The weekend after our delightful trip to Miami for spring break, NUST sent Andrew Wien, Bryan Stenson, Geoff Pedrick, Nick Campbell, Lauren Radomski, and myself to Rhode Island.
We went to test out our new team-racing skills on the East Coast at the Ted Ferrarone regatta. The teams came mostly from the Northeast with a couple from the South as well. Most had already been sailing for a month while we had just had finished our second week of practice. Their time spent on the water together practicing certainly showed.
I learned more from this regatta than I did from any regatta before. The teams that knew which plays to go for and how to protect their leads won their races.
We stayed with Geoff’s parents in Newport and they treated us to wonderful food, lodgings, and a historical tour of Newport. We even got to see the Puma boat from the Volvo Ocean Race in 2008.
The most amazing part of this trip for me was seeing a culture of the sea that I had never been a part of before. Newport runs on the sea. Without the ocean running around the city, Newport would be just another old, New England town. The sea breeds industry and manufacturing, and gives food. Most importantly to me the ocean provides a hobby or a sport.
The oceans provide a way to travel across the world. There’s something seductive about the sea and large bodies of water that sweeps me into a 420 every day and to continue racing around the country whether we win or lose.
- Noah Aldonas, Medill 2012
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