PHOTOS: Racing the Wind: Land-sailing battles at Ninigret Park airstrip
Land sailor Dave Lussier, of Wickford, prepares to attach Dave Lussier, Phillip Vaillancourt and Kate Morrone, sail their Blokarts at Ninigret Park in Charlestown, R.I., on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, as a small group of land sailing enthusiasts met for some informal racing on the park’s runways. The group, New England Land Sailors, has sailors from Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire, and they sail Blokarts, a 3-wheeled kart with a free-standing sail from New Zealand, that resembles a windsurfer, that are sailed on dry lake beds, beaches at low tide, or abandoned runways. The current Blokart land speed record of 77.7 mph that was set during a race on the Ivanpah dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert in Californian in 2018 is held by Dave Lussier, from Wickford, and Scott Young, of Arizona. Harold Hanka, The Westerly Sun
Land sailor Dave Lussier, of Wickford, prepares to attach Dave Lussier, of Wickford, prepares to mount his sail on his Blokart at Ninigret Park in Charlestown, R.I., on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, as a small group of land sailing enthusiasts met for some informal racing on the park’s runways. The group, New England Land Sailors, has sailors from Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire, and they sail Blokarts, a 3-wheeled kart with a free-standing sail from New Zealand, that resembles a windsurfer, that are sailed on dry lake beds, beaches at low tide, or abandoned runways. The current Blokart land speed record of 77.7 mph that was set during a race on the Ivanpah dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert in Californian in 2018 is held by Dave Lussier, from Wickford, and Scott Young, of Arizona. Harold Hanka, The Westerly Sun
Land sailor Dave Lussier, of Wickford, prepares to attach Dave Lussier, of Wickford, sails his Blokart at Ninigret Park in Charlestown, R.I., on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, as a small group of land sailing enthusiasts met for some informal racing on the park’s runways. The group, New England Land Sailors, has sailors from Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire, and they sail Blokarts, a 3-wheeled kart with a free-standing sail from New Zealand, that resembles a windsurfer, that are sailed on dry lake beds, beaches at low tide, or abandoned runways. The current Blokart land speed record of 77.7 mph that was set during a race on the Ivanpah dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert in Californian in 2018 is held by Dave Lussier, from Wickford, and Scott Young, of Arizona. Harold Hanka, The Westerly Sun
Kate Morrone, of New Hampshire,prepares to mount his Kate Morrone, from New Hampshire, prepares to install the sail on her Blokart at Ninigret Park in Charlestown, R.I., on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, as a small group of land sailing enthusiasts met for some informal racing on the park’s runways. The group, New England Land Sailors, has sailors from Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire, and they sail Blokarts, a 3-wheeled kart with a free-standing sail from New Zealand, that resembles a windsurfer, that are sailed on dry lake beds, beaches at low tide, or abandoned runways. The current Blokart land speed record of 77.7 mph that was set during a race on the Ivanpah dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert in Californian in 2018 is held by Dave Lussier, from Wickford, and Scott Young, of Arizona. Harold Hanka, The Westerly Sun
Land sailor Dave Lussier, of Wickford, prepares to attach Dave Lussier, of Wickford, sails his Blokart at Ninigret Park in Charlestown, R.I., on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, as a small group of land sailing enthusiasts met for some informal racing on the park’s runways. The group, New England Land Sailors, has sailors from Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire, and they sail Blokarts, a 3-wheeled kart with a free-standing sail from New Zealand, that resembles a windsurfer, that are sailed on dry lake beds, beaches at low tide, or abandoned runways. The current Blokart land speed record of 77.7 mph that was set during a race on the Ivanpah dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert in Californian in 2018 is held by Dave Lussier, from Wickford, and Scott Young, of Arizona. Harold Hanka, The Westerly Sun
Land sailor Dave Lussier, of Wickford, prepares to attach Dave Lussier, of Wickford, and Kate Morrone, of New Hampshire, sail their Blokarts at Ninigret Park in Charlestown, R.I., on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, as a small group of land sailing enthusiasts met for some informal racing on the park’s runways. The group, New England Land Sailors, has sailors from Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire, and they sail Blokarts, a 3-wheeled kart with a free-standing sail from New Zealand, that resembles a windsurfer, that are sailed on dry lake beds, beaches at low tide, or abandoned runways. The current Blokart land speed record of 77.7 mph that was set during a race on the Ivanpah dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert in Californian in 2018 is held by Dave Lussier, from Wickford, and Scott Young, of Arizona. Harold Hanka, The Westerly Sun
Land sailor Dave Lussier, of Wickford, prepares to attach Dave Lussier, of Wickford, and Kate Morrone, of New Hampshire, sail their Blokarts at Ninigret Park in Charlestown, R.I., on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, as a small group of land sailing enthusiasts met for some informal racing on the park’s runways. The group, New England Land Sailors, has sailors from Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire, and they sail Blokarts, a 3-wheeled kart with a free-standing sail from New Zealand, that resembles a windsurfer, that are sailed on dry lake beds, beaches at low tide, or abandoned runways. The current Blokart land speed record of 77.7 mph that was set during a race on the Ivanpah dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert in Californian in 2018 is held by Dave Lussier, from Wickford, and Scott Young, of Arizona. Harold Hanka, The Westerly Sun
Land sailor Dave Lussier, of Wickford, prepares to attach Dave Lussier, of Wickford, and Kate Morrone, of New Hampshire, sail their Blokarts at Ninigret Park in Charlestown, R.I., on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, as a small group of land sailing enthusiasts met for some informal racing on the park’s runways. The group, New England Land Sailors, has sailors from Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire, and they sail Blokarts, a 3-wheeled kart with a free-standing sail from New Zealand, that resembles a windsurfer, that are sailed on dry lake beds, beaches at low tide, or abandoned runways. The current Blokart land speed record of 77.7 mph that was set during a race on the Ivanpah dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert in Californian in 2018 is held by Dave Lussier, from Wickford, and Scott Young, of Arizona. Harold Hanka, The Westerly Sun
Land sailor Dave Lussier, of Wickford, prepares to attach Dave Lussier, of Wickford, and Kate Morrone, of New Hampshire, sail their Blokarts at Ninigret Park in Charlestown, R.I., on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, as a small group of land sailing enthusiasts met for some informal racing on the park’s runways. The group, New England Land Sailors, has sailors from Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire, and they sail Blokarts, a 3-wheeled kart with a free-standing sail from New Zealand, that resembles a windsurfer, that are sailed on dry lake beds, beaches at low tide, or abandoned runways. The current Blokart land speed record of 77.7 mph that was set during a race on the Ivanpah dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert in Californian in 2018 is held by Dave Lussier, from Wickford, and Scott Young, of Arizona. Harold Hanka, The Westerly Sun
Land sailor Dave Lussier, of Wickford, prepares to attach Dave Lussier, Phillip Vaillancourt and Kate Morrone, sail their Blokarts at Ninigret Park in Charlestown, R.I., on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, as a small group of land sailing enthusiasts met for some informal racing on the park’s runways. The group, New England Land Sailors, has sailors from Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire, and they sail Blokarts, a 3-wheeled kart with a free-standing sail from New Zealand, that resembles a windsurfer, that are sailed on dry lake beds, beaches at low tide, or abandoned runways. The current Blokart land speed record of 77.7 mph that was set during a race on the Ivanpah dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert in Californian in 2018 is held by Dave Lussier, from Wickford, and Scott Young, of Arizona. Harold Hanka, The Westerly Sun
Land sailor Dave Lussier, of Wickford, prepares to attach Dave Lussier, Phillip Vaillancourt and Kate Morrone, sail their Blokarts at Ninigret Park in Charlestown, R.I., on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, as a small group of land sailing enthusiasts met for some informal racing on the park’s runways. The group, New England Land Sailors, has sailors from Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire, and they sail Blokarts, a 3-wheeled kart with a free-standing sail from New Zealand, that resembles a windsurfer, that are sailed on dry lake beds, beaches at low tide, or abandoned runways. The current Blokart land speed record of 77.7 mph that was set during a race on the Ivanpah dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert in Californian in 2018 is held by Dave Lussier, from Wickford, and Scott Young, of Arizona. Harold Hanka, The Westerly Su
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