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1 week ago | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Chris Szepessy |David Dellenbaugh |John K. Fulweiler |Benjamin Cesare
By Aurora “Rory” Meunier MottPhotos by the author and Erica LushWho knew that a meeting over coffee would lead to a plane ticket to France? At the end of December 2024, I was invited to a breakfast meet and greet with my friend Ellie Menezes (with whom I’ve been sailing for about five years), Joe Cooper (my Prout Sailing coach) and shorthanded offshore racer Erica Lush. I’d heard of Erica and wanted to know a bit more about what she does as a sailor.
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1 month ago | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Chris Szepessy |Barby MacGowan |Joe Cooper |David Dellenbaugh
IYRS School of Technology & Trades in Newport, RI is proud to announce the establishment of the Glo Tech Scholarship Fund, created in February 2025 in honor of Gloria Aurora Borrego, a pioneering leader in marine systems. This scholarship, made possible by the generosity of her family and friends, will support female graduates of IYRS and industry professionals seeking career advancement in the marine trades and advanced manufacturing technology sectors.
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1 month ago | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Benjamin Cesare |David Dellenbaugh |Chris Szepessy |Joe Cooper
Buckle up, because here…we…go! Our Godmother, Mary Ewenson, heads up the Annapolis Boat Shows and their Spring Sailboat Show is April 25-27. As it often does, that event lands right on top of our CT Spring Boat Show, which is the first in-water show of the year in New England. Decisions, decisions.
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1 month ago | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Barby MacGowan |Chris Szepessy |Benjamin Cesare |David Dellenbaugh
The third annual Rhody Regatta, hosted by the International Yacht and Athletic Club (IYAC) based in Newport, RI and benefiting the Rhode Island Community Food Bank headquartered in Providence, takes place Saturday, May 31, helping kick off the Narragansett Bay sailing season with a single mid-distance race, approximately 18 miles around Jamestown (Conanicut Island).
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2 months ago | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Chris Szepessy |Joe Cooper |David Dellenbaugh
Event organizers of Charleston Race Week at Patriots Point are excited to announce a new launch and storage solution for 2025, made possible by the generous support of the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA). The north end of Union Pier Terminal, located on the Charleston peninsula, will be available for participants, providing gated storage space free of charge during the event.
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2 months ago | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Chris Szepessy |David Dellenbaugh |Joe Cooper
This year marks two decades of operation for Brooklyn Boatworks in Brooklyn, NY, and this remarkable organization is just getting started. “Founded in 2005 by Carl Persak and Jeremy Wurmfeld, Brooklyn Boatworks began as a small volunteer program with a heartfelt purpose – to engage New York City youth in their environment while developing critical thinking skills,” said Executive Director Maggie McNicholas.
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2 months ago | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Chris Szepessy |David Dellenbaugh
Our friends at Sea Cliff Yacht Club in Sea Cliff, NY have announced exciting initiatives for this year’s Around Long Island Regatta (ALIR), which starts July 24 in New York Harbor. “For the first time in the race’s history, two courses will be offered—the traditional 207-mile ALIR course, and now the 250-mile Around the Islands course,” said Event Chair Shana Spanier-Ciminski.
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Feb 5, 2025 | 
windcheckmagazine.com | David Dellenbaugh |Chris Szepessy |Tom Darling |John K. Fulweiler
When you’re trying to catch other boats on a windward leg, the good news is that the fleet usually spreads out a lot on beats. If the wind changes very much in direction or velocity, this separation creates good passing opportunities. But the bad news is that the boats you’re trying to catch are all between you and the wind. This means you must constantly dodge wind shadows, especially when you are sailing toward the ‘favored’ side.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Chris Szepessy |Vincent Pica |David Dellenbaugh |Tom Darling
Reported by Party Tree RacingThe Twenty Hundred Club Annual Block Island Race took place August 3-5 2024. This race has a long history with the Twenty Hundred Club and consists of a race to Block Island, a lay day and then a return race, originally on Victory Day. For 2024, The Party Tree and fleet was looking forward to a great race with typical Rhode Island conditions. At 1030 a fleet of nine boats in cruising and racing divisions took off into a solid 15-knot southeasterly.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
windcheckmagazine.com | David Dellenbaugh |Chris Szepessy
The easiest way to explain the concept of velocity shifts is to start with an example. Imagine you are sailing upwind, close-hauled on starboard tack. It’s a very puffy day, with lots of increases and decreases in wind velocity. However, the wind direction remains exactly the same during all the puffs and lulls. As you sail along, the wind you feel on your face is called your ap- parent wind.
