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Block Island Race Week Presented by Rolex

2009 Block Island Race Week News F R I D AY • J U N E 2 6 , 2 0 0 9

INSIDE:

Photo by Jeremiah Tamagna-Darr/timwilkes.com

Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Preliminary Results . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Events Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Make it Count!

The promise of at least a little breeze on the penultimate day of Block Island Race Week XXIII Presented by Rolex curtailed the Whiffle ball and bocce games that had been underway on the lawn of the Narrangansett. With windless, fogged-in conditions on Block Island Sound, a postponement had been in effect all morning, but it was lifted in the hope of running an afternoon race.

As the fleet headed out of New Harbor, boats that did well in Wednesday’s light, shifty conditions relished the prospect of moving up in the standings or holding a top position by capitalizing on the similar weather that’s expected to prevail through tomorrow.

By 1400, with clearing skies and the hint of an impending breeze, the Red Fleet R/C announced their intention to commence a sequence at 1430 and several boats sailed up the course to choose their side. With low tide coming at approximately 1630, current wouldn’t be a big factor – spotting shifts and pressure was the name of the game.

The AP flag was still flying out on the Red Circle at 1445, while closer to shore a race was underway on the White Circle courtesy of a thermal generat-

ed by the island’s landmass, which was being warmed by a sun that had scarcely shone in the skies over Block Island all week. The AP came down at 1454 and the Zeroes (Roger Sturgeon’s STP 65 Rosebud/Team DYT (Fort Lauderdale, FL) and the USMMA Sailing Squadron’s Storm Trysail 65 Vanquish (Kings Point) were away by 1500, both heading toward shore on starboard.

The IRC 40A boats were off next. Michael Dominguez’s Melges 32 Bronco (Barrington, RI) had the best start we saw all week, busting out of the gate with a lead they’d not relinquish. High Noon finished second, with Lincoln Mossop’s Swan 42 The Cat Came Back (Jamestown, RI) third.

There’s a great contest staged for today in IRC 40A. The Titus/Stern/ Milligan/Roche King 40 Act One (Newport, RI) had been leading all week, but John Cooper’s Mills 43 Cool Breeze (Springfield, MO), who’d been closing the gap all week, jumped ahead yesterday with a fourth place finish versus Act One’s 6.5. Yes, 6.5 – Act One and Quentin Thomas’ X-41 Pendragon (Portsmouth, RI) actually tied yesterday.

“We’ve been pretty consistent all week [2, 3 and 4s],” said Cooper. “But

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we’re going to have to do better than fourth tomorrow to stay ahead. Act One is well-sailed and likes the breeze. And High Noon is still alive – I would never underestimate Steve Benjamin. We’re locking the crew in tonight.”

In the Swan 42s, Preben Ostberg & Bud Dailey, Jr.’s Tsunami (Rockville, MD) owned the day and has moved up to second overall with 40 points. Phil & Wendy Lotz’s Arethusa (New Canaan, CT) took second yesterday and is in third with 41.

Gary Jobson’s Mustang (Annapolis) galloped to a third place finish yesterday and has moved up to sixth overall. No one, however, has a ghost of a chance of catching Ken Colburn’s Apparition (Dover, MA), who leads the 42s with 23 points, but the next several places won’t be decided until today’s last race.

“The racing is so good that we’re just trying to keep our points down and stay in the hunt,” said Tom Castiglione, main trimmer aboard John Hele’s Daring (Newport). “With two races on Friday, a lot can happen. Seven points separate second and seventh. It’s been a long time since I sailed in a regatta and could leapfrog seven places. That speaks volumes about the level the class is sailing now.”

IRC 40B is going down to the wire. Gordon Hall’s IMX 40 Katabatic (Marblehead, MA) leads with 22 points, chased by Kris & Kiki Werner’s Beneateau First 40.7 Mullet (Rochester,NY; 23) and Craig Albrecht’s Farr 395 Avalanche (Sea Cliff, NY; 24). Mort Weintraub’s Express 37 Troubador (Larchmont, NY) has an unassailable lead in IRC 35. Praising his crew, Weintraub laughed, “I only provide the lunches and beer and pay the bills!”

On the White Circle, David Askew’s Flying Jenny VI (Annapolis) is leading the J/122 North American Championship, but they’ll need to be on top of her game to hold off Doug Shaffer’s Gambler (Bayview, TX). Jeff Willis’ Challenge IV (Huntington, NY) leads the J/44s by four points over Jim Bishop’s Gold Digger (New York, NY).

Bruce Lockwood’s Farr 30 One More time (Groton Long Point, CT) is in first place, although Scott Baker & Moise Solomon’s Kaizen (Chester, CT) is a gen-

uine threat, being only three points behind and having won the last three races.

David Betts’ J/109 Instant Karma (Southampton, NY) won yesterday’s race, but Rick Lyall’s Storm (Wilton, CT) is still out in front.

Brian Keane’s Savasana (Weston, MA) had led the J/105 class all week until Bruce Stone & Scott DeWeese’s Power Play (San Francisco, CA) scored a third yesterday against Savasana’s 13th. Power Play leads Savasana by four; Joerg Esdorn & Duncan Henne’s Kincsem (Rye, NY) is just two points behind in third. “In a windward/leeward twice around course, positions changed a lot,” said Dave Schrader, trimmer aboard Damian Emery’s Eclipse (Shoreham, NY). The juniors aboard Team Storm Trysail led the first lap, and there was a lot to be gained and lost on the second. On the second beat, those that went left into the beach ran out of breeze and found a header on the way out. We went hard right and found a lift and breeze.” Eclipse took a second yesterday and is fourth overall.

Paul Pakos’ Swan 44 Xenophon (Sudbury, MA) came from behind to sit atop the leader board in the PHRF Navigator Class.

The Blue Fleet did not race yesterday. “When we first got to the starting area, we saw 170°-175° wind direction,” explained PRO Sue Reilly. “We sent the mark boat up a mile to a mile-and-a-half to the windward mark area, where he was seeing 240°. I saw 190° a short while later. While we waited to see what would happen, we were seeing huge shifts and holes. When the weather mark boat reported, ‘My woolies are hanging limp,” I thought of what one of the best R/C Chairs in the world once told me: ‘When in doubt, look at the conditions and ask yourself if you’d want to race in that?’ Hell no! You could sail today but you can’t sail true windward/leeward races with 40-50° shifts. I wouldn’t even know where to set up a windward mark or even a starting line. If it were a Wednesday night beercan race I would’ve made it work, but not at Block Island Race Week.”

With a 1-2 on Wednesday, Brad Porter’s Evelyn 32 XLR8 is back on top in PHRF 1, two points ahead of Bruce Gardner’s L’Outrage (Annapolis), with a tie

for third between Dick Hyde’s Freightrain (Belmont, MA) and the U.S. Naval Academy’s very well-sailed Navy 44 Mk1 Swift (Annapolis), skippered by Kenneth Endicott. With their 1-2-1-1-1-1 scoreline, John & Tony Esposito’s J/29 Hustler (Mohegan Lake, NY) has a lock on PHRF 2. Look for the Storck family and friends to sail their J/80 Rumor (Huntington, NY) to victory in PHRF 3 (they lead by four points). Scott Kirkpatrick’s Frers 30 Boondoggle (Wellesley, MA) leads PHRF 4 by two points over Richard Correll’s S2 9.1 Loki 3 (Huntington, NY).

The U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S Coast Guard Academy and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy teams are doing quite well. Most of the Coast Guard cadets sailing this week are in their first year of sailing big boats. “This is my first Block Island Race Week – in fact it’s my first season sailing big boats,” said Cadet 2nd Class Billy Cotta, who is sailing on the academy’s J/44 Glory (currently in fifth in class). “I have sailed dinghies since junior high school but never had an opportunity to sail big boats – it has been hard to break in to this.”

The USCGA’s five-week Summer Ocean Racing Program is one of the Leadership Courses offered at the Academy. Since Memorial Day, they have raced a few local club races, Storm Trysail Club’s Block Island Race, Annapolis to Newport, New York Yacht Club’s Annual Regatta, and Block Island Race Week. “At the New York Yacht Club’s Annual Regatta, Gold Digger was killing us,” Cotta continued. “But we’ve come a long way as a team and we’re in striking distance of them now. The J/44 class is great. At the end of racing each day this week we are able to ask the crews on the other boats questions about rigging and sail trim to make us better. I see this Ocean Racing Program as a steppingstone into big boat racing. I would never have imagined a year ago that I would have been driving in the Annapolis to Newport Race this summer.”

The USCGA’s J/120 Ricochet, skippered by Kirstin Haas, is competing in the extremely competitive IRC 40B fleet.

“I’m really impressed with what the cadets achieve – they get so much hands-on experience and seamanship knowledge from ocean racing sailboats,”

said Jack Neades, the Head Offshore Coach of the USCGA Sailing Team. “As a team of 10 or 11, everyone learns a lot – from planning to navigation to maintenance to logistics to teamwork… Down the road when they are on a cutter, they’re going to know what it’s like to be out in the middle of the ocean.”

The U.S. Naval Academy Sailing Squadron’s teams are having a great week.

Their Navy 44 Swift, skippered by Kenneth Endicott, notched a bullet on Tuesday and is in a tie for third in PHRF 1, and their Farr 53 Tomcat, skippered by Josh Hinshaw, was the first boat around the windward mark in several races.

“Through the ocean racing programs, the cadets learn a lot in a short amount of time,” said Renee Mehl, the Naval Academy Safety Advisor. “I see the confidence that develops in them – during the first year, they are pretty quiet; into the second year they become outgoing and you can see their boost in confidence.”

Although Rosebud will prevail in IRC Zero, the midshipmen on the Kings Point Sailing Squadron’s Vanquish turned in a performance to be extremely proud of, more than holding their own – including a win! – against their rival a world-class professional crew on a boat that’s simply faster.

“Sailing with the USMMA guys has been great this week,” said pro sailor Ben Bardwell, who is helping train the crew. “It’s really refreshing. All of the kids are so enthusiastic and pretty darn good sailors. Their level of experience and knowledge varies – some of the seniors aboard are very good and the new guys do a good job of figuring stuff out.”

The USMMA’s J/29 Renegade, skippered by Logan Keltermann, won a race this week and holds fourth in PHRF 2. Additionally, five members of the USMMA Power Squadron are at Race Week, living aboard their 108-foot Navy YPB Liberator and volunteering on the R/C boats.

“The academies are very important to Block Island Race Week,” said Storm Trysail Club Rear Commodore Nick Langone. “They bring a lot of boats to Block and they are great people.”

Best of luck to everyone today…see you on the Block in ought-eleven!

Today’s Weather...

Friday, June 25

The front will slow as it comes east We will have some low clouds early in the morning then variable clouds and some sun. We could have a shower or thunderstorm later in the afternoon.

With the approaching front, expect to have more wind.

A SW flow is expected with 7-11kts early in the morning, 9-14kts late morning, and 10-15kts in the afternoon Prepared 0630edt, Thursday, June 25, 2009

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Low pressure will be up over the St. Lawrence with fronts to eastern NY state and then to NW New Jersey and down to central North Carolina.

Preliminary Results

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Bow

Sail Number

Yacht Name

Owner/Skipper

Blue Racing One Design Division Beneteau 36.7 1.

USA 52121 2.

USA 142 3.

USA 52134 4.

USA 230 5.

USA 258 6.

USA 69

Quokka Crossbow Whirlwind Resolute Tango Breakaway

Tom Peelen Roy Halvorsen William Purdy Junius Brown Chuck Norris Richie Palmer

PHRF Division PHRF 1 1.

USA 33940 2.

USA 73456 3.

USA 40926 4.

NA 11 5.

USA 41810 6.

USA 51799 7.

USA 3333 8.

USA 40244 9.

USA 47

XLR8 L'outrage Freightrain Swift Deviation Jabberwocky Straight Jacket Dead Reckoning Brimapax

Brad Porter Bruce Gardner Dick Hyde Kenneth Endicott Iris Vogel Jonathan Bier Sanford Tyler Ray Way Peter Boyce Hilgendorff

PHRF 2 - J-29 1.

USA 283 2.

USA 269 3.

USA 31628 4.

USA 32347 5.

USA 257 6.

USA 53303

Hustler Mighty Puffin Showdown Renegade Rift Seefest

PHRF 3 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

USA 19 USA 401 USA 83350 USA 51362 USA 730 USA 42482 USA 52358 USA 40766 USA 50324

PHRF 4 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

USA 011 USA 73042 USA 1257 USA 15379 USA 519 USA 4198 USA 43443 USA 165

Rating

Race 1

Race 2

Race 3

Race 4

Race 5

Race 6

1 2 4 5 3 6

1 2 4 3 7/DNF 5

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 2 4 3 5 7/DNS

3 1 2 4 7/DNF 5

2 3 1 4 5 6

9.0 12.0 18.0 23.0 32.0 35.0

99 99 90 93 90 99 99 111 99

1 2 5 3 6 4 7 11/DNF 11/DNF

5 2 1 3 4 6 7 8 11/DNS

2 3 4 1 6 5 7 8 11/DNS

3 4 1 2 5 6 7 8 11/DNS

1 2 4 5 3 6 8 7 11/DNS

2 3 4 5 1 6 8 7 11/DNS

14.0 16.0 19.0 19.0 25.0 33.0 44.0 49.0 66.0

John & Tony Esposito Steve Thurston Bijan Rasadi Midn. Logan Koltermann Bill Maher/Reuven Latovitzki Ira Perry

111 111 114 123 111 114

1 2 3 7/DNF 4 7/DNS

2 3 4 1 5 7/DNS

1 4 2 3 5 7/DNS

1 4 3 2 7/DNS 7/DNS

1 2 3 4 5 7/DNS

1 2 3 4 5 7/DNS

7.0 17.0 18.0 21.0 31.0 42.0

Rumor Lunatic Fringe Incommunicado Cymothoe Hokus Pokus 2nd Chance Pearl Madcap x Pirate

John Storck, Jr Robert & Bill Lehnert Ed Tracey / Tim Polk David Alldian Donald Suter Jon Bawabe Robert Lee Dan Bullard William Baxter

129 129 117 132 129 120 120 123 129

1 3 4 2 6 5 10/DNS 7 10/DNF

2 3 10/DNF 1 4 5 10/DNS 10/DNF 10/DNS

2 1 4 3 6 5 10/DNS 10/DNF 10/DNS

5 1 3 4 6 2 10/DNS 10/DNF 10/DNS

3 5 1 10/DSQ 4 7 2 6 10/DNS

2 6 1 4 3 7 5 10/DNS 10/DNS

15.0 19.0 23.0 24.0 29.0 31.0 47.0 53.0 60.0

Boondoggle Loki III Alohomora Air Express Pale Rider Wunder Dog Mistress Speedway Boogie

Scott Kirkpatrick Richard Correll Kyle Fast Chris Fesenmeyer Stefan Jans Bill Mortensen Bryan Coon Chris Brady

132 135 174 171 135 174 174 159

3 2 1 4 5 9/DNF 6 9/DNS

1 4 5 2 3 6 7 8

3 7 2 5 1 4 6 8

2 1 4 3 6 5 7 8

3 1 4 2 6 5 7 8

2 1 3 5 6 4 7 8

14.0 16.0 19.0 21.0 27.0 33.0 40.0 49.0

Navigator Racing PHRF Division Navigator Class 1.

USA 52853 2.

USA 47 3.

USA 42236 4.

USA 27927 5.

USA 50670 6.

USA 25742 7.

USA 0394 8.

USA 99

Xenophon Club Car Sweet Rocket Rascal Starlight Manitou Carrera Winedrop

Paul Pakos Barry bessette Joseph Ney Kel Weber John de Regt Greg Slamowitz Steve Zwiren Donald Franchilli

75 175 93 129 87 99 81 150

1 2 8 4 3 5 6 8/DNS

3 2 1 4 5 6 7 9/DNS

Red Racing IRC Division IRC ZERO 1.

USA 60065 2.

USA 65002

Rosebud/Team DYT Roger Sturgeon Vanquish Ralf Steitz

1.524 1.519

1 2

1 2

3 2 1 5 4 7 6 9/DNS

2 1

1 2

1 2

1 2

Race 7

Total

1 4 2 3 6 5 7 9/DNS

8.0 10.0 12.0 16.0 18.0 23.0 26.0 35.0

1 2

8.0 13.0

Bow

Yacht Name

IRC 40A 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

USA 60432 USA 52915 USA 1200 USA 4212 BER 1000 USA 184 GBR 8858 USA 52496 USA 52992 USA 200 USA 70

Cool Breeze John Cooper Act One Titus/Stern/Milligan/Roche High Noon Steve & Heidi Benjamin The Cat Came Back Lincoln Mossop Nasty Medicine Stephen Sherwin Bronco Michael Dominguez Jackknife Andrew Hall Convictus Maximus Donald Nicholson Tomcat Josh Hinshaw Jammy Beggar Tom Lee Pendragon Quentin Thomas

1.185 1.125 1.201 1.180 1.158 1.175 1.120 1.160 1.319 1.175 1.133

2 1 7 6 3 9 8 4 5 12/DNF 10

4 2 6 3 1 9 7 5 8 12/DNF 12/DNS

IRC 40B 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

USA 9393 USA 51405 USA 39516 USA 25279 USA 60077 USA 31200 USA 39512 USA 28990 USA 51790 USA 50316

Katabatic Mullet Avalanche Shamrock Sensation Jubilee Settler Scherherazade Spectre The Cat Came Back Ricochet

Gordon Hall Kris & Kiki Werner Craig Albrecht Ralph Dimattia Cal Huge Jim & Tom Rich Hugh Chandler Brian Prinz Levine/Winogradow Kirstin Haas

1.103 1.071 1.114 1.072 1.091 1.077 1.123 1.093 1.093 1.091

3 1 11/DNS 4 2 5 6 8 7 9

IRC 35 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

USA 51072 USA 40789 USA 53194 USA 73407 ISV 68 USA 41841 USA 156 USA 51676 USA 73179 USA 52735

Troubador Lora Ann Bluto Snow Bird Good Girl Apparition Out of Reach III Promise Kept Die Fledermaus Havoc

Mort Weintraub Richard du Moulin Ben Hall / Bill Berges Paul Vonmaffei Robert W. Armstrong Stephen Bowes Louis Nees Ed Bahen Ty Janney / Greg Janney Adrian Ravenscroft

1.034 1.031 1.010 1.028 1.041 1.040 1.050 1.030 1.028 1.045

One Design Division NYYC Swan 42 1.

USA 4235 2.

USA 4215 3.

USA 4216 4.

USA 4224 5.

USA 4214 6.

USA 4245 7.

USA 4208 8.

USA 4204 9.

USA 4225 10.

USA 4206 11.

USA 18 12.

USA 4243 13.

USA 4210 14.

USA 4221

Apparition Tsunami Arethusa Barleycorn Daring Mustang Bandit Mutiny Interlodge Impetuous Better Than..

Blazer Quintessence Celeritas

Farr 40 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

USA 46999 USA 51695 USA 92 USA 40076 USA 888 USA 51313

White Racing One Design Division J-122 1.

7 USA 52902 2.

3 USA 56 3.

2 USA 47

Owner/Skipper

Rating

Race 1

Race 2

Race 3

Race 4

Race 5

Race 6

Race 7

Total

2 1 7 5 8 4 3 6 9 12/DNS 12/DNS

4 1 3 2 7 9 6 5 8 12/DNS 12/DNS

3 4 1 8 2 7 6 11 9 5 10

3 8 1 4 5 2 9 10 6 7 11

4 6.5 2 3 8 1 10 9 11 5 6.5

22.0 23.5 27.0 31.0 34.0 41.0 49.0 50.0 56.0 65.0 73.5

1 4 3 2 5 8 7 6 9 10

3 2 6 4 1 5 7 8 9 10

8 2 1 7 3 6 4 5 9 10

2 7 1 4 8 5 3 6 9 10

3 4 1 5 7 2 10 6 8 9

2 3 1 4 8 6 7 5 9 10

22.0 23.0 24.0 30.0 34.0 37.0 44.0 44.0 60.0 68.0

4 2 3 5 1 6 7 10 8 9

1 4 2 3 7 5 10 6 8 9

1 6 9 3 2 8 5 7 4 10

1 2 5 4 8 7 6 3 9 10

1 4 2 3 10 6 7 8 5 9

1 2 5 4 8 3 6 7 10 9

1 3 2 9 5 7 4 8 6 10

10.0 23.0 28.0 31.0 41.0 42.0 45.0 49.0 50.0 66.0

Ken Colburn Preben Ostberg/Bud Dailey Jr. Philip Lotz Brendan Brownyard John Hele Gary Jobson Andrew Fisher Gibb Kane Austin and Gwen Fragomen Paul Zabetakis Gosia Rojek Charles Townsend Roger Widmann Malcolm Gefter

4 1 3 8 10 6.7/RDG 5 6 2 7 12 15/DNF 9 11

1 5 3 4 7 9 12 11 2 14 6 13 8 10

3 6 4 13 2 10 1 5 7 12 15/DNF 9 8 11

3 14 6 1 5 4 9 7 8 2 10 12 13 11

4 5 13 3 8 9 2 6 12 7 11 1 14 10

4 8 10 11 6 5 9 7 12 3 1 2 13 14

4 1 2 6 8 3 9 7 11 13 5 10 14 12

23.0 40.0 41.0 46.0 46.0 46.7 47.0 49.0 54.0 58.0 60.0 62.0 79.0 79.0

Ramrod Nimbus Yellow Jacket Nightshift Seawolf Sundance

Rodrick Jabin Midn. Branning / Midn. Wagoner Larry Bulman / Jeff Scholz Kevin McNeil Austin Van Olst Gerry Taylor

1 5 3 2 4 7/DSQ

3 4 1 2 5 7/DSQ

1 3 5 2 4 7/DSQ

1 4 3 2 5 7/DSQ

2 1 3 5 4 7/DSQ

3 1 2 5 4 7/DSQ

3 1 2 4 5 7/DNS

14.0 19.0 19.0 22.0 31.0 49.0

Flying Jenny VI Gambler Otra Vez

David Askew Doug Shaffer William Coates

2 3 6

2 3 1

2 6 1

1 2 5

3 1 2

2 1 4

4 3 5

16.0 19.0 24.0

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Sail Number

Preliminary Results Bow

Sail Number

Yacht Name

Owner/Skipper

Race 1

Race 2

Race 3

Race 4

Race 5

Race 6

Race 7

5 16 4 15 1 6 8

USA 12241 USA 61116 USA 12204 USA 60003 USA 12 USA 52835 USA 53581

Wings Spitfire Christopher Dragon Pugwash Partnership Georgetown lll Plum Crazy II

Bruno/Boyle/Callahan Pete du Pont Andrew Weiss David Murphy David & MaryEllen Tortorello George Marks Andrew D. Skibo

1 5 4 9 7 8 10

4 5 7 6 9 8 10

5 6/SCP 8 3 7 9 10

4 3 6 7/ZFP 7 8 9

4 8 5 9 7 6 10

6 9 3 8 5 10 7

2 1 7 6 8 9 10

26.0 37.0 40.0 48.0 50.0 58.0 66.0

J-44 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

USA 42880 USA 49 USA 43787 USA 42844 USA 42324 USA 25244

Challenge IV (9) Gold Digger (11) Resolute (14) Charlie V (12) Glory (10) Diogenes2 (13)

Jeffery Willis James D. Bishop Don and Rick Rave Norman H. Schulman. M.D. Kevin Tongue Malcolm Clarke

1 2 5 4 3 6

1 2 4 3 5 6

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 3 2 5.5 5.5 4

2 3 1 6 4 5

3 2 1 6 5 4

2 1 6 3 5 4

11.0 15.0 22.0 31.5 32.5 35.0

Farr 30 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

USA 28 USA 27 USA 704 USA 21 USA 31

One More Time Kaizen Mummbles Just Plain Nutz Raven

Bruce Lockwood Scott Baker / Moise Soloman Team Mummbles Norm and Cameron Dean Gino Bottino

3 5 1 2 4

2 3 1 4 5

1 3 2 4 5

2 3 1 4 5

2 1 5 4 3

2 1 5 3 4

2 1 5 4 3

14.0 17.0 20.0 25.0 29.0

J-109 1.

21 2.

29 3.

19 4.

28 5.

17 6.

20 7.

18 8.

22 9.

24 10. 23 11. 25 12. 26 13. 27

USA 146 USA 52202 USA 72 USA 274 USA 51 USA 126 USA 55 USA 162 USA 243 USA 200 USA 256 USA 267 USA 272

Storm Caminos Gut Feeling Gossip Rush Picante Skoot Relentless Instant Karma Mischief Shearwater Nordlys Jibber Jabber

Rick Lyall Donald Filippelli Ted Herlihy Group W Bill Sweetser Robert Salk Jim Vos Al Minella David Betts Mike Brown Hugh McLean Bob Schwartz David Jannetti

2 4 7 1 3 6 9 5 12 8 11 13 10

3 2 1 7 8 4 5 6 9 11 10 14/DNF 14/DSQ

1 7 4 3 9 6 5 2 8 10 11 14/DNS 14/DSQ

4 2 1 5 7 6 8 3 10 9 11 14/DNS 14/DSQ

1 2 5 7 6 4 3 9 11 8 10 12 14/DSQ

2.3/RDG 1 5 8 2 7 6 12 4 3 10 11 14/DSQ

3 4 9 5 2 8 6 11 1 14/DNS 10 7 14/DNS

16.3 22.0 32.0 36.0 37.0 41.0 42.0 48.0 55.0 63.0 73.0 85.0 94.0

J-105 1.

30 2.

44 3.

37 4.

31 5.

38 6.

48 7.

33 8.

41 9.

35 10. 43 11. 46 12. 49 13. 47 14. 34 15. 42 16. 40 17. 36 18. 45 19. 32 20. 39

USA 37 USA 523 USA 324 USA 50 USA 326 USA 43772 USA 97 USA 353 USA 300 USA 488 USA 630 USA 50988 USA 657 USA 106 USA 389 USA 344 USA 310 USA 627 USA 77 343

Power Play Savasana Kincsem Eclipse Mopelia Sea Shadow Hiawatha Woody Kima Shakedown Planet Claire Andiamo Vixen Team Storm Trysail Morning Glory Two Feathers Red Sky Tolo Dark 'n Stormy She's the Boss

Stone/DeWeese Brian Keane Joerg Esdorn Duncan Hennes Damian Emery Denis Seynhaeve Charles L. Shumway Corcoran/Marcy Larry Hennessy Nelson Weiderman Jordan Mindich John Koten Paul Strauch Christopher Beane Chessie Jr Racing Carl Olsson Mark Masur John Pearson Norman Kilarjian Michael Lachance John Sutherland

2 1 3 4 7 6 12 11 9 17 5 10 18 8 13 15 14 19 16 21/DNF

2 3 1 4 7 10 8 5 9 13 6 12 14 11 16 18 15 17 19 20

4 1 2 3 6 8 15 10 11 5 13 16 7 17 12 9 14 19 18 21/DNF

4 1 2 11 3 6 8 5 7 15 21/DSQ 12 9 10 13 14 16 17 18 19

5 6 3 11 2 1 4 7 9 8 13 15 17 18 14 10 12 19 16 20

2 1 13 7 3 6 8 11 4 5 18 14 17 19 16 12 9 10 15 20

3 13 4 2 16 15 1 11 12 5 6 9 8 7 10 17 18 14 19 20

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4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Rating

Total

22.0 26.0 28.0 42.0 44.0 52.0 56.0 60.0 61.0 68.0 82.0 88.0 90.0 90.0 94.0 95.0 98.0 115.0 121.0 141.0

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Race Week participants have been buying raffle tickets all week in hopes of winning the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner. One even had a premonition.

At last night’s Mount Gay Rum party, Bob Zazzera bought a raffle ticket from Race Week volunteer Annie Fisher. When he looked at the number [006900], he commented to Annie, “Oh my God, that’s my sail number…I’m going to win the Rolex.” A short while later, Bob, from Glen Cove, NY was drawn as the Grand Prize winner. Bob is sailing aboard Breakaway, sail number USA 69, in the Beneteau 36.7 class.

Thanks to Bob and the many other raffle entrants and sponsors. Because of you, the Storm Trysail Club will be able to contribute to two worthwhile island causes: The Rescue Squad and The North Light. The volunteer Rescue Squad is in need of training Emergency Medical Technicians so that their certifications are up-to-date. The North Light, the 1867 lighthouse on the northern tip of the island, has been under renovation for seven years and needs funds to finish the project. Your contributions will surely help both causes get much closer to their goals.

Congratulations Bob! By the way, Powerball is up to $25,000,000…

Thursday’s postponement gave crews time to enjoy more ‘civilized’ competition ashore.

Photo by Jeremiah Tamagna-Darr/timwilkes.com

The Grand Raffle Prize Won

Team USA Grabs Two Gold Medals, One Bronze at Kiel Week in Germany Team USA prevailed in the medal races at Kiel Week, finishing the ISAF Sailing World Cup event with three medals in two classes. US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics members Paige Railey (Clearwater, FL) and Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, FL) dominated the Laser Radials by winning a gold and bronze medal, respectively, while Mark Mendelblatt (St. Petersburg, FL) and Mark Strube (West Palm Beach, FL) won a gold medal in the Stars.

Kiel Week has a reputation for stormy, windy weather, but this year’s event failed to live up to its reputation. As a result, most classes only got five or six races.

“We had beautiful weather — if you’re on vacation,” said Tunnicliffe, “but it wasn’t perfect sailing weather.”

Railey and Tunnicliffe’s performances only further proved they have a firm grasp on the Laser Radial class. This is the fifth ISAF Sailing World Cup event this year in which they have won: Tunnicliffe earned gold medals at Sail Melbourne in Australia, US SAILING’s 2009 Rolex Miami OCR in Miami, FL and French Olympic Sailing Week in Hyères, France, while Railey won gold at Princess Sofia Trophy in Palma de Mallorca, Spain and a silver medal at Rolex Miami OCR. “It feels so good to win,” said Railey, who credits her win to her successful midline starts. She said she was able to tack easily in the first shift because she wasn’t pinned out. “I had control of my own upwind instead of someone else dictating what I was going to do,” she said. Railey added that she has a new mental mindset this year: “I’m really relaxed. When I’m sailing, I’m not putting pressure on myself. I’m having more fun with it all.”

Tunnicliffe, who is the number one-ranked Laser Radial sailor in the world by ISAF, said she was excited to win a bronze medal, despite the conditions only allowing five qualifying races in four days. “I sailed well and learned some big lessons about when to be conservative and when to be more risky, when to push a situation and when not to,” she said. “They are important lessons going into the Worlds.”

Railey and Tunnicliffe will compete in the Laser Radial World Championship in

Japan in July.

This was the second time Mendelblatt and Strube have competed at Kiel Week together as a team – and the second time they’ve won. “It’s pretty nice to win gold every time we come over,” said Strube. “Our downwind techniques are getting better, and we are trying to improve our upwind and tacks.”

US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics members who competed in the medal races were Andrew Campbell (San Diego, CA) & Brad Nichol (Miami, FL) who finished seventh overall in the Star class, and windsurfers Ben Barger (St. Petersburg, FL) and Farrah Hall (Annapolis, MD) both finished ninth overall in the 34-boat Men’s RS:X and 16-boat Women’s RS:X fleets.

In Women’s Match Racing, USA’s Genny Tulloch (San Francisco, CA), Jamie Haines (Jamestown, RI) and Chafee Emory (Newport, RI), whose top finishes granted them automatic entry into the quarter finals, finished the regatta in sixth place overall.

Deb Capozzi (Bayport, NY), Emily Hill (Miami, FL/New Haven, CT) and Karina Shelton also competed in the 21-boat fleet. This was the first ISAF Sailing World Cup event in which match racers competed in the Elliot 6m, the equipment chosen for the new Women’s Match Racing event for the 2012 Games.

Strong American Presence Overall A total of 22 USSTAG members, five US Sailing Team Under 18 and Under 23 members and 24 additional Americans competed at Kiel Week, rounding out a large and strong Team USA presence.

Kiel Week is the sixth stop on the inaugural International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Sailing World Cup 2008-2009 circuit, bringing together the world’s top Olympic and Paralympic class competitors.

For more information about the US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics, visit sailingteams.ussailing.org.

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2009 Block Island Race Week Sponsors Presented By Rolex

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WindCheck Magazine hopes that you’ve enjoyed this year’s Race Week News

7.3: Add: Navigator: Red Bell R “6” approx. 0.3 miles W of Southwest Point (Mark “G”)

Look for a great photo re-cap in the July issue of WindCheck and full coverage of this week’s racing in the August issue. And don’t forget you can view the dailies online at windcheckmagazine.com.

9. MARKS Section 9.1: Add: Navigator Class: Marks as described in Appendix 2

See you in 2011 - The Crew at WindCheck

Schedule of Events Friday, June 26 0730-0830 Substitute Crew Weigh In - Race Week Headquarters 0900 Harbor Signals 1030 Racing 1700-2000 Final Awards Presentation & Evening Party Lewmar Race Day Hall Spars and Bitter End Official Party Sponsors

Amendments

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NOTICE OF RACE AMENDMENT #1 2. RULES 2.1: The Regatta Regulations are amended as follows: Regatta Regulation 7.4 is amended with the following clarifications: PHRF Crew Weight Limitations: Block Island Race Week 2009 allows a higher weight limitation than Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound (YRA LIS) PHRF allows. The intention is to allow one more crew member in each size range.

The crew weight limit for an entrant shall be as stated on the PHRF handicap certificate issued by the Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound (YRA LIS). If an entrant wishes to change their weight limit to the limits allowed for this event, the entrant shall obtain a new certificate using the maximum limit stated in the table. As stated in Section 7.4, all PHRF boats may carry a crew member less than 14 years of age in addition to the crew weight limit specified on the PHRF handicap certificate.

No PHRF handicap appeals for adjustment for additions or deletions of crew limits will be heard.

5. ADVERTISING 5.1 Is amended to read: Advertising is permitted, unless class rules do not permit, in accordance with ISAF Regulation 20.

Clarification: ISAF Regulation 20 no longer refers to category A or C events.

SAILING INSTRUCTIONS AMENDMENT # 1 5. SCHEDULE OF RACES Revise the last sentence to state: The Navigator Class will race one race per day with a scheduled warning signal of 1030.

7. RACING AREAS 7.1 Revise to state: There will be four racing circles in Block Island Sound, designated Red, White, Blue and Navigator.

20. RADIO COMMUNICATIONS 20.1: Add: Navigator Class VHF Channel 73 APPENDIX 2 A2.1: Revise to state: Navigator Classes Courses will be designated by letters corresponding with the list below and will be posted on a course board displayed on the Navigator Class Race Committee Signal Boat. For all Navigator classes the start will be between the Signal Boat and Red Bell R “6” approx. 0.3 miles W of Southwest Point (Mark “G”) SAILING INSTRUCTIONS AMENDMENT # 2 APPENDIX 2 A2.2: Revise last line to: “U” G “1” Fl G Gong at Eastern End of Endeavor Shoals Clarification: Mark “M” becomes Mark “U” Posted: June 20, 2009 SAILING INSTRUCTIONS AMENDMENT # 3 Regatta Regulation 6.1 is changed as follows: Maximum total crew shall be the crew number printed on the boats IRC certificate, plus one.

The maximum total crew weight shall not exceed the product of the crew number printed on the boats IRC certificate, plus one, multiplied by 180 pounds.

Boats may carry one additional crewmember less than 14 years of age. This additional crew will not be part of the maximum crew number or weight calculation.

Entrants intending on carrying additional crewmembers less than 14 years of age shall so indicate on their entry form.

Posted: Saturday, June 20, 2009 SAILING INSTRUCTIONS AMENDMENT # 4 Appendix A1.5 is changed: If there are two windward marks set and there is a windward finish, the finish line for all classes on that racecourse will be to windward of the furthest windward mark.

Posted: Sunday, June 21, 2009 SAILING INSTRUCTIONS AMENDMENT # 5 and #6 Amend Notice of Race 10 and sailing instruction 16.5 by adding: Decisions of a national jury are subject to appeal.

Amend Notice of Race 2.2 and sailing instruction 1.2 as follows: The US SAILING prescriptions to the RRS do not apply except the prescriptions to RRS 68 (Damages), 76.1, 76.3 and Appendix F. Those prescriptions will be available on the Block Island Race Week website as an attachment to the sailing instructions.

The official flagpole and notice board is located at B.I. Boat Basin

“Amazing” Crescendo First to Finish Marion Bermuda Race

By Talbot Wilson Martin Jacobson (Newport, RI) drove his Swan 44 MkII Crescendo first across the line off St. David’s Lighthouse, Bermuda Wednesday morning at 5:47:13ADT with an elapsed time of 111h:32m:13s. Sailing under storm trysail and a small jib, Crescendo finished in a 20-25 knot southerly wind and 8-10 foot seas.

Jacobson’s crew comment when told their little, Class B Swan 44 was first to finish…“Amazing.” They had not known they were leading. As a celestially navigated entry, they had not been able to get any yacht positions on the internet or through their SSB radio.

Crescendo’s crew included Jacobson as skipper, his daughter Caroline Jacobson Honorowski (New York NY), plus Aaron Eddington (Shinagawa, Tokyo), James Wilmot (Newport RI), Jeremy Whitty, navigator (Sydney, NSW), his son Jonathan Whitty (Sydney, NSW), Marcus Spillane (Fountainstown, IRE) and Paul Atkins (Bagowlah, NSW).

This was Aaron Eddington’s first offshore race, but he was among veterans. This was Jacobson’s ninth Bermuda Race, Wilmot’s fifth, Jeremy Whitty’s third and Caroline Honorowski’s second. Wilmot and Whitty have

each done fourteen Sydney-Hobart races in Australia.

The Class B boat had led the fleet out of Buzzards Bay, MA into the Atlantic. The Saturday morning position reports on iBoattrack showed Crescendo still ahead of the bigger and theoretically faster Class A boats.

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Then Big Bear, Jonathan Brewin’s Class A fifty-three footer, took over the lead as the breeze filled in from the west, but retired just north of Bermuda with sail and technical problems. When Big Bear lost her main seventy-three miles northwest of Bermuda, they were nearly on the rhumb line from Marion. Based on tacking angles, they figured they would have to sail a hundred extra miles and decided to motor home.

Crescendo, standing a close second when Big Bear retired, grabbed the lead and didn’t let go. She made it into Bermuda amid driving rain squalls, just before sunrise. They had destroyed their mainsail on Tuesday at 10:00AM while taking it down during a Forty-Five knot squall.

They sailed under their safety-orange storm trysail for about the last seventy miles. Luckily, they were positioned well to the west of the rhumb line and were able to reach Bermuda without sailing many extra miles.

Jeremy Whitty, Crescendo’s Navigator, and Jacobson were proud to be first to finish but even prouder to have done it in the celestial navigation division. Jacobson said, “We never saw any stars or planets, and we had to get our sun shots through the clouds. It was amazingly accurate.”

When asked about high winds and big waves, Whitty said, “It felt like a submarine. We got forty-five plus knots in squalls and the seas weren’t really that big, just confused by the changing wind direction in the thunderstorms that blew the hell out of us.”

Cetacea, Chris Culver’s Sou’wester 59 from Newport, RI finished second overall on elapsed time and was first to finish in Class A. She finished at 8:02:24 ADT and her elapsed time was 113h 32m 24s.

Winds that had been west and southwest, favorable for a fast approach to Bermuda, shifted to the south late Monday night and gave

the fleet a strong 25-knot headwind and an ugly beat to the finish. These winds were expected to hold for the last two days.

Avalon (Barry Feldman, Newton, MA) legged out on leads Class C, and at 10:00 ADT Wednesday she was fifty miles out, one of eight boats within the Marion to Bermuda fifty-mile circle. Class D leader, Silhouette (David Caso, Duxbury, MA), is well ahead of the six other Class D boats still racing. At 10:00AM ADT on Wednesday, she was 100 miles from Bermuda.

The total number of ‘did not start’ and ‘retired’ yachts now stands at fourteen and leaves thirty-four boats on the course. Bremer Speck conformed their retirement early Tuesday morning. She had spent the night riding on bare poles in high winds. They are now motoring back to the states.

Of the original forty-eight entries, four did not start to begin with, and now eight have retired in the face of confused seas and big westerly winds that eventually shifted to the south.

The non-starters were Paul Hubbard’s Bermuda Oyster (Hamilton, Bermuda), Stafano Pacini’s Galileo (Chestnut Hill, MA), Por Dos sailed by Mark Monwood (Bedford, MA) and Shooting Star sailed by David Kingsbury (Orange, CT).

Yachts that have retired from the race so far that were on the course are Jonathan Brewin’s Big Bear (Hamilton, BDA) Jonathan Baxter’s Pond Prowler (BER20, St. George’s, BDA) Maren Erskin’s Cayenne (Bearsville, NY), Alan Benet’s La Retreat (Basking Ridge, NJ), Tom Bowler’s Nightwind (West Simsbury, CT), Bill Ferguson’s Sea Fever (Milford, MA), Falcor sailed by Steve Gross (Scotch Plains, NJ), Bremer Speck (Ron Hiemann West Newberry, MA) Black Mallard (Tracy Day McRoberts, Glen Cove, NY) and Lynley III (James Barns, Mobile, AL).

Scuttlebutt Highlights

historic city. Team Russia joined the pack once the racing fleet had completed the inshore loop, to sail, but not to race, homewards to St Petersburg.

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OPERATION DRY WATER Operation Dry Water is a coordinated, national weekend (on June 26-28, 2009) of Boating Under the Influence (BUI) detection and enforcement aimed at reducing the number of alcohol-related accidents and fatalities and fostering a stronger and more visible deterrent to alcohol use on the water.

Coordinated by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators working with the states, the U.S. Coast Guard and other partner agencies - Operation Dry Water will increase the number of BUI checkpoints and allow law enforcement officials to test more operators for alcohol/drug use in accident investigations.

In 2007, Coast Guard statistics indicate that 21% of all boating fatalities were a result of alcohol use. This continues an upward trend in the percentage of fatalities where alcohol was the primary cause of the accident. Details at operationdrywater.org THE FINAL 400 MILES (June 25, 2009; Day 1) - Sailing confidently in 10 -12 knots of breeze, PUMA, Telefónica Blue and Ericsson 4 were the front runners off the start line for the tenth and final leg of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 from Stockholm to St Petersburg in Russia. Although speeds were good as the fleet left Sweden behind, the leg is expected to be predominantly upwind to Russia and race rules allow for Race Director, Jack Lloyd, to shorten the 400-mile course if necessary. The fleet must arrive in St Petersburg on Saturday morning in order to clear customs and pass through two bridges, which will be raised specially in order to let the fleet into the

ROLEX FARR 40 WORLDS Porto Cervo, Italy (June 25, 2009; Day 2) - Jim Richardson’s Barking Mad (USA) leads the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship overall classification for the second day running. Richardson, with tactician Terry Hutchinson (America’s Cup campaigns in 2000, 2003 and 2007) took his second bullet of the series in the first of today’s two races while Giovanni Maspero’s Joe Fly (ITA) claimed victory in the second race, bringing her up to second place overall, just one point behind Barking Mad. The first race of the day, the fourth of the series, started at 11.15 am after a general recall. Accompanied by 16 to 18 knots of westerly wind (280°), Barking Mad took the start and set the pace around the course, increasing her lead continuously to finish well ahead. Joe Fly, with Francesco Bruni on tactics, was in second place around the first windward mark but dropped back to cross the finish line in fourth place.

Two general recalls took place before Race Five could be started at 13.10 and 11 boats took a ZFP penalty for infringing the one minute rule. The wind had dropped to 15 knots and this time it was Joe Fly’s turn to lead coast to coast, followed at the first windward mark by Doug Douglass’ Goombay Smash (USA) who later dropped to seventh place.

Results after five races (top 5 of 25; boat name, skipper/tactician): 1. Barking Mad (USA), Jim Richardson/Terry Hutchinson, 1-6-4-1-6, 18 points 2. Joe Fly (ITA), Giovanni Maspero/Franceso Bruni, 4-5-5-4-1, 19 3. Nerone (ITA), Massimo Mezzaroma/Vasco Vascotto, 5-1-13-2-4, 25 4. Mascalzone Latino (ITA), Vincenzo Onorato/Adrian Stead, 2-10-2-9-8/ZFP, 31 5. Goombay Smash (USA), William Douglass/Morgan Larson, 7-2-12-8-7, 36 CURMUDGEON’S OBSERVATION “A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men.

I just want to say to the authors of that study: Duh.” - Conan O’Brien

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Service Academies Battle for the Reed Trophy

Photo by Jeremiah Tamagna-Darr/timwilkes.com

Although there’s no Rolex timepiece at stake, the sailors who are competing for the John Alden Reed Perpetual Trophy would probably say that they place more value on the bragging rights that go along with having their school’s name engraved on this cup.

The Storm Trysail Club awards the Reed Trophy to the Service Academy yacht that posts the best performance at Race Week. With eight boats in contention for the honor this year (sailing in nearly as many classes)

the academies came set for a tough scrap.

Two years ago, the United States Naval Academy Sailing Squadron’s Farr 53 Tomcat (Annapolis, MD) skippered by Midshipman 1/c Christopher Hamilton, finished fourth in IRC Zero. Tomcat is back this year, sailing in IRC 40A and skippered by Josh Hinshaw.

Over in IRC 40B, Kirstin Haas has been helming the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s J/120 Ricochet (New London, CT) in a very competitive fleet.

Donated to the U.S. Coast Guard Foundation by Tom Lee, Ricochet took seventh in Class 4 of the St. David’s Lighthouse Division in the 2008 Newport-Bermuda Race, leading her class for much of the race before being slowed by rudder problems.

The USCGA’s other entry, the venerable Glory, is sailing in the J/44 One-Design class skippered by Kevin Tongue. Glory (donated to the U.S. Coast Guard Foundation by Jim Bishop) was fifth in class at BIRW in ’07 and finished third in Class 5 of the St. David’s Lighthouse Division at the 2008 Newport-Bermuda Race. The 44 Class is not only one of the most competitive here at Race Week, but one of the most closely-knit. These sailors will surely have gained plenty of experience rubbing elbows with the veterans of this class.

A pair of service academy boats has been engaged in battle all week long in the Farr 40s. Nimbus, jointly entered by the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point, NY) and Oak Cliff Yacht Club (Oyster Bay, NY) and co-skippered by Midshipmen Chris Branning and Mike Wagoner, is duking it out with the U.S. Naval Academy Sailing Squadron’s Seawolf, with Austin Van Olst at the

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The U.S. Coast Guard Academy is racing the J/120 Ricochet and J/44 Glory.

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helm.

The Naval Academy’s other entry is their Navy 44 Mk II Swift, steered this week by Ken Endicott in the IRC 35 class. Swift holds a tie for third place and will surely keep the pressure on, as they are in strong contention for the Reed.

Renegade, the USMMA’S entry in the J/29 class (PHRF 2), is skippered by midshipman Logan Keltermann. Thus far, the J/29 class has been dominated by John & Tony Esposito’s Hustler, whose only 2nd place finish came at the hand of Keltermann and crew.

The Kings Point Sailing Squadron’s STP 65 Vanquish is competing in IRC Zero this week. Skippered by Ralf Steitz, Vice President of the USMMA Sailing Foundation, Vanquish was the second boat to finish the 2009 Fort Lauderdale to Charleston Race, crossing the line about 40 minutes after Roger Sturgeon’s Rosebud/Team DYT. Vanquish (formerly named Moneypenny) was donated to the USMMA by Jim Swartz, and the midshipmen voted to retain the “007” theme (James Bond drove a speedy Aston Martin Vanquish in the film Die Another Day). With such an advanced boat and going head to head with the likes of Rosebud, this boat, naturally, is filled with some of the most experienced sailors KP has trained.

With such tight competition between the two Farr 40s and similar scores across the rest of the service academy fleet, the Reed Trophy is still within reach for any of the schools. In all likelihood, this award will not be decided until the end of the day today.

Regardless of the outcome of this week’s racing, these sailors are sure to develop a love of the island and the competition and return year after year. The Swan 44, Xenophon (currently 1st in the Navigator Class), is primarily crewed by retired Coast Guard admirals and captains. Wednesday night, Xenophon skipper Paul Pakos invited the entire USCG team to their house for dinner.

The advantage of being able to sail as a team during the ‘off-season’ is a major plus for the service academies. When the time comes to get back to sailing in college regattas, they’ll have a whole summer season of experience under their belts. When STC runs its annual Columbus Day weekend Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta, hosted by Larchmont Yacht Club (Larchmont, NY), colleges from across the country compete in big boats loaned by area racers. Of the nearly forty teams competing, look for the service academies to top the scoreboard, as they always fare well at this college sailor’s favorite on the Fall Schedule. In fact, in 2008, Massachusetts Maritime Academy was the overall winner.

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