The weather smiled on the kids and frowned on the adults as the Long Beach Island Yacht Racing Association held one of its biggest events of the season: race week.

“It’s a chance for all the different clubs to get together,” Barnegat Light Yacht Club Vice Commodore Pete Menninger said. “We get to see each other at different sailing events, but this is one where we just get to be together on the Island.”

The young ones took to the waters on July 30, and were met with pristine sailing conditions. The adults, who were supposed to be sailing on both Aug. 2 and Aug.