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2009 Block Island Race Week News W E D N E S D AY • J U N E 2 4 , 2 0 0 9
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Preliminary Results . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Events Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Cool Breeze, Hot Action The calendar indicates that another solstice has come and gone, but summer (apparently on holiday in Florida) has yet to grace Block Island Sound with its balmy presence. The northeasterly that blew into town Sunday began to wane yesterday, presenting competitors with winds that varied by about ten knots and shifted through about 30 degrees. With lighter winds forecast for the end of the week, the Regatta Committee decided to run three windward-leeward races on Tuesday, confirming that decision via VHF prior to commencing the day’s first sequence. On the White circle, the J/44 One-Design Class announced the sails they’d all be using, opting for ounce-and-a-half kites and #3 jibs. The J/122s, sailing their first-ever North American Championship, were off first, and all ten boats chose the right side of the course for the first windward leg. By the time the 44s were ready for the first start of the day, the left side appeared to be favored and five of the six boats chose that option. The Farr 30s, who are competing in their East Coast Championship, were off next, with most of the five boats opting right.
At the first leeward mark, Pete du Pont’s Spitfire (Rockland, DE) led the 122s, followed by David Askew’s Flying Jenny VI (Annapolis, MD), George Marks’ Georgetown III (Roslyn, NY) and Doug Shaffer’s Gambler (Bayview, TX). Jim Bishop’s Gold Digger (New York, NY) was out front in the 44s, followed closely by Jeff Willis’ Challenge IV (Huntington, NY). Mummbles had a nice lead in the Farr 30s at the first downwind mark. Most of the 122s finished the first race in a tight pack, with Bill Coates’ Otra Vez (Bellaire, TX) crossing the line first. Challenge IV executed a slick jibe just above the line, sneaking past Gold Digger for the win. The wind diminished as the day progressed, as did the chop, much to the delight of the folks on the committee and course boats. The breeze resumed in the afternoon, although the water remained somewhat smoother. The starting sequence for one race on the White circle was briefly delayed as a J/122 sailor went for an unscheduled dip. He was back aboard in an instant, and reported
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being quite refreshed. Tom Peelen’s Quokka (South Dartmouth, MA) has posted an unbroken string of bullets for the lead in the Beneteau 36.7 One-Design class. Roy Halvorsen’s Crossbow (Tenafly, NJ), having finished second in the first four races, sits four points behind Quokka, with William Purdy’s Whirlwind (New York, NY) in third. The Naval Academy Sailing Squadron’s Navy 44 MkI Swift (Annapolis) posted a 3-1-2 scoreline to leap into the lead in PHRF 1, two points ahead of Dick Hyde’s Frers 36 Freightrain (Belmont, MA), who notched two bullets yesterday. Brad Porter’s Evelyn 32 XLR8 (Westbrook, CT) holds third with 11 points. With wins in the Round the Island Race and two races yesterday, John & Tony Esposito’s Hustler (Mohegan Lake, NY) has a five-point lead in PHRF 2 (J/29). Bijan Rasadi’s Showdown (Groton, CT) holds second place, one point ahead of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy’s Renegade (Kings Point, NY). “Today was about finding the pressure and sail selection,” said Hustler’s helmsman Bear Hovey. We switched from the 3 to the 1 to the 2 and back to the 1. The midshipmen on the USMMA’s Renegade had a great day. In addition to three great starts, their sail selection seemed better than the fleet – they seemed to always have the right sail at the right time.” Robert & Bill Lehnert’s LS-10 Lunatic Fringe (Cutchogue, NY) had a great day, posting a third and a pair of bullets to move from third to first in PHRF 3, two points ahead of John Storck Jr.’s J/80 Rumor (Huntington, NY). “We stayed in phase and had great maneuvers – our boathandling was on,” said Rob Lehnert. “The windward/leeward courses today helped us against Rumor. The conditions were good for symmetric chutes – there was enough wind to sail deep. We’re also are a lot heavier than Rumor so we were able to plow through the chop better.” “There were a lot of changes today, and that’s challenging in PHRF,” noted Lindsey Gibbons-Neff, Rumor’s forward crew, who sailed at Tufts with Storck’s daughter Kaity, who is also aboard Rumor, currently tied at ten points with David Alldian’s Sabre 36 Cymothoe (Brick, NJ).
With a 3-1-3-2 scoreline, Scott Kirkpatrick’s Frers 30 Boondoggle (Wellesley, MA) sits atop the leader board in PHRF 4, three points ahead of Kyle Fast’s J/24 Alohomora (Noank, CT). Richard Correll’s S2 9.1 Loki III (Huntington, NY) is running in third place. There’s a tie for first place in the PHRF Navigator Class between Barry Bessette’s S2 7.9 Club Car (South Chatham, MA), who finished second yesterday, and Paul Pakos’ Swan 44 Xenophon (Sudbury, MA; third yesterday). Joe Ney’s Frers 36 Sweet Rocket (Portsmouth, RI) made the switch from PHRF 1 after some crewmembers needed to leave the island, leaving them shorthanded. Sweet Rocket soared to victory in yesterday’s Navigator race and sits in fifth place. “We’ve been coming to Race Week for about 25 years,” said Ney. “It’s a fun week – our crew are longtime friends – and the event is well organized.” “Today’s 17-mile course was great,” added Pakos, who pointed out that only 78 seconds separated the first and fourth place finishers. Act One, a very rapid King 40 entered by Bill Titus, Charlie Milligan & Stern Roche (Newport, RI), was the class winner in the Round the Island Race and posted a 2-1-1 yesterday to lead IRC 40A. John Cooper’s new Mills 43 Cool Breeze (Springfield, MO) is seven points back in second place. “Cool Breeze made its debut at Key West this winter, sailed in Miami and this is our third event,” said mastman Paul Nahon. Cooper and crew have been coming to Race Week for ten years, beginning with his J/29 (also named Cool Breeze). “We sail back in the Midwest on Stockton Lake most of the time but love coming to the East Coast for big events,” Nahon continued. “Block Island is paradise without the palm trees. The people are great and the competition is tough.” Steve & Heidi Benjamin’s Tripp 41 High Noon (Norwalk, CT) had a 6-7-3 on the day and holds sixth in IRC 40A. “Today wasn’t High Noon’s conditions, but we stuck with it,” said bowman Robbie Kane. “We have a new headsail and we broke a halyard when it loaded up. It was good fun, and we’re hoping that Wednesday, Thursday and Friday will be our conditions.”
There was a big shakeup in IRC 35, with Mort Weintraub’s Express 37 Troubador (Larchmont, NY) jumping from fourth to first overall. “Our key to success was our starts,” said Annie Davidson, who normally calls Troubador’s tactics but is on the bow this week. “Our helmsman Jamie Anderson has a great command of time and distance ratios and is able to put the boat where he wants. We kept our heads out of the boat looking for breeze while making the boat go as fast as we could.” Anderson, 27, who has been sailing with Weintraub since he was 15, assembled Troubador’s crew, primarily his friends from college sailing; most of the crew have been sailing together for four years. “Mort plays the critical role of institutional knowledge,” Davidson continued. “He helps to assure we have the boat set up right and does a great job of boosting morale and keeping us all excited.” A fierce battle is being waged in the Swan 42s. With a first, second and third yesterday, Ken Colburn’s Apparition (Dover, MA) is currently out in front with eleven points. “It was a good team effort all around by changing gears and adjusting to modest shifts,” said Colburn. “Since we lost our masthead wand yesterday, it was a good refresher on ‘old school’ racing.” Phil & Wendy Lotz’s Arethusa (Wilton, CT) is five points behind Apparition in second place, with Austin & Gwen Fragomen’s Interlodge (Portsmouth, RI) in third with 19. In the J/109 East Coast Championship, Rick Lyall’s J/109 Storm (Wilton, CT) has a three-point lead over Ted Herlihy’s Gut Feeling (South Dartmouth, MA). “It was very interesting sailing today, with winds as high as 20 and as low as eight,” observed Kerry Klingler, who’s trimming Storm’s main. “You had to play the tides, and it was very challenging tactically.” Don Fillipelli’s Caminos (Amagansett, NY) was three points behind Gut Feeling as the boats headed out today. Brian Keane’s Savasana (Weston, MA) is out front in the J/105s with six points, pursued by Jeorg Esdorn & Duncan Hennes’ Kincsem (Katonah, NY; eight points) and Bruce Stone & Scott DeWeese’s Power Play (San Francisco, CA; 12). Team Mummbles (Annapolis, MD) leads the Farr 30 East Coast
Championship with a scoreline of 1-1-2-1. Bruce Lockwood’s One More Time (Groton Long Point, CT) is three points astern with eight. Rodrick Jabin’s Ramrod (Annapolis) posted a 4-1-1 yesterday and leads the Farr 40s by one point over Kevin McNeil’s Nightshift (Annapolis). With a 2-2-2-1 scoreline, David Askew’s Flying Jenny VI is the frontrunner in the J/122 North Americans with seven points. Bill Coates’Otra Vez (Bellaire, TX) won two races yesterday, moving up to second overall. Mike Bruno, Tom Boyle & Jim Callahan’s Wings (Irvington, NY) is currently third overall. Kevin Tongue, who’s skippering the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s J/44 Glory (New London, CT), said, “This fleet’s close, and we’re doing alright. We have a brand-new crew every summer, and it’s tough to make the boat go as fast as the guys on Challenge and Gold Digger who’ve been sailing together as long as we’ve been alive. This is our last buoy race of the season, and we’re sailing a lot better than we were at the start of the year.” In IRC Zero, Roger Sturgeon’s STP 65 Rosebud/Team DYT (Fort Lauderdale, FL) leads the Kings Point Sailing Squadron’s Storm Trysail 65 Vanquish (Kings Point, NY). Vanquish won yesterday’s second race. “We had a great start in the second race and were able to keep the boat moving well,” said team leader Ralf Steitz. “The sun shown on us during the second race, but we were back under a dark cloud in the third race. That’s the way it is here this week.” With the sun peeking through the clouds (finally!) as smiling sailors converged on the Big Top for last night’s party, we reflected on the fact that one of the best things about Block Island Race Week is renewing old friendships and making new ones. We met a sailor who identified himself as Raoul Duke, gonzo jib trimmer aboard Whirlwind. “We have a great crew and we’re trying to get around the cans in the most expeditious manner,” said the erudite Duke from behind dark shades. “We’re enjoying a great week of sailing at the best place on the East Coast.”
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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 230 4. USA 52134 5. USA 258 6. USA 69
Quokka Crossbow Resolute Whirlwind Tango Breakaway
Tom Peelen Roy Halvorsen Junius Brown William Purdy Chuck Norris Richie Palmer
PHRF Division PHRF 1 1. NA 11 2. USA 40926 3. USA 33940 4. USA 73456 5. USA 41810 6. USA 51799 7. USA 3333 8. USA 40244 9. USA 47
Swift Freightrain XLR8 L'outrage Deviation Jabberwocky Straight Jacket Dead Reckoning Brimapax
Kenneth Endicott Dick Hyde Brad Porter Bruce Gardner Iris Vogel Jonathan Bier Sanford Tyler Ray Way Peter Boyce Hilgendorff
PHRF 2 - J-29 1. USA 283 2. USA 31628 3. USA 32347 4. USA 269 5. USA 257 6. USA 53303
Hustler Showdown Renegade Mighty Puffin Rift Seefest
John & Tony Esposito Bijan Rasadi Midn. Logan Koltermann Steve Thurston Bill Maher / Reuven Latovitzki Ira Perry
Rating
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4
Total
1 2 5 4 3 6
1 2 3 4 7/DNF 5
1 2 4 3 5 6
1 2 3 4 5 7/DNS
4.0 8.0 15.0 15.0 20.0 24.0
93 90 99 99 90 99 99 111 99
3 5 1 2 6 4 7 11/DNF 11/DNF
3 1 5 2 4 6 7 8 11/DNS
1 4 2 3 6 5 7 8 11/DNS
2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 11/DNS
9.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 21.0 21.0 28.0 35.0 44.0
111 114 123 111 111 114
1 3 7/DNF 2 4 7/DNS
2 4 1 3 5 7/DNS
1 2 3 4 5 7/DNS
1 3 2 4 7/DNS 7/DNS
5.0 12.0 13.0 13.0 21.0 28.0
Bow
Sail Number
Yacht Name
PHRF 3 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
USA 401 USA 19 USA 51362 USA 42482 USA 83350 USA 730 USA 40766 USA 50324 USA 52358
Lunatic Fringe Rumor Cymothoe 2nd Chance Incommunicado Hokus Pokus Madcap x Pirate Pearl
PHRF 4 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
USA 011 USA 1257 USA 73042 USA 15379 USA 519 USA 4198 USA 43443 USA 165
Navigator Racing PHRF Division Navigator Class 1. USA 52853 2. USA 47 3. USA 50670 4. USA 27927 5. USA 42236 6. USA 25742 7. USA 0394 8. USA 99
Owner/Skipper
Rating
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4
Total
Robert & Bill Lehnert John Storck, Jr David Alldian Jon Bawabe Ed Tracey / Tim Polk Donald Suter Dan Bullard William Baxter Robert Lee
129 129 132 120 117 129 123 129 120
3 1 2 5 4 6 7 10/DNF 10/DNS
3 2 1 5 10/DNF 4 10/DNF 10/DNS 10/DNS
1 2 3 5 4 6 10/DNF 10/DNS 10/DNS
1 5 4 2 3 6 10/DNF 10/DNS 10/DNS
8.0 10.0 10.0 17.0 21.0 22.0 37.0 40.0 40.0
Boondoggle Alohomora Loki III Air Express Pale Rider Wunder Dog Mistress Speedway Boogie
Scott Kirkpatrick Kyle Fast Richard Correll Chris Fesenmeyer Stefan Jans Bill Mortensen Bryan Coon Chris Brady
132 174 135 171 135 174 174 159
3 1 2 4 5 9/DNF 6 9/DNS
1 5 4 2 3 6 7 8
3 2 7 5 1 4 6 8
2 4 1 3 6 5 7 8
9.0 12.0 14.0 14.0 15.0 24.0 26.0 33.0
Xenophon Club Car Starlight Rascal Sweet Rocket Manitou Carrera Winedrop
Paul Pakos Barry bessette John de Regt Kel Weber Joseph Ney Greg Slamowitz Steve Zwiren Donald Franchilli
75 175 87 129 93 99 81 150
1 2 3 4 8 5 6 8/DNS
3 2 5 4 1 6 7 9/DNS
4.0 4.0 8.0 8.0 9.0 11.0 13.0 17.0
Today’s Weather... Expect the low to be weaker and to lift up close to or just E of Nantucket at daybreak. Wind speeds will be down significantly from yesterday. Again, the high resolution model is much lighter 5-10kts in the morning, down to 2-6kts by afternoon, with a thermal shift to the SW late afternoon at 2kts. GFS model shows 13-18kts early dropping to 7-12kts late – hopefully we can lean toward this model in which case the direction will be more northerly and may become NW in the afternoon. Likely we’ll see a mostly cloudy day with some brightening at times. Prepared 0630edt Tuesday June 23, 2009
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Wednesday, June 24
Preliminary Results
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Bow
Sail Number
Yacht Name
Owner/Skipper
Rating
Red Racing IRC Division IRC ZERO 1. USA 60065 2. USA 65002
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4
Rosebud/Team DYT Vanquish
Roger Sturgeon Ralf Steitz
1.524 1.519
1 2
1 2
2 1
1 2
IRC 40A 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
USA 52915 USA 60432 USA 4212 BER 1000 USA 52496 USA 1200 GBR 8858 USA 52992 USA 184 USA 70 USA 200
Act One Cool Breeze The Cat Came Back Nasty Medicine Convictus Maximus High Noon Jackknife Tomcat Bronco Pendragon Jammy Beggar
Titus/Stern/Milligan/Roche John Cooper Lincoln Mossop Stephen Sherwin Donald Nicholson Steve & Heidi Benjamin Andrew Hall Josh Hinshaw Michael Dominguez Quentin Thomas Tom Lee
1.125 1.185 1.180 1.158 1.160 1.201 1.120 1.319 1.175 1.133 1.175
1 2 6 3 4 7 8 5 9 10 12/DNF
2 4 3 1 5 6 7 8 9 12/DNS 12/DNF
1 2 5 8 6 7 3 9 4 12/DNS 12/DNS
1 4 2 7 5 3 6 8 9 12/DNS 12/DNS
5.0 12.0 16.0 19.0 20.0 23.0 24.0 30.0 31.0 46.0 48.0
IRC 40B 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
USA 51405 USA 60077 USA 9393 USA 25279 USA 39516 USA 39512 USA 31200 USA 28990 USA 51790 USA 50316
Mullet Jubilee Katabatic Shamrock Sensation Avalanche Scherherazade Settler Spectre The Cat Came Back Ricochet
Kris & Kiki Werner Cal Huge Gordon Hall Ralph Dimattia Craig Albrecht Hugh Chandler Jim & Tom Rich Brian Prinz Ron Levine / Victor Winogradow Kirstin Haas
1.071 1.091 1.103 1.072 1.114 1.123 1.077 1.093 1.093 1.091
1 2 3 4 12/DNS 6 5 8 7 9
4 5 1 2 3 7 8 6 9 10
2 1 3 4 6 7 5 8 9 10
2 3 8 7 1 4 6 5 9 10
9.0 11.0 15.0 17.0 22.0 24.0 24.0 27.0 34.0 39.0
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Total
5.0 7.0
Bow
Sail Number
Yacht Name
Owner/Skipper
Rating
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4
IRC 35 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
USA 51072 USA 40789 USA 73407 ISV 68 USA 53194 USA 51676 USA 41841 USA 156 USA 73179 USA 52735
Troubador Lora Ann Snow Bird Good Girl Bluto Promise Kept Apparition Out of Reach III Die Fledermaus Havoc
Mort Weintraub Richard du Moulin Paul Vonmaffei Robert W. Armstrong Ben Hall / Bill Berges Ed Bahen Stephen Bowes Louis Nees Ty Janney / Greg Janney Adrian Ravenscroft
1.034 1.031 1.028 1.041 1.010 1.030 1.040 1.050 1.028 1.045
4 2 5 1 3 10 6 7 8 9
1 4 3 7 2 6 5 10 8 9
1 6 3 2 9 7 8 5 4 10
1 2 4 8 5 3 7 6 9 10
7.0 14.0 15.0 18.0 19.0 26.0 26.0 28.0 29.0 38.0
One Design Division NYYC Swan 1. USA 4235 2. USA 4216 3. USA 4225 4. USA 4214 5. USA 4224 6. USA 4215 7. USA 4208 8. USA 4204 9. USA 4219 10. USA 4206 11. USA 4210 12. USA 18 13. USA 4221 14. USA 4243
Apparition Arethusa Interlodge Daring Barleycorn Tsunami Bandit Mutiny Mustang Impetuous Quintessence Better Than.. Celeritas Blazer
Ken Colburn Philip Lotz Austin and Gwen Fragomen John Hele Brendan Brownyard Preben Ostberg / Bud Dailey Jr. Andrew Fisher Gibb Kane Gary Jobson Paul Zabetakis Roger Widmann Gosia Rojek Malcolm Gefter Charles Townsend
4 3 2 10 8 1 5 6 7.3/RDG 7 9 12 11 15/DNF
1 3 2 7 4 5 12 11 9 14 8 6 10 13
3 4 7 2 13 6 1 5 10 12 8 15/DNF 11 9
3 6 8 5 1 14 9 7 4 2 13 10 11 12
11.0 16.0 19.0 24.0 26.0 26.0 27.0 29.0 30.3 35.0 38.0 43.0 43.0 49.0
Farr 40 1. 2. 3.
Ramrod Nightshift Yellow Jacket
Rodrick Jabin Kevin McNeil Larry Bulman / Jeff Scholz
1 2 4
4 2 1
1 2 6
1 2 3
7.0 8.0 14.0
USA 46999 USA 40076 USA 92
Total
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Preliminary Results Bow
Sail Number
Yacht Name
USA 51313 USA 51695 USA 888
Sundance Nimbus Seawolf
Jerry Taylor Midn. Branning/Midn. Wagoner Austin Van Olst
3 6 5
White Racing One Design Division J-122 1. 7 USA 52902 2. 2 USA 47 3. 5 USA 12241 4. 3 USA 56 5. 16 USA 61116 6. 15 USA 60003 7. 4 USA 12204 8. 1 USA 12 9. 6 USA 52835 10. 8 USA 53581
Flying Jenny VI Otra Vez Wings Gambler Spitfire Pugwash Christopher Dragon Partnership Georgetown lll Plum Crazy II
David Askew William Coates Bruno/Boyle/Callahan Doug Shaffer Pete du Pont David Murphy Andrew Weiss David & MaryEllen Tortorello George Marks Andrew D. Skibo
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)
Farr 30 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
USA 704 USA 28 USA 21 USA 27 USA 31
J-109 1. 21 2. 19 3. 29 4. 22 5. 28 6. 20 7. 27 8. 18 9. 17 10. 23 11. 24 12. 25 13. 26 J-105 1. 44 2. 37 3. 30 4. 31 5. 38 6. 48 7. 41 8. 35 9. 33 10. 46 11. 34 12. 47 13. 43 14. 49 15. 42 16. 40 17. 36 18. 32 19. 45 20. 39
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4. 5. 6.
Owner/Skipper
Rating
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4
Total
3 5 6
4 3 5
4 5 6
14.0 19.0 22.0
2 6 1 3 5 9 4 7 8 10
2 1 4 3 5 6 7 9 8 10
2 1 5 6 6/SCP 3 8 7 9 10
1 5 4 2 3 7/ZFP 6 7 8 9
7.0 13.0 14.0 14.0 19.0 25.0 25.0 30.0 33.0 39.0
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
4.0 9.0 14.0 16.5 18.5 22.0
Mummbles One More Time Just Plain Nutz Kaizen Raven
Team Mummbles Bruce Lockwood Norm and Cameron Dean Scott Baker / Moise Soloman Gino Bottino
1 3 2 5 4
1 2 4 3 5
2 1 4 3 5
1 2 4 3 5
5.0 8.0 14.0 14.0 19.0
USA 146 USA 72 USA 52202 USA 162 USA 274 USA 126 USA 272 USA 55 USA 51 USA 200 USA 243 USA 256 USA 267
Storm Gut Feeling Caminos Relentless Gossip Picante Jibber Jabber Skoot Rush Mischief Instant Karma Shearwater Nordlys
Rick Lyall Ted Herlihy Donald Filippelli Al Minella Group W Robert Salk David Jannetti Jim Vos Bill Sweetser Mike Brown David Betts Hugh McLean Bob Schwartz
2 7 4 5 1 6 10 9 3 8 12 11 13
3 1 2 6 7 4 8 5 9 12 10 11 14/DNF
1 5 8 2 4 7 3 6 10 11 9 12 14/DNS
5 1 2 3 6 7 4 9 8 10 11 12 14/DNS
11.0 14.0 16.0 16.0 18.0 24.0 25.0 29.0 30.0 41.0 42.0 46.0 55.0
USA 523 USA 324 USA 37 USA 50 USA 326 USA 43772 USA 353 USA 300 USA 97 USA 630 USA 106 USA 657 USA 488 USA 50988 USA 389 USA 344 USA 310 USA 77 USA 627 343
Savasana Kincsem Power Play Eclipse Mopelia Sea Shadow Woody Kima Hiawatha Planet Claire Team Storm Trysail Vixen Shakedown Andiamo Morning Glory Two Feathers Red Sky Dark 'n Stormy Tolo She's the Boss
Brian Keane Joerg Esdorn/Duncan Hennes Bruce J. Stone/Scott DeWeese Damian Emery Denis Seynhaeve Charles L. Shumway Larry Hennessy Nelson Weiderman Jay Corcoran / Matthew Marcy John Koten Chessie Jr Racing Christopher Beane Jordan Mindich Paul Strauch Carl Olsson Mark Masur John Pearson Michael Lachance Norman Kilarjian John Sutherland
1 3 2 4 7 6 11 9 12 5 8 18 17 10 13 15 14 16 19 21/DNF
3 1 2 4 7 10 5 9 8 6 11 14 13 12 16 18 15 19 17 20
1 2 4 3 6 8 10 11 15 13 17 7 5 16 12 9 14 18 19 21/DNF
1 2 4 11 3 6 5 7 8 21/DSQ 10 9 15 12 13 14 16 18 17 19
6.0 8.0 12.0 22.0 23.0 30.0 31.0 36.0 43.0 45.0 46.0 48.0 50.0 50.0 54.0 56.0 59.0 71.0 72.0 81.0
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Amendments
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.
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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. 7.3: Add: Navigator: Red Bell R “6” approx. 0.3 miles W of Southwest Point (Mark “G”) 9. MARKS Section 9.1: Add: Navigator Class: Marks as described in Appendix 2 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 # 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.
Photo by Jeremiah Tamagna-Darr/timwilkes.com
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
The official flagpole and notice board is located at B.I. Boat Basin
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T2Productions “There are two ways to get on video – either win the race or screw something up royally.” We’re not sure which of the two garner the most fanfare in the tent, but surely the excitement level rises when one of T2Productions videos appears on the screen. For the last nine years, the team of Tucker Thompson and Bruce Nairn has been bringing viewers the type of action in the tent (or the office or living room) that sailing had been craving for years. Never before was sailing seen as a ‘watchable’ sport to anyone outside the game itself, but these days, people can see all the camaraderie and carnage that sailboat racing serves up. And what you see is what you get. The videos produced are live and not rehearsed or even pre-written. If there’s a 15 minute video on the screen, there was 15 minutes of video in the camera. “What we shoot is what we use,” commented Thompson “It’s the only way to turn the video around so quickly.” T2Productions and t2p.tv all began as an experiment at the Boatyard Bar & Grill in Eastport-Annapolis, MD. Discussions about filming the Wednesday night beer can races got serious between owner Dick Franyo, Tucker and Bruce when Thompson went to Circuit City and bought a camera with a 30 day return policy. “We went out and just filmed and on the 29th day, we met with Dick.” When asked (on camera) ‘Where you going after sailing?’ The answer was ‘The Boatyard!’ Aaand awaaaay they went. The idea was that if the videos produced of the Wednesday night series worked, then the genre would work anywhere – and it did. They made it all the way to the America’s Cup. Thompson was the live on-the-water correspondent for Versus’ coverage of the 32nd America’s Cup in Valencia, Spain. Thompson began his career in media at SpinSheet magazine in Annapolis
with his popular monthly column Tucker’s Tips. After nine years and ninety-eight articles, he decided that he’d written enough. “You know that part in the movie when Forrest Gump stops running,” he mused, “Well, that’s what happened to me.” He continued, “I didn’t want to stop talking about sailing, I just needed to change the medium.” Since that time, Thompson and Nairn have produced more than 500 shows, with almost 2 million viewers online at www.t2p.tv. That must have been a good decision and they certainly must be doing something right. T2Productions is the recent recipient of two Aegis Awards for Excellence, the first going to Thompson for Sports Reporting in 2007 and the second to Nairn for Producer in 2009. “It’s flattering to be recognized for both sides of what we do,” said Thompson, “but its even more flattering to be recognized by video industry professionals.” Thompson attributes much of the success of T2Productions to Nairn. “I am in awe of his camera skills,” he said. “He is a world-class sailor and naturally understands the motion of the boat and the sea state, so he is able to capture outstanding images all by hand, with no stabilization equipment.” Both excelled in numerous iterations of professional sailing before packing up their sails and spars and picking up their camera and microphone. T2Productions can be viewed for free, or you can pick up a subscription offering high resolution, broadband video for a small monthly fee. Thompson chuckled, “We created this monster, now we have to keep up with it.” You can too at t2p.tv.
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A Group on the Go with Eric Kreuter
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For anyone attending Race Week, it’s easy to see that the event runs smoothly. If you look behind the scenes and begin to count, the number of functions that have to be done so the event runs as seamlessly as it does is extraordinary. It takes hundreds of people to pull this week off. Most are volunteer members, or the family of members of Storm Trysail Club. The Storm Trysail Club has no clubhouse; its foundation is the people who comprise its membership. The people involved with the Club run races and other events, be it the Safety-at-Sea Seminars, the Intercollegiate Regatta or another undertaking – all are run by volunteers from the membership. Specific to Block Island Race Week, the planning for each event begins at the one prior – and the 2011 event is already underway. “I have my list for next year already started,” said Chairman Eric Kreuter. “In the planning stages, it starts out as just a couple of people, but as the event grows closer, the number of people ready to get to work is staggering.” When people are involved in a volunteer project, they normally show up, do the work, then go home, but for the STC volunteer brigade, the days meld into nights and so on for more than a week while on island. “We have members all over the world, so it’s different than being at your home club where you work and then go home. We sometimes don’t see each other for a year or two and we’re really excited to get back together – and it’s like no time has gone by,” Kreuter continued. “When we meet up at Race Week, we’re together 24 hours a day. We have so many laughs – two nights ago a bunch of us sat around hysterical. Luiz Kahl and I were
watching a ventriloquist act on his computer, then Nick & Penny Langone walked in and began to watch, then John & Ellyn Osmond – It’s very much a family atmosphere.” And volunteers bring their children – who work very hard managing trophies, weigh-ins, race committee, duty office, jury, registration and race equipment alongside parents and aunt and uncles. They too become close in the heat of battle. Lifelong friendships have been forged over the years. It’s what makes this sort of event fun for everyone involved – its hard work, but well worth it. “I really believe that those of us who have been doing this for a while look at this as a vacation – it’s a lot of work – but it is fun and we love the people we work with – many of us have become family,” said Kreuter. Aside from the outstanding camaraderie, there is also a fair amount of fun to be had amongst volunteers. In fact, if one were to actually write down the banter that takes place outside the trailer at the Duty Desk, a month’s worth of papers could be filled with the anecdotes floated each day. But it’s not just repartee here and there. Jokery and witticism abound and it keeps everyone fresh and on their toes. There’s always some good natured needling. Specifically, there are two silver haired compatriots that enjoy a back and forth volley of ribbing one another, each concerning himself with the others ‘short-comings’ at their respective Race Week duties. Naturally, both do their jobs with few flaws. When large groups come together around an event, similar personalities naturally seek one another out – such is the case amongst the volunteers here at Race Week. There are chit-chatting gals and guys, hardworking go-getters on and off the course, the jokesters and the organizers – and regardless of the nature by which the volunteers of Race Week perform their duties, the end result is a fantastic gathering full of fellowship and fun.
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Block Island Race Week Perpetual Trophies The perpetual trophies awarded by the Storm Trysail Club at Block Island Race Week are, for the most part, named and donated in memory of people who’ve made significant contributions to sailing and worked tirelessly for the Storm Trysail Club. These trophies are awarded “in the spirit of camaraderie, competition and respect for the unique character of the sport of sailing.” Everett B. Morris Memorial Trophy First awarded in 1967 and rededicated in 1991, this trophy is awarded to the boat that wins its class and, in the judgment of the BIRW Race Committee and the Storm Trysail Club Commodore, has made the Best Overall Performance. Colm Barrington’s Ker 50 Magic Glove (Dublin, IRE) was the winner in 2007. The Isbrandtsen Overall Perpetual Trophy Block Island Race Week exists, in large part, because of the efforts of Jakob Isbrandtsen, the Danish owner of the Isbrandtsen Line shipping company. First awarded in 1975, and rededicated in 1991, the Isbrandtsen Trophy is awarded to the yacht with the “Second Best Performance” during Race Week. The 2007 winner was Hunt Lawrence’s Ker 11.3 Cracker (New York, NY).
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Rolex Fleet Awards The Rolex Fleet Awards will be presented to the yachts that, in the judgment of the Race Committee, have the best performance in the Red, White and Blue Fleets. The 2007 recipients were: Red Bob & Farley Towse’s R/P 66 Blue Yankee (Stamford, CT) White Stephen Tedeschi’s J/109 Tastes Like Chicken (St. Petersburg, FL) Blue John Storck, Jr.’s J/80 Rumor (Huntington, NY)
Emil “Bus” Mosbacher Sportsmanship Trophy Legendary for his tactical prowess, Bus Mosbacher skippered two America’s Cup defenders. In 1962, he steered the four-year-old Weatherly to a four races to one win over the Australian challenger Gretel II. His greatest Cup triumph came in 1967, when he drove Intrepid to four straight victories over Australia’s Dame Pattie. The key to winning match races, said Mosbacher, “is to find your opponent’s Achilles heel - and sink your teeth into it.” Dedicated after Mosbacher’s passing in 1997, this trophy is awarded to “the participant who, in the judgment of the Flag Officers and the Sportsmanship Committee, has displayed an outstanding example of good sportsmanship during Block Island Race Week.” In 2007, for the first time in BIRW history, the Storm Trysail Club awarded the Mosbacher Trophy to noncompetitors. Alan Schreitmueller, Jim Condon and Peter Sarelas rushed to the aid of a sailor who was suffering from severe dehydration. A. Justin Wasley Memorial Trophy This trophy, rededicated to Block Island Race Week in 1991, is presented to the overall winner of the One-Design class with the largest number of entries. Brian Keane’s Savasana topped the 24-boat J/105 class to claim this award in 2007. Island Sailing Club of Cowes Perpetual Trophy This trophy, awarded since the first Block Island Race Week in 1965, commemorates the link between Block Island Race Week and Cowes Week, after which this event is patterned. This trophy, along with a Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner timepiece, will be awarded to the first overall IRC rated boat in
the Around the Island Race. The winner in 2007 was Bob & Farley Towse’s R/P 66 Blue Yankee (Stamford, CT). Vintage Yacht Trophy Awarded in memory of Hugh Kilmer since 1971, this trophy is presented to the yacht, fifteen years old or older, substantially unaltered, with the best performance for the week. Randy & Matt Baldwin’s Taylor 42 Cabady (Ridgefield, CT; built in 1991) received this award in 2007. John Alden Reed Perpetual Trophy The Reed Trophy is awarded to the best performance by a Service Academy yacht. The United States Naval Academy Sailing Squadron’s Farr 53 Tomcat, skippered by Midshipman 1/c Christopher Hamilton, was the 2007 winner. Governors Perpetual Trophy First awarded in 1983 to recognize the numerous international competitors at Block Island Race Week, the Governor’s Plate is presented to the foreign yacht with the best performance for the week. Colm Barrington’s Ker 50 Magic Glove (Ireland) won this award in 2007. US-IRC Trophy This trophy, presented by the US-IRC Committee, will be awarded to the IRCrated yacht that triumphs in the most competitive IRC class at BIRW. This will be determined by adding the corrected time differential between first and fifth place for each race. The class winner who competed in the class with the lowest average time differential between first and fifth place will be awarded this trophy. The winner in 2007 was Randy & Matt Baldwin’s Taylor
42 Cabady (Ridgefield, CT). Shelter Island Team Race Trophy Teams, comprising three boats from two or more classes and representing a yacht club or sailing association, are eligible for this trophy. The 2007 winners were: Rumor John Storck, Jr. 1st Storm Trysail Club Red Lora Ann Rich du Moulin Challenge IV Jeff Willis Arethusa Phil Lotz 2nd New York Yacht Club Troubador Mort Weintraub Blue Yankee Bob & Farley Towse Rascal Kel Weber 3rd Cedar Point Yacht Club Storm Rick Lyall One Up Linc Schoenberger The Abrams Family Trophy Dedicated by the Storm Trysail Club in 2003, the Abrams Family Trophy is presented to an individual who has made a significant contribution to Block Island Race Week. The trophy, a half-hull model of Inverness (the overall winner of the very first Block Island Race Week in 1965), was awarded in 2007 to Suzie Hall who ‘had been instrumental in making every Block Island Race Week since 1967 run smoothly.’ Suzie’s friend Peter Reggio said, “She deserves every accolade that comes her way for her tireless devotion to Storm Trysail Club and Race Week…there have been very few people who have been as able and willing to make things happen during the event.”
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Lizzie Banerjee Lizzie Banerjee has been an indispensible member of the Shore Team at Block Island Race Week for years. During his first year as Shoreside Chair in 1999, John Fisher (Lizzie’s Uncle) was on crutches and Lizzie was appointed his “Schlepper.” Not only did she perform her duties with fervor, she was asked to return for the next event and given even more strenuous obligations. Surely she would be able to handle such tasks – in two years time she would be 12 years old. Well, another Race Week came and went with Lizzie solidifying her return trip for the 2003 running, as she was the only person savvy enough to encode the cash register. Since nobody has yet figured out the intricacies of this procedure, Lizzie remains the only person able to keep the Storm Trysail Club able to turn a profit at the haberdashery. In fact, so worried that clothing would have to be sold at retro-2007 prices, the cash registers were chauffeured from Larchmont, NY to Darien, CT for Lizzie to re-program. Lizzie’s family has been coming to Block Island for more than 20 years now and she worked at the BI Boat Basin for many years. “Lizzie is one of the sweetest, loveliest people who has ever worked for me,” said long time General Manager of Block Island Boat Basin Rally Migliaccio. “She was always willing to pitch in – even if she was not working, Lizzie would come in and see if she could help!” That about sums it up with regard to Lizzie’s personality and demeanor. Lizzie has just graduated from Bucknell University with a B.S. in Bio-Medical Engineering. Let’s hope that her exploits within her field allow her to continue to return during the third week of June for many years to come. The success of the haberdashery depends on it!
Scuttlebutt Highlights SCUTTLEBUTT 2872 - Wednesday, June 24, 2009 (www.sailingscuttlebutt.com) Scuttlebutt is published each weekday with the support of its sponsors, providing a digest of major sailing news, commentary, opinions, features and dock talk . . . with a North American focus. AMERICA’S CUP - MONOHULL VERSUS MULTIHULL With all the legal wrangling in the past few years over the format and future of the America’s Cup, there’s been much speculation on what its effects might be on match race sailing. The event has always been a driving force for enticing new talent into this most exciting form of the sport, even though match race talent has not necessarily been a prerequisite for success: most often, the fastest and best prepared boat will win almost regardless of match race tactics. Nonetheless, the gradual evolutionary tightening of the design box into near-equal boats, as seen in the last 2007 event sailed in the Version 5 America’s Cup Class, made match race skill more important than ever. Accordingly, many of the teams were regularly out on the World Match Racing Tour honing their skills to use throughout that cycle of the Cup. And even without a clear future on the format of the next Cup, many teams have remained active on the Tour just to stay polished in their skills should there be any break in the legal logjam. But with that impasse seemingly broken now with a Deed of Gift (DoG) match between the Defender and Challenger as looking as a likely solution, and that match likely being sailed in huge multi-hulls, will it have any effect on match race sailing? — Dobbs Davis
MARION TO BERMUDA RACE The latest casualty in the Marion to Bermuda Race is fleet leader Jonathan Brewin’s Big Bear, reportedly having withdrawn due to a torn mainsail. Big Bear’s withdrawal leaves Class B Crescendo, Martin Jacobson’s Swan 44 MkII (Newport, Rhode Island) at the head of the fleet and looking at possible line honours. They are now facing a strong 25-knot headwind but are expected to finish by Wednesday. The total number of ‘did not start’ and ‘retired’ yachts now stands at thirteen and leaves thirty-five boats on the course. CURMUDGEON’S OBSERVATION I have the body of a God. Buddha.
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PUMA TEAM RECOGNIZED FOR SEAMANSHIP AND SPORTSMANSHIP Stockholm, Sweden (June 23, 2009) - The great and the good of the Volvo Ocean Race gathered on Monday night in Stockholm’s beautiful ‘Stadshuset’ (City Hall) to celebrate the achievements of the teams on Leg Nine, the Swedish sprint from Marstrand to Stockholm. It was a bittersweet evening for Telefonica Blue, who were awarded the best 24hour run on the leg, along with the Inmarsat Media Prize, which went to Gabriele Olivo. Also singled out for both their seamanship and sportsmanship were four of the shore crew members from PUMA. Bouwe Bekking, the skipper of Telefonica Blue, nominated the quartet - Neil Cox, Sean Healey, Will Oxley and Kimo Worthington - for the Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics Seamanship Award, for the assistance they rendered to his team after Telefonica Blue ran aground and was stuck hard on the rock.
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