Regatta Competitor's Home Page

A place for everything a regatta competitor should know about Kingston

Sailing

• What to expect, for first-time competitors.
• Kingston's wind and local wind sensors
• Surface water temperatures: updated daily.
• Current
• Magnetic anomalies: Why, where, and how much.
• Notes on Kingston's traditional sailing competition zones:
  
  • Courses Map: An overview of all CORK's competition circles.
  • Course Alpha: Kingston's premiere circle.
  • Course Charlie: Traditionally used for smaller dinghies.
  • Course Foxtrot: Championship circle, further out into the lake.
  • Kingston Harbour is festooned with Club racing marks.

Sailing Regatta history

• Our Regatta History lists past winners, people to consult.

Logistics

• CORK
• Clubs and Marinas, all with facilities.
• Cranes
• Checklist For Shipping Containers To Kingston. Everything you need to plan.

Dragon Boats

• Kingston Dragon Boat Festival

View or Edit topic: "Books About Kingston Wind"

A place to list books where Kingston's Wind is discussed and analyzed.

Stuart Walker talks about Kingston in

The Sailor's Wind

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Buy it: ISBN 0393045552

Not to be confused with

The Sailor's Wind Kingston

, a 36-page pamphlet which is part of a series that also includes Rochester and Annapolis.

Here's an interesting look at the physical geography of the region, that may provide insight into wind flows around Kingston.
The transition from gray to green isn't great by any means, but it may provide some insight on surface friction.