Browse Items (1 total) Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Tags: sailing Sort by: Title Creator Date Added Sailboat Racing on the Connecticut River The real origins of sailboat racing on the Connecticut River date back to the early 1900's when shad fishermen raced their "dragnet" boats informally each spring. However it was the Great Depression that provided the impetus for organized dinghy… Tags: Connecticut River, Essex, sailboats, sailing Output Formats atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2