About 45 degrees but a very cold westerly wind made for a chilly day. I went out with the North Kingstown High School Sailing Team for a home regatta against Prout. It was a team race, 3 vs. 3, and NK came out on top! With...
