4th Annual Porgy Fishing Tournament
THANK YOU for joining us for our 4th Annual Youth & Family Porgy Fishing Tournament! A record of 48 anglers had a perfect morning for fishing, and we had so much fun with all of you! Special thanks to Captain Seth Sportfishing and Watch Hill Outfitters for sponsoring!
Dominion Energy Sponsored Calendar Contest
THANK YOU DOMINION ENERGY for sponsoring NESS’s “Long Island Sound & its Watershed: What it means to me” 2022 Calendar Contest! Our panel of judges, consisting of Educators and Professional Artists, have selected the winners from each grade level. 14 winners will be featured in the 2022 calendar and honored in a special ceremony!
NESS in the News: Wireless Zone Announces $40,000 in Grant Recipients, Backpack Giveaway and More!
Thank you to the Wireless Zone Foundation for Giving® for a very generous donation to NESS! “In addition, Wireless Zone also nominated multiple nonprofit organizations in the Eastern Connecticut and Southern Rhode Island communities to receive grants from the Wireless Zone Foundation in 2021. A grand total of $40,000 will be donated to these neighboring […]
NESS in the News: WCVB Channel 5 Boston
NESS was recently featured on WCVB Channel 5 Boston! “Stonington, Connecticut tops the list as one of the prettiest coastal towns in New England Shayna Seymour ventures south of the border to Stonington, Connecticut and takes in the saltwater air on a harbor cruise and hits Saltwater Farm Wine.” Watch Here!
Sailing in the Olympics
Sailing has been in every Summer Olympics since 1900, except for 1904 due to severe weather conditions (weather also cancelled its scheduled 1896 Olympic debut). There are 10 total events, five for men, four for women, and one mixed. Each event requires certain skills from the sailors, varying on the fleet size, shape, and crew […]
NESS in the News: New London’s summer playground program includes swimming lessons for kids
NESS was recently featured in The Day. Read more here: “New London — On Thursdays, children in the city’s Recreation Department’s summer playground program visit Ocean Beach Park and are split into groups that rotate between taking swimming lessons, spending time with New England Science & Sailing and playing at the kiddie spray park on site. The summer playground program has […]
Opti Race Team: Austin LaFrance Regatta
This Tuesday, NESS’s Opti Race Team competed in the Austin LaFrance Regatta! The event was hosted by the Ram Island Yacht Club, and NESS’s sailors brought home 6 out of the top 10 spots! Results Kate VanBerkel – 2nd overall and in Blue Lindsey Wiatrowski – 3rd overall and in blue Mason Zagol – 4th overall […]
Eric Isselhardt, PhD, named President of NESS
STONINGTON, CT – Executive Director of Education for the New England Science & Sailing Foundation (NESS), Eric Isselhardt, PhD, has been named President of NESS, effective immediately. Dr. Isselhardt, a veteran executive with deep experience in both nonprofit and for-profit educational organizations, has been selected to serve as the new President for the New England […]
Opti Race Team: Larry White Junior Olympic Regatta
This past week, NESS’s Opti Race Team competed in The Larry White Junior Olympic Regatta. The event, hosted by the Niantic Bay Yacht Club, is one of several held throughout the county as part of US Sailing’s Junior Olympic Sailing Festival. Congratulations to the entire NESS team and their coach Mark “Zorro” Zagol! 420’s 1st, […]
Opti Race Team Competes at 2021 New Bedford Junior Regatta
NESS’s Opti Race Team was out in full force this weekend at the New Bedford Junior Regatta! Seven team members traveled to New Bedford, MA with their boats for their first big event of the summer. NESS had 5 girls sailing optis and 2 boys sailing lasers, with 2 sailor finishes in the top 20! […]
