Week 3 of competition at Wickford Wednesday Night Racing was a much lighter air race. A beautiful evening on the water and our usual but still stupendous golden dusk light... But light air is not a friend for Papa, our heavy water/fuel/amenities laden Nonsuch 30. We didn't have the prettiest start, which forced us to a side of the course we tried to do our best with, but we finished second to...
NK Sailing has been getting a lot of attention lately! The high school sailing team qualified for Nationals this year for the first time in team history! In my day the team had come close but this time these sailors actually got the chance to fly across the country for the ISSA High School Double Handed Championship in Chicago! After several days of racing in seriously heavy air, they ended up...
We are well into warmer weather now, and I'm very thankful! But a few weeks ago as the warm weather made its first appearance, so did the Magnolias. These beautiful flowering trees, one of my favorites, are the first sign of spring for a lot of people. They bloom while other trees are just budding and before the cherry blossoms are in full swing.There is a beautiful old magnolia tree in...
I've been looking forward to getting out on the water now that winter has moved on. Of course, the first day I do get out the weather was much more winter-like than spring-like! About 45 degrees but a very cold westerly wind made for a chilly day. I went out with the North Kingstown High School Sailing Team for a home regatta against Prout. It was a team race, 3 vs. 3, and NK came out on top! With...
February has been such a dreary month, between three snowstorms in a row (all hitting on weekends) and incessant overcast and gray skies, I think it's fair to say there are plenty of people who are getting cabin fever. As we waited for warmer spring weather to roll in, I was caught up in multiple projects. Of course none of them involved shooting and before I knew it, it had been about 2 weeks...
