Stories and profiles from 2010
Movie Night stokes anticipation for 2010 season
02.15.10
The second annual Midwinter Wahine Movie Night, held at the Shipwreck Tavern in Eastham on February 6, was a chance to catch up with old friends, make new friends, and make plans for the 2010 season. Several new Wahines joined us and the lucky folks who stayed until the end got a lovely parting gift: beer from the Wachusett Brewery.
Pinky (Forest Beach Design) brought the movie that won the prize for “movie most people paid attention to.” The footage of amazing women longboarders in Girls Rip was impressive enough to get folks to stop talking and start watching.
Next year we really want to see some home movies of you, Wahines. Des and Luke are too busy with MyGeneration Energy to fiddle with their video camera any more during their precious time on the water. Janice and Jerry (Chatham Wind and Time) had some cool on-the-water footage from their January trip to Baha, but hadn’t had time to get it transferred to DVD yet which meant they couldn’t show it that night.
So it’s up to you: get those video cameras on the beach with you this year! We want to see the best of 2010 at the 2011 Movie Night!
Teenagers attempt to break world sailing record
02.06.10
This may be old news to some, but there are two young women out there trying to become the youngest sailor to make it around the world solo: Jessica Watson and Abigail Sunderland. Abby just turned 16 in October of 2009, so she’s five months younger than Jessica, who will be 17 in May of 2010.
The current record holder is Mike Perham, who was 17 and a few months when he completed his journey. He’s held the record since August of 2009, when he took it from Abby Sunderland’s brother, Zak, who had held it for only a month.
Jessica Watson is sailing Ella’s Pink Lady, an S&S 34. She departed from Sydney, Australia on October 18, 2009 and is currently somewhere in the South Atlantic Ocean. She reached her half-way point on January 25, 2010.
You can track her voyage here: Jessica Watson – youngest to sail solo and unassisted around the world
Abby Sunderland is sailing Wild Eyes, an Open 40. She departed from Los Angeles, California on January 23, 2010 but had to stop in Cabo San Lucas on February 2 for repairs. That means she has to re-start her voyage from Cabo.
You can track her voyage here: Abby Sunderland and her quest to become the youngest circumnavigator
Sharing the waves with sharks
Marietta Hitzemann, surfing wahine
01.30.10
Last fall several great white sharks followed the food all the way to Chatham and had many of the local kiters, surfers, and windsurfers justifiably nervous.
It’s always a good idea to respect the predator, but are sharks on Cape Cod really something to worry about? And, if so, what do we need to know to lessen the risk when we’re on the water?
Have you met Sick Chick?
01.21.10
One of our wahines has started posting to a new blog named Sick Chick. They write about stuff “for women who are interested in surfing, kitesurfing, windsurfing, snowboarding, and anything but sitting.”
Bookmark it today!
Can you surf in your diving gear?
Sara Grady, surfing wahine
01.03.10
I have a secret. I am also a diver. Chances are, if you see someone wandering around a parking lot in a wetsuit, they're either going surfing (of some variety) or diving, but it seems never the twain shall meet. The diver’s realm is below the waves, the surfer’s realm is on top of the waves. When I imagine a surfer in a wetsuit, even if they're dressed for winter surfing it somehow conjures up a sleek, seal-like image. When I think of a diver, it seems to conjure up something more along the lines of a walrus. It must be the gear.