This past weekend I was out on the water to shot two regattas. And while it took me a while to complete both these projects with all the hours of culling, editing, cataloging, posting and emailing involved with each, I finally finished! First up, on Saturday, was the Sail Newport Youth Challenge, an annual event hosted by Sail Newport as a season opener for young sailors. Participants came from...
The weekend after the Coast Guard Academy hosted the NEISA Women's Championship for college sailing, two high school events were hosted out of CGA in New London, CT. First up, on Saturday, was the Connecticut High School State Championship. Conditions were cool and cloudy with a very light and shifty breeze from the north. All day the teens struggled against the infamous river current by Jacob's...
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...
As the rest of the day 3 progressed for Jr. Race Week, I moved from the 420 circle to the Optimist circle across the harbor. Here, junior sailors age 8-13 were competing in the little one design Optis across four separate fleets divided by age group, Red, White & Blue, plus Green fleet for the newbies. The breeze had picked up as wind howled across Conanicut Island to deliver gusts around 15...
So the culmination of 8 weeks of junior sailing for those sailing on Narragansett Bay happens at Race Week, the NBYA Jr. Olympic Festival that incorporates Club 420s, Optis and Lasers into a three day sailing event! While day 1 was only half a day of racing this year, and day 2 there was no racing at all due to no wind, heavy fog, and thunderstorm threats, there was beautiful wind and sun for day...
