The final results in many classes will depend on today’s weather. “We’re going to try to get two races in on Friday, although the weather forecast doesn’t look good,” said On-theWater Co-Chairman Dick Neville. “We’ll just have to hope for the best.”
Looking ahead, 2013 will mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Storm Trysail Club, as well as the 25th anniversary of Block Island Race Week. With preliminary planning for this momentous occasion already underway, the Storm Trysail Club hopes to increase participation by Non-Spinnaker class boats…and you can bet that they’ll be pulling out all the stops to make Block Island Race Week XXV presented by Rolex an event to remember. As always, the WindCheck crew has had a terrific time bringing the Race Week News to you and we hope you’ve enjoyed reading it. Best of luck to all crews today…we’ll see you in 2013.
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The unofficial WindCheck “Battle Flag of the Week” is awarded to Bill Ketcham’s J/44 Maxine (Greenwich, CT). This artfully rendered, billowing beauty drew countless admiring glances. The “Prank of the Week” trophy goes to the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s J/44 Glory. After being defeated by the U.S. Naval Academy in an Ultimate Frisbee game on the lawn at The Narragansett, the cadets retaliated by covering their rivals’ Navy 44 Swift’s boom, lifelines and winches with what appeared to be an entire industrial sized roll of Saran Wrap. (See the Reed Trophy story on page 14.)
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