Picture of the Week
October 5-11
Mariners cross tacks during the September, 2025 Great South Bay Mariner Championships based at Narrasketuck Yacht Club on the south shore of Long Island, New York. At one point, Narrasketuck had the largest Mariner racing fleet on the east coast, boasting at least thirty boats at one point back in the 1970s. Although there is an annual Mariner National Championships open to any member of the Mariner Class Association and held generally at one of four locations (Narrasketuck being one of them), the Narrasketuck fleet participates in their own, exclusive Great South Bay regatta every September. Although the Narrasketuck Mariner Fleet has fallen a bit on hard times - only four Mariners competed in this year’s event - racing remains the backbone of the Club’s activities. Thanks to Alan Hlavenka for the picture.
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“…One of the most versatile sailing craft ever produced.”
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ORION is a 1970 O’Day Mariner 2+2, hull number 1922, one of nearly 4,000 Mariners built by the O’Day Sailboats Corporation in Fall River, Massachusetts. She spent much of her life in New Jersey before I bought her in early spring, 2007 and brought her home to Connecticut. This website features my many projects, pictures and stories with the hope they may provide inspiration for others.
I got an e-mail and text from the East Lyme Harbormaster with an urgent storm preparation advisory directing all East Lyme mooring holders to “implement full storm protocols.”