Category Archives: Jr. Sailing

Sint Maarten Yacht Club

We joined another yacht club! One of the sad things about leaving our home in Rhode Island was leaving the East Greenwich Yacht Club where we’d been members for many years.  I’d served on the board in various capacities, our kids had spent years in the junior sailing program, and Read On..

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Humility Lessons

So we added a few more boats to the family fleet. It started so innocuously – my son outgrew his Opti. The decision was that he would start sailing Lasers next year and an opportunity to pick up a very lightly used boat from the Laser Worlds presented itself. Well, Read On..

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Do I at Least Get to Wear a Cool Hat?

Commodore (noun) – an officer in temporary command of a squadron. I’ve been a “Commodore” in the Bad Way before, more than once, through every fault of my own. What I am referring to of course is having more than one boat. In the past at least twice I have Read On..

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So I Balanced the Check Book…

and raised a lot of money at our auction last year…and for my sins they made me the President. And of course I have to take a moment to promote one of my favorite organizations – the Greenwich Bay Sailing Association, also known as GBSA. This is the youth sailing Read On..

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