This year’s Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta will be the biggest yet Organized by the Storm Trysail Foundation and Larchmont Yacht Club and presented by Prestige BMW, the Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta has enjoyed tremendous growth since its inception in 2001, when eight boats participated. In 2010, more than 300 collegiate sailors from 30 schools raced 38 boats in this Columbus Day weekend event, which is now the largest collegiate regatta in North America. “These sailors gain important big boat experience generally available to only a few junior sailors at the military and merchant marine academies,” said STC Past Commodore John Fisher. “The high expenses of this type of regatta cannot always be covered by sponsors, especially in heavy air with risks of breakage or collisions. We are very grateful to the boat owners who make their boats available to the Foundation for our junior sailors. In the future, we expect to provide boat donors with a tax-deductible receipt for their generous donation.”
Radio Waves Sailors apparently hadn’t gotten their fill of competition, as the R/C action was as heated and exciting from the lawn of The Oar as was with the big boats on the racecourse earlier in the day. Dave Ramos from Chesapeake Performance Models rigged several CR-914 radio controlled sailboats and people’s thumbs started twitching. Cheering and jeering abounded as racers set up for the start, jockeyed for position and made their way around the course, followed by “I’m next!, I’m next!” Relax people – Ramos and his fleet will be here and the real action will start today after racing concludes. Join in for the single elimination racing from 1700-1830. Are you good enough? The big winner will walk away with a CR-914 kit of their own!
Forty-four teams from colleges around the U.S are scheduled to compete in this year’s Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta, which will be sailed October 8 & 9 at Larchmont YC. For more information, email Adam Loory at adam@ukhalsey.com or visit stormtrysailfoundation.org/intercollegiate.htm. The Foundation also hosts an annual golf tournament and an annual dinner. The 2011 Storm Trysail Foundation Fundraiser Golf Tourney will be held on Monday, August 29 at Newport National Golf Club in Newport, RI. This year’s Foundation Dinner will honor George S. Coumantaros, who has completed 26 Newport Bermuda Races, and will be held at the New York Yacht Club in New York, NY on Saturday, September 10. For more information about the STF visit stormtrysailfoundation.org,.
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Storm Trysail Club 2011 Block Island Race Week News • Tuesday 13