Hey Everybody!
Just wondering who's thinking about doing the Wickford Regatta this year, because I am! It's always a great event, Skip gets in a ton of races and the dinner at the Wickford YC is pretty awesome on Saturday night. This event really shows off a ton of small town New England charm... The early bird registration is $125 per Viper, and it ends on midnight April 1st: www.wickfordregatta.com
We had 9 boats on the line last year and it was a blast.
Not sure if Skip has a scratch sheet up yet, but from what I heard we have a few boats who have paid the registration already:
Me
Kay
Joe Healey
Paul Z
I'm pretty sure we'll have at least a few more (ie: Dave and Moise, 2 more marblehead boats, some LIS boats maybe?)
I don't know what's happening on the WLIS end with it but I doubt there will be a strong traveling WLIS group for this one with double weekends bookending Wickford (May 23-24 Larchmont, June 13-14 Noroton). One thing we could potentially do for 2016 is have New Englands at Wickford (as opposed to having it in Newport or Marblehead NOOD), but I don't have any strong feelings on that one. I will be out of town that weekend and not sailing.
New Englands in Wickford would be great.
I'm with Joe, a New Englands in Wickford would be awesome!
I may be the one bringing my daughter to race her I420. If so, I could crew...