Hurricane, Nor'easter, first snow... We've had a rough transition into November and I'm sure everyone can feel winter around the corner. I've been breaking out winter coats and boots, but I long for the warm summer weather. Well, in the spirit of warmer weather and summer sunshine I took a look back at some of the Holga film I took towards the end of the summer. Although all three of these frames...
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...
One of the things a lot of younger kids in town look forward to when the last school bell rings for the year, is not just warmer weather and vacation time, but also sailing. Yacht clubs and groups throughout the bay feature programs designed just for junior sailors. Ranging from 8 to 18 years old, these kids come to sail, (sometimes swim,) compete, and just have a blast out on the water every...
Summer is in full swing, and so is junior sailing on Narragansett Bay. Each year, the Narragansett Bay Yachting Association (NBYA) hosts events for junior sailors 18 and under. Classes include Optimists, Club 420s, and Lasers, with about 12 Laser Radials competing on the bay this year. Last week was the first of the small series of three races for the Laser competitors, and I was out on the water...