Awards to be distributed at the 2024 Skipper’s Meeting We had another great season racing on Hingham Bay on Wednesday nights. This year we had a lot more weather events effecting our racing, with bunch of nights cancelled due to bad weather (4, if I remember correctly and one Weekend…
2024 Spring Skippers Meeting & 2023 Season Awards
SAVE THE DATE: Wednesday, May 8th at Hingham Yacht Club 1900 hrs
Summer Series Race #5 – Recap by Ladylove
HBR 8/2/23 Race #5 Last race of the Summer Series First Gun Time: 18:30:00 Race Conditions: SE 7-10 kts -0.2 Low tide at 6:30 P.M. Course for the fleets was a nice windward/ leeward course. HB-19-17-19-17-HB with a mid-race course change, adding mark 19 to the end for fleets A…
Impromptu Redress Hearing – Summer Series Race #2
As many competitors are aware, during Race #2 of the Summer Series, Impromptu was fouled by Ceann Saile in a collision. Both boats received damage as a result of the collision, Impromptu’s stern pulpit was detached from their hull by Ceann Saile’s prod, which ultimately snapped in half. Ceann Saile…
Summer Series Race #4 – Recap by Altair
HBR 7/26/23 Race #4 of Summer Series First Gun Time: 18:30:00 Race Conditions: sw 9-13kts First things first, let’s talk about Altair! An amazing 3rd place finish in this race. ONLY 19 minutes behind Falcon and Lassair. We did NOT finish last to the relief of the RC boat and…
Summer Series Race #2 – Recap by Rapparee
Apologies to all for the late submission of race reporting for July 5th. Your designated reporter has been in ME since then and between navigating for days in fog so thick that one mark didn’t actually appear until we were .09 NM from it, and, fitfully trying to get reports…
Summer Series Race #1 – Recap by LittleWing
Wednesday June 28, 2023 The first race of the Summer series went off despite calls for thunder and lightning in the forecast. It felt every 30 minutes refreshing the prediction either showed clear skies or thunderstorms. Thankfully the weather turned and we were able to get in what was one…
Spring Series Race #5 – Photos by Kate Richardsson
On 6/21/23, Kate Richardsson joined the RC aboard Harbinger as our Fleet Photographer. She has graciously shared the following link to some amazing photos of the evenings race. Spring Series – Race #5 Photos – 6/21/2023 The photos are free to download and use. If there are any questions, or…
Spring Series Race #5 – Recap by Static
The Hingham Bay racers were treated to a beautiful but somewhat chilly evening on the first day of summer. Twenty two boats started the race: 13 in A-Fleet, 6 in B-Fleet and 3 in C-Fleet. With a fairly steady 8-12 ESE breeze, the race Committee from S/V Lassair (who brought…
Spring Series Race #4 – Recap by Casuarina
On a crisp Wednesday night, our intrepid race committee decided to mix things up and start the fleet at #18 in a 10-12 kt northerly on an outgoing tide. This eliminated the need for a drop mark to send us upwind, instead rounding #17, heading downwind-ish to the day marker…
