Lisa Stout
Holmes Hole season finale
Both of the final HHSA races saw perfect summer weather and serviceable, if fickle, 10-knot breezes. Thursday evening brought 10 boats out to sail...
Nearing the end
There are only two more races in the official 2022 season for the Holmes Hole Sailing Association. In terms of this year’s championship, Mo...
Winds variable for Holmes Hole races
Thursday evening, crystal clear and sparkling, sported a quite robust breeze in the high teens with heavier gusts, but that didn’t discourage three competitors...
Beating the heat
Artful Dodger from Falmouth took the cup on Thursday evening. Mike Powers’ Tartan 3500 beat Tom Wescott’s Alerion 28 by 2½ minutes on corrected...
July’s breezy finish
Eleven HHSA sailors enjoyed the snappy 15- to 20-knot southwest wind for the entire Thursday evening race on July 28. All finished in about...
Sunday sailapalooza
After Thursday’s race was canceled due to high winds, patience paid off on Sunday with a perfectly glorious sailing day. Roger Becker describes the...
A week for optimists
Both of last week’s races called for a spirit of optimism. Thursday, the last day of June, was quite still all day, but in...
Beauty is deceiving
The second week of the Holmes Hole sailing season started with an ideal evening sail on Thursday: no clouds, a nice 10- to 15-knot...
A stormy start
The HHSA 2022 started off on the blustery Thursday evening of June 16. The strong 12- to 15-knot breeze was stronger than that of...
Siren wins Moffett Race
Updated 9/14
September served up one of her perfect days on Saturday, Sept. 11, for the 44th annual Moffett Race, sponsored by Holmes Hole Sailing...
Dropping sail on summer
The final two races of the 2021 Holmes Hole sailing were emblematic of this year’s summer series. Thursday’s race was a slog, with dying,...
Patience, after the storm
After a week with no races because of too much wind and weather commotion, Thursday, August 26, brought an end to the waiting game...
Reversal of fortune
The sailing last week was just as good as the week before was bad. Despite rather insipid forecasts for both Thursday and Sunday, both...
Uncooperative weather slows races
The past week was a disappointing one for HHSA sailors. The Thursday evening race started and ended in the rain, but eight undaunted souls...
At the halfway point of the season
The July 29 race completed the first half of the Holmes Hole sailing season. An appropriately representative evening brought out 12 boats in the...
Every shape and size welcome
Holmes Hole Sailing Association welcomes vessels of all shapes and sizes over 15 feet in length. The largest boat in the fleet is Aileen,...
On the water
The next best thing to being in the water during last week’s oppressive heat was being on the water. After a day when almost...
Windy, wet, and wild
A sporty east-northeast wind produced short, steep waves on Thursday evening, making for some sloppy seas and strategic thinking as the harbor triangle course...
And the last shall be first
The inaugural week of Holmes Hole Sailing Association turned out to be exactly what everyone was dreaming of last February: Thursday evening presented an...
Holmes Hole sailing begins
Delighted to be back on the water, the Holmes Hole Sailing Association (HHSA) will hold its tune-up race on Sunday, June 13. This inaugural...