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Time for a Maine Cruise?
Here are some things to think about.
If this is the year you’ll venture out of your cruising comfort zone and head “downeast,” here are a few comments and tips to make your cruise a success. Maine is a long way from Long Island Sound (LIS). From...
Trip of a Lifetime
The latest WindCheck British Virgin Islands Giveaway, presented by our friends at Sunsail, w...
The Perfect Day (or Summer) in Guilford, CT
Sitting roughly halfway along the Connecticut shore of Long Island Sound, Guilford, Connec...
Windward Mark Roundings
A lot of sailors think hard about the start, and talk a lot about upwind speed and playing...
Vipers at Charleston Race Week: the View From Mid-Fleet
This past April 19-21, my friends Buttons Padin, Chris Foley and I raced my Viper 640 Wild ...
Alpha 42 on Track for a Spring Launch
This Cat Combines Looks and Performance with Comfort and Ease of Handling . Construction of the first Alpha 42 is underway at Alpha Yachts in Patchogue, NY. This high perf...
Blue Jacket Yachts
The Blue Jacket 40 is the first brand new American-built performance cruiser – from the keel up – to hit the market in over 30 years. This modern interpretation of a ...
Beneteau Sense 46
Live the Magic of the Sea
The Beneteau Sense 46 follows in the footsteps of the original Sense 50. An intelligently designed, comfortable boat, providing functionality sec...
Time for a Maine Cruise?
Here are some things to think about.
If this is the year you’ll venture out of your cruising comfort zone and head “downeast,” here are a few comments and tips to ma...
Trip of a Lifetime
The latest WindCheck British Virgin Islands Giveaway, presented by our friends at Sunsail, was won by Leila Daw of Branford, CT. Leila wanted to let us know what a wonderfu...
Sail New York City and Newport: No Boat Required!
New York, New York
While the rest of the country dreams of the excitement of New York City, we here in the Northeast can take a bite of the Big Apple most any day. For mos...
Help Special Olympians Set Sail
Every Monday evening during the summer at Riverside Yacht Club (RYC) in Riverside, CT, you will find a group of twelve Special Olympics athletes teamed up with coaches (U...
Vipers at Charleston Race Week: the View From Mid-Fleet
This past April 19-21, my friends Buttons Padin, Chris Foley and I raced my Viper 640 Wild Hogs in the 30-boat Viper division at Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week. It w...
Block Island Race Week XXV
If there were a playbook for awesome summer sailing competitions, the Storm Trysail Club would surely have written it. As the club heads into its 25th presentation of Blo...
Checking In... June 2013
Rozalia Project Launches Mission Atlantic
Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean launched their Mission Atlantic 2013 initiative at North Cove Marina in New York, NY in May, du...
Stamford Harbor Update
When Brewer Yacht Haven, a full-service marina in Stamford, CT, closed suddenly in 2011, many boat owners in the region were forced to look elsewhere for service and wi...
Letters May 2013
April On Watch
Very nice article about Linc [On Watch: Linc Schoenberger, April 2012]. Many thanks to WindCheck for recognizing a great person in our sport. Judy Gibbs, New L...
Junior Program Spotlight: Community Boating Center, New Bedford, MA
The mission of the Community Boating Center in New Bedford, MA is to teach positive life values to at-risk youth through boating. In 1998, Community Boating Center inco...
Junior Sailing Opportunities 2013
Editor’s note: All of the programs listed here, ranging from basic dinghy sailing in 8-foot prams to sail training aboard tall ships, are open to the public. Not incl...
Program Spotlight: MudRatz
A new organization is providing enthusiastic Optimist sailors in eastern Connecticut an opportunity to become better racers by extending their sailing season. With startu...
Deer Isle’s Undefeated America’s Cup Crews
Humble Heroes From a Downeast Island
By Mark J. Gabrielson
Published by The History Press 176 pages paperback $19.99
Young readers may not realize that there was a time wh...
On My Feet Again
My Journey Out of the Wheelchair Using Neurotechnology
By Jennifer French
Published by Neurotech Press 155 pages paperback $19.95
Jennifer French won the US Disabled Sailing...
The Sinking of the Bounty
The following excerpt is from Chapter 7 of The Sinking of the Bounty: The True Story of a Tragic Shipwreck and its Aftermath, by Matthew Shaer. The Sinking of the Bount...
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On the cover: As the smiles on the faces of skipper Chris Titcomb and Lindsay Smith attest, the Wickford Regatta, hosted by Wickford Yacht Club on May 18 & 19, is one of the most enjoyable one-design events in the country. Titcomb’s NACRA F-18 Infusion Li’l Evil (Rehoboth, MA; NENSA) finished third in the 8-boat F-18 fleet. Bob Merrick & Tyler Burd’s C2 Rocket (Pettipaug YC) notched eight bullets in eight races to win the class. © Cate Brown Photography/catebrownphoto.com
