THE STORM TRYSAIL CLUB
Block Island Race Week Presented by Rolex
2009 Block Island Race Week News T H U R S D AY • J U N E 2 5 , 2 0 0 9
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Photo by Jeremiah Tamagna-Darr/timwilkes.com
Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Preliminary Results . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Events Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Ups and Downs Watching John Cooper’s Mills 43 Cool Breeze (Springfield, MO) sail past the press boat prior to yesterday’s first Red Fleet race was deliciously ironic, since Mother Nature was serving up some decidedly un-June-like breeze at the time. Furthermore, the early morning fog that had dissipated as the boats left the harbor appeared ready for an encore by 1030. The two boats in IRC Zero (Roger Sturgeon’s STP 65 Rosebud/Team DYT; Fort Lauderdale, FL and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Sailing Squadron’s Storm Trysail 65 Vanquish; Kings Point, NY) were sent on a longer course than the rest of the Red Fleet. Most boats in IRC 40A went left after the first start, although Bill Titus, Charlie Milligan, Allen Stern & Tom Roche’s King 40 Act One (Newport, RI) and Stephen Sherwin’s Corby 41 Nasty Medicine (Hamilton, BER) found good pressure on the right. All but one of the 14 Swan 42s started on starboard and nearly everyone went for the left side, as did most of the Farr 40s with the exception of Rodrick Jabin’s Ramrod (Annapolis, MD).
The U.S. Naval Academy Sailing Squadron’s Farr 53 Tomcat (Annapolis) had an excllent first leg, rounding the mark well ahead of Nasty Medicine (who executed a lightning-quick spinnaker set), Steve & Heidi Benjamin’s Tripp 41 High Noon (Norwalk, CT), Cool Breeze and Act One. Ramrod was first around in the Farr 40s, with Larry Bulman & Jeff Scholz’s Yellow Jacket (Bethesda, MD), Gary Beer’s Sundance (Washington, DC) and the U.S Naval Academy Sailing Squadron’s Seawolf (Annapolis) in hot pursuit. Ken Colburn’s Swan 42 Apparition (Dover, MA) had opened up a substantial lead by the first mark, and made a flawless set. Next around were Gibb Kane’s Mutiny (Rye, NY), Chuck Townsend’s Blazer (Newport, RI) and Brendan Brownyard’s Barleycorn (Bay Shore, NY). The 42s delivered unparalleled spectating yesterday, and thanks to Captain Charlie Terry the scribes and shooters on the Rolex press boat had front row seats for the tight, action-packed mark roundings.
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