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...
A lot of people wonder if the images I take actually looked like that in person. And it's a very valid question given the current capabilities of programs like Photoshop. For me, it's not about taking out crucial elements of the image, or superimposing things that weren't there... it's about injecting some life back into the image and overcoming the limitations of the camera. Image editing is just...
A little while ago I had the opportunity to join the Saunderstown Yacht Club for their weekly Saturday Racing, hosting one design races all summer long! Junior sailors from the SYC sailing program join in Opti and 420 classes, while everyone else participates in Sunfish, Bullseye, Catboats and Rhodes 19. There are no age restraints and it looked like a total blast! Everyone had three races and...
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...
