Spirit is Ready to Launch

Thanks for all of the help this pre-season!  Spirit is ready to go with a freshly burnished bottom, newly painted sail drive, waxed hull and new zincs!  Today we sorted all of the winches and blocks, made some small repairs, got the instruments installed and tested and waxed the cockpit.  Looking good and an amazing …

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Work Weekend #1 in the books; Next up is the Spring Shore Party

Hey all, First weekend work event, despite grim weather, went well.  Many thanks to all who stopped by to either scrub or lend some encouragement!  A little pain on the sail drive, new zincs and some keel touchup and Spirit will be ready to launch (slated for the week of the 21st). Next event is …

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2025 Season Preparations Underway

Hey all, Thanks for a great winter calendar party and look forward to getting things moving next month.  Please save Thursday April 17th for the Twenty Hundred Club Spring Shore Party, to be held at Sail Newport and the following Thursday April 24th for the crew meeting and season movie at Troy and Robyn’s place …

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2024 is off and running!

Quick thanks here for a terrific start to the season.  Our first JYC of 2024 was a really pleasant and exciting race.  We sailed a clean circuit and handled tacks, gybes, sets and douses as it if were the end of the season!  We had a clean start and just overall had some great conversation …

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Apparently survived 2023. Lets see what 2024’s got.

    Hey all, as usual I was really prolific with my updates here!  : /  Anyway, another terrific year!  Snatched a class win for JYC Spring, a really respectable 2nd in the blustery (and 190nm long!) Ida Lewis Distance Race, a second to Cutty and a second overall for Block.  Also a third for IYAC and …

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2023 season is underway

Spirit chillin 2023

Hey all, we had a great motor and sail down to the Navy base today from Barrington.  Lots of sun and when the sea breeze came in . . .  it came in with a vengeance, bringing us winds approaching 20 kts, on the nose of course!   But for the first test of the …

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What the heck happened to 2022 and look out: here comes 2023 : )

2022 EGYC Award

Hi all!  What else to do on the coldest day of the year so far but think about sailing?  : )  In a couple of months boats will will be splashing and it is time to look forward — but first, a quick look back.  We were fortunate to have a safe and successful season …

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Welcome to the 2022 Season!

Spirit Pink Kite

Things have started with a bang . . . and a whimper!  The whimper was my scheduling which has created (and is creating!) glitches in the overall schedule.  Missing the start of the season, Bridge Fiasco, NYYC and Around Aquidneck is a huge, huge bummer for me and I know for you too.  Hopefully we …

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2021 Was An Amazing Season!

What. A. Season.  Amazing racing this year.  Found new gears.  Scored some bullets.  Made a few more memories.  Kept all of our fingers.  Watched a few sunsets with good friends.  I’m sorry, but I don’t know what else there could be.  <3.  As we dig into the season that’s really about being thankful and appreciating …

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Nearing the End

It is hard to believe we are deep into September as I write this.  There are just a handful of races left — in fact, likely just one last JYC (developing conflicts on September 26th and October 3rd, whaaa) and the Fall Race Around Prudence.  We’ve had an amazing run.  Sail For Hope was a …

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