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The holder of a 50-ton Captains license and an American Red Cross waterfront lifeguard with First Aid, CPR and AED certification, Liz Sistare is the newly minted Watercraft Operations Supervisor at Mystic Seaport Museum (MSM) in Mystic, Connecticut. “I grew up in southeastern Connecticut and went to East Lyme High School,” says Liz, “but didn’t grow up sailing or boating. I started sailing at 19 at college. UConn – Avery Point has a 1-credit Learn to Sail…

The 2023 Dyer Dhow Derby was held on Saturday, October 21 at Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, CT. In very wet conditions with initially little wind and then gusts over 25 knots, hearty racers hit the course. The rainy and fluky conditions allowed for three races with Carl Fast winning the day, Jamie Race in second and Ben Wilkinson third. Carl cruised the course while holding an umbrella; everyone wore their fashionable foul weather gear. While attendance…

Our friends at Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut are hosting the 74th Dyer Dhow Derby on Saturday, October 21, from 10am to 5pm.  The Dyer Dhow Derby is open to all, and there is no fee for an individual or group to register for the use of a boat. There is a suggested donation of $20 from individuals to help support the sailing programs at Mystic Seaport Museum. For more information and to register, contact Liz…

By Courtney Moore, CMB Creative Group     For over thirty years, the enthusiastic sailors of the Mystic River Mudhead Sailing Association have raised funds and awareness for worthy charities with the Mudhead Benefit Regatta & MegaParty. On Saturday, July 15, 2023, at Mystic Shipyard in Mystic, CT, under the Sperry tent with rock and roll from Wooly Mammoth, the annual Mudhead Benefit Cup Regatta & MegaParty netted over $15,000 for the Mystic-based nonprofit Always Home. Tricia Cunningham,…

An inspiring teacher, avid racer, and recipient of both the Eastern Connecticut Sailing Association’s Excellence in Instruction Award and US Sailing’s Excellence in Instruction Award, Annie Longo says she has the best job in the world. “I grew up on Mason’s Island in Mystic, Connecticut,” says Annie, who resides in Westerly, Rhode Island. “I’ve been on boats since I was a baby and started sailing lessons at Mason’s Island Yacht Club at six. I sailed my Opti…

Our friends at the Mystic Mudheads Sailing Association are presenting their Spring Seminar, Women in Sailing, at Shennecossett Yacht Club in Groton, Connecticut on Wednesday, May 4 at 5:55pm. The seminar will be led by Liz Sistare, Supervisor of the Sailing Center at Mystic Seaport Museum.  Tickets are $10 advance (until Monday, May 2 at noon), and $15 at the door. (Includes pizza, beer & wine) Liz Sistare has spent the past decade working at maritime museums,…

By Christopher Cole, S/V Ticker Editor’s note: A popular part of Mudnite Madness is the Mudnite Photo Contest, and we’ve selected a few entries taken during Mudnite Madness 2021 to illustrate this report. The Mystic River Mudhead Sailing Association Race Committee always enjoins its competitors, “Go fast, pass boats, tell stories!” Having done the first two during this epic overnight race, I began a brief account of it – which grew ever less brief as I wrote…

Prescott Littlefield, Waterfront Programs Manager at the University of Connecticut’s Avery Point Regional Campus in Groton, loves his work. “I grew up in Old Greenwich and started sailing at Riverside Yacht Club at age nine in Sunfish before moving into Blue Jays, then briefly a full-rig Laser (the 4.7 and Radial didn’t exist yet) and finally I420s, which replaced Fireballs,” says Prescott. “The first sailboat I owned was a JY15 that my life partner, Anne, gave me…

Southeastern Connecticut sailor Prescott Littlefield will lead a team of Mystic River Mudhead Sailing Association sailors in the Hospice Regattas National Championship, which will be held April 28 – May 1 in Galveston, TX.