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...
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 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....
I always loved traveling during the junior sailing season. Fleet racing on the bay had it's perks but when you travelled to that other sailing program to see friends from High School that you don't see during the summer, and you team race them (and you beat them!), well that's got it's perks too. There's a lot of fun to be had with inter-program competition, but team racing has been phased out...
