Figawi Race 2025

Wow! What an exciting day on the water! Our Sports Photography class at the Cape Cod Art Center had a wonderful day shooting the sailboats lining up to the start line for the 2025 Figawi Race from Hyannis to Nantucket, about 30 miles across Nantucket Sound. Our Sport Photography class had a front row seat to capture images as the boats headed for the starting line, ready to race in a complex formula that allows for an overall winner and victors of each sub category of sailboat. From an aesthetic point of view the starting line is terrific, with sailboats jockeying for position prior to the sounding of the starting horn. Should you ever have the opportunity to watch a boat race on television, much like curling, the strategy is mesmerizing. Looking ahead to 2026 join the Photographers of Cape Cod meetup group and/or the Cape Cod Art Center meetup group to be on board next year’s floating tripod.