Riverside Yacht Club Vespers

Tight racing and lots of smiles during Riverside Yacht Club's Vesper racing series last night.It was fun to get some interesting shots in fading light, and when it went down... adding some flash made it even more fun.

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2010 Summer Cruise(s)

We cruised to the Cape Cod area last week and were asked to shoot the Riverside Yacht Club cruise and the American Yacht Club cruise along the way. Both of these premier yacht clubs from Long Island Sound know how to have a good time, whether at their dinghy raftup, or beating their way through 15-20 knots of wind on current in the rain between Mystic and Block Island. We had never been part of a dinghy raftup before, but were impressed at the great time had by all as hors d'ouevers were passed from dinghy to dinghy in Quisset Harbor. Even the harbormaster laughed and took photos as we towed the whole group of rafted dinghies over to the commodore's boat. You never know when or how that 20 hp Honda on our dinghy will come in handy.

The AYC group got the harcore award for sailing through a rain storm with 15-20 on the nose. Many would have either motored in these conditions, or simply stayed put in Mystic, but this group deserved their mudslides at The Oar when they arrived.

Westport CT to Nantucket

An hour before sunrise, and so far so good. We left Cedar Point Yacht Club at 7pm Wed and our eta in Nantucket is 5pm Thursday. We plan to photograph the opera house cup and a few more regattas in the region before ending our yearly sailing trip during the week of the 22nd... Track us with this URL: http://thephotoboat.com/location/

See you on the water!

2010 Gov Cup - St. Mary's does it again

It's a beautiful, quiet Sunday morning at St. Mary's College. I'm sitting on the upper deck of the state-of-the-art boathouse uploading our photos and occasionally looking out over the water to see another boat leave the perfectly protected anchorage to begin the trip back to Annapolis. As a boater, I can't imagine a nicer setting for a college. Do the kids who go to school here put "kayak" on their back-to-school list?

The conditions for this year's Governor's Cup race from Annapolis to St. Mary's College were absolutely perfect - the participating boats had a long moderate-breeze spinnaker run down the bay, then turned the corner around Point Lookout and beat their way up to the finish.

The day-long post-race party was a huge success as always, making the Gov Cup a fantastic experience for everybody.

See the 2010 Gov Cup photos here and the results here.