New races and new venues highlight the upcoming summer of competitive sailing on Martha’s Vineyard.
New races and new venues highlight the upcoming summer of competitive sailing on Martha’s Vineyard.
Plagued by light air, Saturday’s Round the Island race finished less than halfway round the Island. Only 13 of 56 entrants were able to finish.
The 94th annual Edgartown Yacht Club Regatta concluded Saturday after three days of challenging conditions in the waters off Edgartown.
In response to flooding from storms and tides, the club has proposed raising a portion of its wharf two additional feet above the water.
Over the 92 years that boats have competed in the Edgartown Yacht Club regatta, it’s hard to imagine a more competitive fleet than the sailors who filled Edgartown Harbor and Nantucket Sound with sails this weekend.
Sails dotted the horizon from Cape Pogue to West Chop from Thursday to Sunday, but fickle winds and currents were the main theme this year in the annual Edgartown Yacht Club Regatta and Vineyard Cup races.
