Trip dates:
Saturday, August 9, 2025
Trip length:
1 day
Type of watercraft:
Sail
grinding on the downwind
the ladies of the pony (it sails better when there’s 50+% women)
rearview mirror
en route to the party via motor (yes it’s cheating, but it’s really hard to dock with a broken engine)
"Christmas for Boston sailors"
The biggest Boston harbor race of the year, a pursuit with 68 boats and a spirit award. And it was another Pony day! we glittered and neon-ed up and got ready to race (a little late, out at the line with only 12 minutes to spare for our start, we checked in as we sailed over the line). What was predicted to be a low wind drift turned into a high speed day, with ripped kites (not ours), broaches (once for us), and wild Boston racing!
Then an even wilder party, with reports of dinghy motors dropped in the water and wayward sailors returning home at 11am.