The Wickford Yacht Club's annual cruise has a couple spots it hits every year or so. Cuttyhunk is a traditional stop, but usually somewhere in Buzzard's Bay or perhaps Block Island are regular ports of call given their proximity to Narragansett Bay. But every now and again we venture further, such as Provincetown last year and Mystic a year or so before that. This August the cruise made it all the...
The Yacht Club Cruise is very much one of my most looked forward to events of the summer. It's a signal that summer's coming to a close, but it's also an excuse to get out of the house, away from the computer, and spend days on end swimming, sailing, and reading under the sun! This year was no different, and we had a terrific week of sunny summer weather at the beginning of August.Ok, well the...
The first weekend of August the Wickford Yacht Club takes a cruise. All the club members get together with their boats, sail or power, and visit various ports of call along the southern New England Coast. Typically, the first stop is Cuttyhunk Island just east of Narragansett Bay. It's the first island you reach as you hang a left past Newport, and a tiny one in the Elizabeth Island chain which...
Another year in the books. 2013 started out with surf, snow and seascapes, which moved into spring flowers, high school sailing and Wickford Regatta in May. The summer was full of activity from the Sail Newport Youth Challenge kicking off the summer sailing season in June, to the junior sailors, beercan racers, and Newport Regatta among other events. The summer drew to a close with a cruise...
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...
