April 2014

passage.” There’s also a true story behind the title Swim That Rock, although Primiano elaborates, “It’s about Jake’s personal challenge in dealing with his feelings and beliefs, even when he thinks no one else believes in him.

Here’s an overview of programs in our region (listed alphabetically), some of which also offer junior sailing instruction in small boats.

Charlie Enright has managed to pull off a lifetime dream in seven years sailing in the Volvo Ocean Race as skipper of the only real live U.S.-crewed boat in the VOR.

Charter boat captain George Attwood, introduced in author Jerry Allen’s first novel, The Resort, is hired by wealthy businessman Arthur Fulton for a cruise along the New England coast.

MudRatz is a US Sailing Certified Member Organization

Dick Lathrop is founder of Sea-Legs, a non-profit organization in New London, CT.

It’s no secret to anyone who sails Long Island Sound that winds during July and August are usually on vacation.

The organizers of the 2015 Marion to Bermuda Cruising Yacht
Race are helping sailors prepare for an offshore race to Bermuda by presenting a series of information sessions this month.

Photo-identification is a technique that enables scientists to identify an individual whale anywhere it may travel throughout its life by comparing black and white pigmentation patterns on the underside of the flukes.

We own boats because we love them, we love the water, we love being outdoors in the sunshine, and we love the freedom and absence of shoreside restrictions that boating and sailing provide for us.