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2009 Block Island Race Week News

Watching John Cooper’s Mills 43 Cool Breeze (Springfield, MO) sail past thepress boat prior to yesterday’s first Red Fleet race was deliciously ironic,since Mother Nature was serving up some decidedly un-June-like breeze atthe time. Furthermore, the early morning fog that had dissipated as the boatsleft 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 SailingSquadron’s Storm Trysail 65 Vanquish; Kings Point, NY) were sent on alonger 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) foundgood pressure on the right. All but one of the 14 Swan 42s started on star-board and nearly everyone went for the left side, as did most of the Farr 40swith 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’sTripp 41 High Noon (Norwalk, CT), Cool Breeze and Act One. Ramrod wasfirst 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 NavalAcademy Sailing Squadron’s Seawolf (Annapolis) in hot pursuit.

Ken Colburn’s Swan 42 Apparition (Dover, MA) had opened up a sub-stantial lead by the first mark, and made a flawless set. Next around wereGibb Kane’s Mutiny (Rye, NY), Chuck Townsend’s Blazer (Newport, RI) andBrendan Brownyard’s Barleycorn (Bay Shore, NY). The 42s delivered unpar-alleled spectating yesterday, and thanks to Captain Charlie Terry the scribesand shooters on the Rolex press boat had front row seats for the tight,action-packed mark roundings.

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Gordon Hall’s IMX 40 Katabatic (Marblehead, MA) had a nice lead in IRC40B at the top of the first beat, and Mort Weintraub’s Express 37 Troubador(Larchmont, NY) rounded with an enormous lead in IRC 35, capped by thesnappiest spinnaker set we saw all day. Next to round were Louis Nees’ X-35 Out of Reach III (Port Washington, NY), Paul Vonmaffei’s Schock 35 SnowBird (Guilford, CT), Rich du Moulin’s Express 37 Lora Ann (Larchmont, NY)and Stephen Bowes’ Frers 41 Apparition (Clifton, VA).

Both boats in IRC Zero have motion picture-themed names (Agent 007drove a Vanquish in Die Another Day and Rosebud, of course, was CharlesFoster Kane’s long-lost childhood possession). With the day’s battle wagedin ever-diminishing wind, Roger Sturgeon’s “sled” had the measure of theUSMMA’s “Aston Martin,” the former rounding the day’s second windwardmark at 1152 and the latter four minutes later. Vanquish has what it takes,however, having won a race on Tuesday, and the word at The Oar last nightwas that Tom Whidden would be driving the boat today...

By 1300, the breeze had lightened significantly and was oscillatingbetween 105 and 80 degrees. On the White Circle, the pin end of the startingline was so heavily favored at one point that all five Farr 30s attempted tooccupy the same spot at once. The R/C promptly re-squared the line beforethe J/109 start.

Doug Shaffer’s J/122 Gambler (Bayview, TX) was first around the weath-er mark, chased by Andrew Weiss’ Christopher Dragon (Mamaroneck, NY)and David Askew’s Flying Jenny VI (Annapolis). It was readily apparent thatboats that had been off the pace on Tuesday had improved their game, andthe competition for the first J/122 North American Championship has growntighter.

Over on the Blue Circle, the day’s second race got underway shortlyafter 1400 in a light mist. The Beneteau 36.7s were off first, and Tom Peelen’sQuokka (South Dartmouth, MA) initially appeared to have won the start

handily, but they’d misread the signal and were over early. They were thenforced to duck a starboard tacker as they restarted. Roy Halvorsen’sCrossbow (Tenafly, NJ) led at the first windward mark, followed by BillPurdy’s Whirlwind (New York, NY).

In PHRF 3, skipper Kaity Storck demonstrated an uncanny ability torepeatedly position her father John, Jr.’s J/80 Rumor (Huntington, NY) inexactly the right place at starts and mark roundings. It was Ed Tracey & TimPolk’s Omega 36 Incommunicado (Severna Park, MD), however, that claimedboth of the day’s class wins. “We had two great starts today and our speedwas really good,” said Tracey, who is driving this week. “We wrapped ourspinnaker so badly on Tuesday that we had to drop out. If it weren’t for that,our score would be better. The last time we were here was in ’05 when welost our mast in the Round the Island Race. We were really happy to getaround the island on Monday with our mast!”

Two boats (Jeff Willis’ J/44 Challenge IV; Huntington, NY and Quokka)began Wednesday’s racing with four bullets, but those chains have beenbroken. Don & Rick Rave’s Resolute (Huntington Bay, NY) was the spoiler inthe J/44s, winning both races to move up to third overall behind Challenge IV(who leads with nine points) and Jim Bishop’s Gold Digger (New York, NY;14). “The wind was inconsistent, which made it a lot harder than the lastcouple days,” said Todd Willis, Challenge IV’s spinnaker trimmer /grinder.“The race kept going from one guy to the next, then Resolute caught a fresh-ening breeze and it was game, set and match.” Rick Rave stated, “Theyprobably thought they had it in the bag until today.” Challenge crewmanDavid Willis concurred, “We are not untouchable – nobody is in this class.”Predicting more light air for today, Resolute’s tactician Thom Hering added,“We’re an average of 40 pound less per person than Challenge’s crew, sothese are our conditions. We’re going to be like Tiger Woods coming back!”

Crossbow ended Quokka’s winning streak in the 36.7s with a 1-3 score-

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line yesterday. “We had a good day,” said Crossbow’s helmsman AnthonyPulgram. “We started well, had good speed and picked the right side, bothfor pressure and shifts.”

Act One has led IRC 40A all week, but they’re only one point ahead ofCool Breeze this morning. “This boat is wicked fast,” said Act One bowmanGeordie Shaver, “but we got out of touch with a few groups today and sepa-rated ourselves too much…maybe it will be mano a mano with Cool Breezein a race-off on Friday!”

Hunt Lawrence of Oyster Bay, NY lent his Farr 40 Nimbus to a U.S.Merchant Marine Academy team, who won both of yesterday’s races.“Everyone took ownership of their jobs,” said Ensign Chris Branning. “Theentire boat, ranging from plebe to first classman [Branning and helmsmanMike Wagoner just graduated on Monday], pushed the speed and handledthe boat great. We caught a lucky break in the first race and held on to thelead. The second race we really earned it – we rounded the top mark thirdand fought our way to the front.” As of this morning, Nimbus is in fourthplace.

The rankings within the Swan 42 class have been shaken up, withAndrew Fisher’s Bandit (Greenwich, CT) moving from seventh to second yes-terday. “It’s been super fun racing this week,” said Bandit crewman JimHahn. “It’s a really competitive fleet, so one mistake and you’re done.”Apparition leads the Swan 42s with 19 points, 19 ahead of Bandit, with onlyseven points separating second from tenth place. “It’s a whole new regatta,”observed Martha Parker, who’s handling bow duties on John Hele’s Daring(Newport). “Everyone is starting at zero with the exception of Apparition.” Itwould’ve been impossible to find a happier sailor under the tent last nightthan Gosia Rojek, who notched Better Than…’s (Brooklyn, NY) first-ever bul-let yesterday. “I’ve been working really hard to focus on boatspeed and con-centration,” said the ecstatic skipper. “I kept my head in the boat, and my

crew did a fantastic job keeping the boat in the right place.”Don Fillipelli’s J/109 Caminos (Amagansett, NY) scored a 2-1 yesterday,

moving up to second place behind Rick Lyall’s Storm (Wilton, CT). “Westayed away from other boats for clear air, got our bow out and had somereally great starts,” said Don’s daughter Cristina, who is handling pit andoverall duties. “We sailed very conservatively and it turned out in our favor.Jibber Jabber [David Jannetti; Southampton, NY] sailed a great race andthey got us at the finish. I’m the lightest person on the boat, so I movearound and do whatever needs to be done when we don’t want to move alot of weight around.” This is Cristina’s first Block Island Race Week, and ithas exceeded her expectations. “It’s a whole lot of fun,” she enthused. “Thecompetition is great and the Race Committee has done a terrific job keepingthe lines squared and the races going.”

Indeed, the Storm Trysail Club’s Regatta Committee has implementedsome new race management procedures, with enhanced on-the-water com-munications with competitors and the use of anchored pin boats instead ofinflatable marks on the starting lines. “I think it’s been working well,” saidRay Redniss, who is one of the White Fleet Principal Race Officers. “We’redoing a whole lot more to let [racers] know what’s going on, and if we haveany kind of delay. We paused one starting sequence right in the middle,before the J/109s and 105s, because the current was playing havoc. TheCommittee Boat was sitting in one position to the current and the pin boatwas in another, and it skewed the line. We reset the line and it worked outwell. All through that, we kept telling them what was happening, and wealso had a countdown for the warning and one for the starts…we heard itechoing through the fleet on everyone’s radio. There were a few protests,but that’s competition!

Thursday, June 25The low will finally dissipate in the Gulf of Maine overnight and

Block Island will be in between systems in the morning.

A Cold front entering western New York will push eastward andhelp to generate a S-SW wind gradient during the afternoon.

Also helping the cause will be developing sunshine in the midday and afternoon hours.

This will help to develop a SSW thermal breeze along the CT/RIshores which will grow outward during the afternoon.

We could see breeze build to 8-12kts in the afternoon provided there is sunshine.

0630edt Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Today’s Weather...

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Blue RacingOne Design DivisionBeneteau 36.71. USA 52121 Quokka Tom Peelen 1 1 1 1 3 2 9.02. USA 142 Crossbow Roy Halvorsen 2 2 2 2 1 3 12.03. USA 52134 Whirlwind William Purdy 4 4 3 4 2 1 18.04. USA 230 Resolute Junius Brown 5 3 4 3 4 4 23.05. USA 258 Tango Chuck Norris 3 7/DNF 5 5 7/DNF 5 32.06. USA 69 Breakaway Richie Palmer 6 5 6 7/DNS 5 6 35.0

PHRF DivisionPHRF 11. USA 33940 XLR8 Brad Porter 99 1 5 2 3 1 2 14.02. USA 73456 L'outrage Bruce Gardner 99 2 2 3 4 2 3 16.03. USA 40926 Freightrain Dick Hyde 90 5 1 4 1 4 4 19.04. NA 11 Swift Kenneth Endicott 93 3 3 1 2 5 5 19.05. USA 41810 Deviation Iris Vogel 90 6 4 6 5 3 1 25.06. USA 51799 Jabberwocky Jonathan Bier 99 4 6 5 6 6 6 33.07. USA 3333 Straight Jacket Sanford Tyler 99 7 7 7 7 8 8 44.08. USA 40244 Dead Reckoning Ray Way 111 11/DNF 8 8 8 7 7 49.09. USA 47 Brimapax Peter Boyce Hilgendorff 99 11/DNF 11/DNS 11/DNS 11/DNS 11/DNS 11/DNS 66.0

PHRF 2 - J-291. USA 283 Hustler John & Tony Esposito 111 1 2 1 1 1 1 7.02. USA 269 Mighty Puffin Steve Thurston 111 2 3 4 4 2 2 17.03. USA 31628 Showdown Bijan Rasadi 114 3 4 2 3 3 3 18.04. USA 32347 Renegade Midn. Logan Koltermann 123 7/DNF 1 3 2 4 4 21.05. USA 257 Rift Bill Maher / Reuven Latovitzki 111 4 5 5 7/DNS 5 5 31.06. USA 53303 Seefest Ira Perry 114 7/DNS 7/DNS 7/DNS 7/DNS 7/DNS 7/DNS 42.0

PHRF 31. USA 19 Rumor John Storck, Jr 129 1 2 2 5 3 2 15.02. USA 401 Lunatic Fringe Robert & Bill Lehnert 129 3 3 1 1 6 6 20.03. USA 83350 Incommunicado Ed Tracey / Tim Polk 117 4 10/DNF 4 3 1 1 23.04. USA 51362 Cymothoe David Alldian 132 2 1 3 4 10/DSQ 4 24.05. USA 730 Hokus Pokus Donald Suter 129 6 4 6 6 5 3 30.06. USA 42482 2nd Chance Jon Bawabe 120 5 5 5 2 8 7 32.07. USA 52358 Pearl Robert Lee 120 10/DNS 10/DNS 10/DNS 10/DNS 2 5 47.08. USA 40766 Madcap x Dan Bullard 123 7 10/DNF 10/DNF 10/DNF 7 10/DNS 54.09. USA 50324 Pirate William Baxter 129 10/DNF 10/DNS 10/DNS 10/DNS 10/DNS 10/DNS 60.0

PHRF 41. USA 011 Boondoggle Scott Kirkpatrick 132 3 1 3 2 3 2 14.02. USA 73042 Loki III Richard Correll 135 2 4 7 1 1 1 16.03. USA 1257 Alohomora Kyle Fast 174 1 5 2 4 4 3 19.04. USA 15379 Air Express Chris Fesenmeyer 171 4 2 5 3 2 5 21.05. USA 519 Pale Rider Stefan Jans 135 5 3 1 6 6 6 27.06. USA 4198 Wunder Dog Bill Mortensen 174 9/DNF 6 4 5 5 4 33.07. USA 43443 Mistress Bryan Coon 174 6 7 6 7 7 7 40.08. USA 165 Speedway Boogie Chris Brady 159 9/DNS 8 8 8 8 8 49.0

Navigator RacingPHRF DivisionNavigator Class1. USA 47 Club Car Barry bessette 175 2 2 2 6.02. USA 52853 Xenophon Paul Pakos 75 1 3 3 7.03. USA 42236 Sweet Rocket Joseph Ney 93 8 1 1 10.04. USA 50670 Starlight John de Regt 87 3 5 4 12.05. USA 27927 Rascal Kel Weber 129 4 4 5 13.06. USA 25742 Manitou Greg Slamowitz 99 5 6 7 18.07. USA 0394 Carrera Steve Zwiren 81 6 7 6 19.08. USA 99 Winedrop Donald Franchilli 150 8/DNS 9/DNS 9/DNS 26.0

Red RacingIRC DivisionIRC ZERO1. USA 60065 Rosebud/Team DYTRoger Sturgeon 1.524 1 1 2 1 1 1 7.02. USA 65002 Vanquish Ralf Steitz 1.519 2 2 1 2 2 2 11.0

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IRC 40A1. USA 52915 Act One Titus/Stern/Milligan/Roche 1.125 1 2 1 1 4 8 17.02. USA 60432 Cool Breeze John Cooper 1.185 2 4 2 4 3 3 18.03. USA 1200 High Noon Steve & Heidi Benjamin 1.201 7 6 7 3 1 1 25.04. BER 1000 Nasty Medicine Stephen Sherwin 1.158 3 1 8 7 2 5 26.05. USA 4212 The Cat Came Back Lincoln Mossop 1.180 6 3 5 2 8 4 28.06. GBR 8858 Jackknife Andrew Hall 1.120 8 7 3 6 6 9 39.07. USA 184 Bronco Michael Dominguez 1.175 9 9 4 9 7 2 40.08. USA 52496 Convictus Maximus Donald Nicholson 1.160 4 5 6 5 11 10 41.09. USA 52992 Tomcat Josh Hinshaw 1.319 5 8 9 8 9 6 45.010. USA 200 Jammy Beggar Tom Lee 1.175 12/DNF 12/DNF 12/DNS 12/DNS 5 7 60.011. USA 70 Pendragon Quentin Thomas 1.133 10 12/DNS 12/DNS 12/DNS 10 11 67.0

IRC 40B1. USA 51405 Mullet Kris & Kiki Werner 1.071 1 4 2 2 7 4 20.02. USA 9393 Katabatic Gordon Hall 1.103 3 1 3 8 2 3 20.03. USA 39516 Avalanche Craig Albrecht 1.114 11/DNS 3 6 1 1 1 23.04. USA 60077 Jubilee Cal Huge 1.091 2 5 1 3 8 7 26.05. USA 25279 Shamrock Sensation Ralph Dimattia 1.072 4 2 4 7 4 5 26.06. USA 31200 Settler Jim & Tom Rich 1.077 5 8 5 6 5 2 31.07. USA 39512 Scherherazade Hugh Chandler 1.123 6 7 7 4 3 10 37.08. USA 28990 Spectre Brian Prinz 1.093 8 6 8 5 6 6 39.09. USA 51790 The Cat Came Back Ron Levine / Victor Winogradow 1.093 7 9 9 9 9 8 51.010. USA 50316 Ricochet Kirstin Haas 1.091 9 10 10 10 10 9 58.0

IRC 351. USA 51072 Troubador Mort Weintraub 1.034 4 1 1 1 1 1 9.02. USA 40789 Lora Ann Richard du Moulin 1.031 2 4 6 2 4 2 20.03. USA 73407 Snow Bird Paul Vonmaffei 1.028 5 3 3 4 3 4 22.04. USA 53194 Bluto Ben Hall / Bill Berges 1.010 3 2 9 5 2 5 26.05. USA 41841 Apparition Stephen Bowes 1.040 6 5 8 7 6 3 35.06. ISV 68 Good Girl Robert W. Armstrong 1.041 1 7 2 8 10 8 36.0

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7. USA 51676 Promise Kept Ed Bahen 1.030 10 6 7 3 8 7 41.08. USA 156 Out of Reach III Louis Nees 1.050 7 10 5 6 7 6 41.09. USA 73179 Die Fledermaus Ty Janney / Greg Janney 1.028 8 8 4 9 5 10 44.010. USA 52735 Havoc Adrian Ravenscroft 1.045 9 9 10 10 9 9 56.0

One Design DivisionNYYC Swan 421. USA 4235 Apparition Ken Colburn 4 1 3 3 4 4 19.02. USA 4208 Bandit Andrew Fisher 5 12 1 9 2 9 38.03. USA 4214 Daring John Hele 10 7 2 5 8 6 38.04. USA 4215 Tsunami Preben Ostberg/Bud Dailey Jr. 1 5 6 14 5 8 39.05. USA 4216 Arethusa Philip Lotz 3 3 4 6 13 10 39.06. USA 4224 Barleycorn Brendan Brownyard 8 4 13 1 3 11 40.07. USA 4204 Mutiny Gibb Kane 6 11 5 7 6 7 42.08. USA 4225 Interlodge Austin and Gwen Fragomen 2 2 7 8 12 12 43.09. USA 4245 Mustang Gary Jobson 7.4/RDG 9 10 4 9 5 44.410. USA 4206 Impetuous Paul Zabetakis 7 14 12 2 7 3 45.011. USA 4243 Blazer Charles Townsend 15/DNF 13 9 12 1 2 52.012. USA 18 Better Than.. Gosia Rojek 12 6 15/DNF 10 11 1 55.013. USA 4210 Quintessence Roger Widmann 9 8 8 13 14 13 65.014. USA 4221 Celeritas Malcolm Gefter 11 10 11 11 10 14 67.0

Farr 401. USA 46999 Ramrod Rodrick Jabin 1 4 1 1 2 3 12.02. USA 92 Yellow Jacket Larry Bulman /Jeff Scholz 4 1 6 3 3 2 19.03. USA 40076 Nightshift Kevin McNeil 2 2 2 2 6 6 20.04. USA 51695 Nimbus Midn. Branning/Midn. Wagoner 6 5 3 5 1 1 21.05. USA 888 Seawolf Austin Van Olst 5 6 5 6 4 4 30.06. USA 51313 Sundance Gerry Taylor 7/DSQ 7/DSQ 7/DSQ 7/DSQ 7/DSQ 7/DSQ 42.0

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White RacingOne Design DivisionJ-1221. 7 USA 52902 Flying Jenny VI David Askew 2 2 2 1 3 2 12.02. 3 USA 56 Gambler Doug Shaffer 3 3 6 2 1 1 16.03. 2 USA 47 Otra Vez William Coates 6 1 1 5 2 4 19.04. 5 USA 12241 Wings Mike Bruno/Tom Boyle/Jim Callahan 1 4 5 4 4 6 24.05. 4 USA 12204 Christopher Dragon Andrew Weiss 4 7 8 6 5 3 33.06. 16 USA 61116 Spitfire Pete du Pont 5 5 6/SCP 3 8 9 36.07. 15 USA 60003 Pugwash David Murphy 9 6 3 7/ZFP 9 8 42.08. 1 USA 12 Partnership David & MaryEllen Tortorello 7 9 7 7 7 5 42.09. 6 USA 52835 Georgetown lll George Marks 8 8 9 8 6 10 49.010. 8 USA 53581 Plum Crazy II Andrew D. Skibo 10 10 10 9 10 7 56.0

J-441. USA 42880 Challenge IV (9) Jeffery Willis 1 1 1 1 2 3 9.02. USA 49 Gold Digger (11) James D. Bishop 2 2 2 3 3 2 14.03. USA 43787 Resolute (14) Don and Rick Rave 5 4 3 2 1 1 16.04. USA 42324 Glory (10) Kevin Tongue 3 5 5 5.5 4 5 27.55. USA 42844 Charlie V (12) Norman H. Schulman. M.D. 4 3 4 5.5 6 6 28.56. USA 25244 Diogenes2 (13) Malcolm Clarke 6 6 6 4 5 4 31.0

Farr 301. USA 28 One More Time Bruce Lockwood 3 2 1 2 2 2 12.02. USA 704 Mummbles Team Mummbles 1 1 2 1 5 5 15.03. USA 27 Kaizen Scott Baker / Moise Soloman 5 3 3 3 1 1 16.04. USA 21 Just Plain Nutz Norm and Cameron Dean 2 4 4 4 4 3 21.05. USA 31 Raven Gino Bottino 4 5 5 5 3 4 26.0

J-1091. 21 USA 146 Storm Rick Lyall 2 3 1 4 1 2.2/RDG 13.22. 29 USA 52202 Caminos Donald Filippelli 4 2 7 2 2 1 18.03. 19 USA 72 Gut Feeling Ted Herlihy 7 1 4 1 5 5 23.04. 28 USA 274 Gossip Group W 1 7 3 5 7 8 31.0

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5. 20 USA 126 Picante Robert Salk 6 4 6 6 4 7 33.06. 17 USA 51 Rush Bill Sweetser 3 8 9 7 6 2 35.07. 18 USA 55 Skoot Jim Vos 9 5 5 8 3 6 36.08. 22 USA 162 Relentless Al Minella 5 6 2 3 9 12 37.09. 23 USA 200 Mischief Mike Brown 8 11 10 9 8 3 49.010. 24 USA 243 Instant Karma David Betts 12 9 8 10 11 4 54.011. 25 USA 256 Shearwater Hugh McLean 11 10 11 11 10 10 63.012. 26 USA 267 Nordlys Bob Schwartz 13 14/DNF 14/DNS 14/DNS 12 11 78.013. 27 USA 272 Jibber Jabber David Jannetti 10 14/DSQ 14/DSQ 14/DSQ 14/DSQ 14/DSQ 80.0

J-1051. 44 USA 523 Savasana Brian Keane 1 3 1 1 6 1 13.02. 30 USA 37 Power Play Bruce J. Stone / Scott DeWeese 2 2 4 4 5 2 19.03. 37 USA 324 Kincsem Joerg Esdorn Duncan Hennes 3 1 2 2 3 13 24.04. 38 USA 326 Mopelia Denis Seynhaeve 7 7 6 3 2 3 28.05. 48 USA 43772 Sea Shadow Charles L. Shumway 6 10 8 6 1 6 37.06. 31 USA 50 Eclipse Damian Emery 4 4 3 11 11 7 40.07. 35 USA 300 Kima Nelson Weiderman 9 9 11 7 9 4 49.08. 41 USA 353 Woody Larry Hennessy 11 5 10 5 7 11 49.09. 33 USA 97 Hiawatha Jay Corcoran / Matthew Marcy 12 8 15 8 4 8 55.010. 43 USA 488 Shakedown Jordan Mindich 17 13 5 15 8 5 63.011. 46 USA 630 Planet Claire John Koten 5 6 13 21/DSQ 13 18 76.012. 40 USA 344 Two Feathers Mark Masur 15 18 9 14 10 12 78.013. 49 USA 50988 Andiamo Paul Strauch 10 12 16 12 15 14 79.014. 36 USA 310 Red Sky John Pearson 14 15 14 16 12 9 80.015. 47 USA 657 Vixen Christopher Beane 18 14 7 9 17 17 82.016. 34 USA 106 Team Storm Trysail Chessie Jr Racing 8 11 17 10 18 19 83.017. 42 USA 389 Morning Glory Carl Olsson 13 16 12 13 14 16 84.018. 45 USA 627 Tolo Norman Kilarjian 19 17 19 17 19 10 101.019. 32 USA 77 Dark 'n Stormy Michael Lachance 16 19 18 18 16 15 102.020. 39 343 She's the Boss John Sutherland 21/DNF 20 21/DNF 19 20 20 121.0

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AmendmentsNOTICE 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 YachtRacing Association of Long Island Sound (YRA LIS) PHRF allows. Theintention 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 handi-cap certificate issued by the Yacht Racing Association of Long IslandSound (YRA LIS). If an entrant wishes to change their weight limit to thelimits allowed for this event, the entrant shall obtain a new certificateusing the maximum limit stated in the table. As stated in Section 7.4, allPHRF boats may carry a crew member less than 14 years of age in additionto the crew weight limit specified on the PHRF handicap certificate. No PHRF handicap appeals for adjustment for additions or deletions ofcrew limits will be heard. 5. ADVERTISING 5.1 Is amended to read: Advertising is permitted, unless class rules do notpermit, 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 warningsignal 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 correspondingwith the list below and will be posted on a course board displayed on theNavigator Class Race Committee Signal Boat. For all Navigator classes thestart will be between the Signal Boat and Red Bell R “6” approx. 0.3 milesW of Southwest Point (Mark “G”)

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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 theboats IRC certificate, plus one. The maximum total crew weight shall not exceed the product ofthe crew number printed on the boats IRC certificate, plus one,multiplied by 180 pounds. Boats may carry one additional crewmember less than 14 years ofage. This additional crew will not be part of the maximum crewnumber or weight calculation. Entrants intending on carrying additional crewmembers less than14 years of age shall so indicate on their entry form. Posted: Saturday, June 20, 2009SAILING INSTRUCTIONS AMENDMENT # 4Appendix A1.5 is changed:If there are two windward marks set and there is a windward fin-ish, the finish line for all classes on that racecourse will be towindward of the furthest windward mark.Posted: Sunday, June 21, 2009

SAILING INSTRUCTIONS AMENDMENT # 5 and #6Amend 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 theprescriptions to RRS 68 (Damages), 76.1, 76.3 and Appendix F.Those prescriptions will be available on the Block Island RaceWeek website as an attachment to the sailing instructions.

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

Schedule of Events Thursday, June 25

0730-0830 Substitute Crew Weigh In - Race Week Headquarters0900 Harbor Signals1030 Racing1800-2000 Awards Presentation & Evening Party1930 Storm Trysail Raffle DrawingMount Gay Race Day & Official Party Sponsor

Friday, June 260730-0830 Substitute Crew Weigh In - Race Week Headquarters0900 Harbor Signals1030 Racing1700-2000 Final Awards Presentation & Evening PartyLewmar Race DayHall Spars and Bitter End Official Party Sponsors

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Race Week is possible due to the strong support from the Storm Trysail Clubmembers, volunteers and industry sponsors. Accordingly, each Block IslandRace Week, Storm Trysail Club recognizes an individual who has made a signifi-cant contribution to the event.

The award is named after the Abrams family, who have been instrumental inhelping Storm Trysail Club handle on-island logistics. The trophy is a half-hullmodel of Inverness (the overall winner of the very first Block Island Race Weekin 1965).

Mount Gay Rum has been a supporter of Block Island Race Week since theinaugural event. In recognition of Mount Gay Rum’s invaluable contributions tobuilding Block Island Race Week into what it is today, the company was award-

ed the Abrams FamilyTrophy at the StormTrysail Club MembersParty last night.

The story of MountGay Rum began on theCaribbean island ofBarbados. Sugar cane was harvested and boiled on the island to produce athick dark treacle-like substance called molasses. This rich molasses, togetherwith the island’s unique supply of pure underground spring water, made thebase for a flavorful beverage.

Sailors’ love for Mount Gay Rum dates back to the 1700s. Some legendshave it that Mount Gay Rum became the sailors’ drink of choice in the eigh-teenth century because it proved their sailing skill. As Barbados was the mostdifficult island from which to return to the European mainland (because of theprevailing winds and ocean currents), sailors had to prove that they had beenthere. A barrel of Mount Gay Rum was testament to that fact, and became thehallmark of superior sailors everywhere.

“Mount Gay Rum continues our support of Block Island Race Week as weconsider ourselves a premiere rum and it’s a natural that we partner with thisevent – the caliber of the racing and shore events are exceptional,” said MountGay Rum Sponsorship Coordinator, Kathy Farrell.

How many memories do your red hats conjure up?

The Abrams Family Trophy Awarded To Mount Gay Rum

Race Week Chairman Eric Kreuter presents Mount Gay Rum Sponsorship CoordinatorKathy Farrell with the Abrams Family Trophy for Mount Gay’s long time support of BlockIsland Race Week.

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Contact Ralf Steitz516-773-5395

rsteitz@gmail.com

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Ellyn Osmond Duty Beyond the Duty Desk

Ellyn Osmond is one of the most versatile Race Committee volunteers inthe “business” of running regattas. She can handle a host of differentpositions both on and offshore. She is up earlier than anyone and firstto the Duty Desk where she works until it is dock time. She then grabsher backpack and jumps aboard a signal boat to work on the water allday before returning to her duty desk position until 7 or 8 in theevening. She learns all the boats and skippers’ names and half of thecrews, as well. Race Officers say she is the best line recorder theyhave worked with. International Race Officer Tom Duggan says, “Ellynhas all the bow numbers, in sequence, from the Pin to the Signal Boatand can tell me precisely which boats are over and if there is a boatover behind another that can’t be seen, she will have their number –very impressive.”

Ellyn shares the STC Race Week Duty Office responsibilities withher friend Penny Langone. Marcy Trenholm called Penny and asked herto run the Duty Desk, to which Penny replied - in so many words - “No,I am a sailor and wouldn’t know the first thing about it.” Marcy, as mostunderstand, does not accept that word as an answer, so she came upwith another option. “How about if I get you someone really great towork with?” Penny and Ellyn have worked as a team for the last fourRace Weeks and together, they cover all the bases.

A day in the life at Race Week: Ellyn arrives at the Duty Officearound 7am, and tends to her morning responsibilities. At 9am, sheheads off to the R/C staging area, and plays an integral role as memberof the water-side team on one of the circles. She spends the entire day

on the water and when shereturns, works her way back tothe duty office help sell wristbands, answer questions and takecare of plenty of other tasks. Oh,and she smiles the whole time.

Ellyn, while at the Duty office,complements Penny’s efforts.They both share responsibilitiesand give equal time to the effort.While on the water, Ellyn’s dutiesas spotter, record keeper andtimer all take concentration andprecision – tasks she handleswith ease. “She watches yourback all the time,” commentedRay Redniss, PRO of the WhiteFleet. “I can’t say enough abouther. She is a super asset to anyRace Committee.”

Ellyn truly is a master of organization, and offers her services to lotsof other events, including Key West Race Week. She has more thantwenty years of experience dealing with competitors, knows the lan-guage and everything there is about sailing, both on and off the water.She’s well versed in the rules, protest procedures, ratings and mostimportantly, people. If you ask her a question, you can bet you’ll get theright answer.

Having run through the myriad talents she displays both on thewater and off, Penny mused, “The true gift that Ellyn brings to the dutyoffice is her ability to put out fires!”

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We concentrated so hard on getting you accurate news coverage and results that we misspelled our own name in yesterday’s paper.

Please continue to read WindChck…err WindCheck –

But leave your red pen at home

We don’t critique your gybes do we?

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Scuttlebutt HighlightsSCUTTLEBUTT 2873 - Thursday, June 25, 2009 (www.sailingscuttlebutt.com)

Scuttlebutt is published each weekday with the support of its sponsors, providing adigest of major sailing news, commentary, opinions, features and dock talk . . . with aNorth American focus.

THE FINISH LINE IS NOW IN SIGHTIt was like the end of a school term at the skippers’ press conference in StockholmWednesday as the Volvo Ocean Race fleet prepares to tackle Leg 10, a final, short,sprint to the overall finish line in St. Petersburg. With just 400 miles remaining in arace around the world that measures over 37,000 nautical miles, and the leaderboardalmost entirely decided, the finish line - the real one - is now in sight.

One leaderboard duel does remain. With a maximum of eight points available to thewinner of the leg, PUMA leads Telefonica Blue by 6.5 points in the battle to finishsecond overall in the race. The forecast is promising for the start on Thursday after-noon. A light Northeasterly breeze of 8-10 knots is expected. But as the leg progress-es, the wind is forecast to ease. It could be a long 400 miles. Team Russia will not besailing, as they were unable to overcome their rule compliance issues.

* FREE BEER: Now that Team Russia will not be competing, if Telefonica Blue winsLeg 10, PUMA can secure second place overall by merely finishing the race. SailingWorld spoke with Ken Read moments after he learned that Team Russia would not bestarting the final leg, where he expressed his excitement about their position in therace, the lessons that he has learned along the way, and his intention to buy every-one in the U.S. a beer upon his return.

ROLEX FARR 40 WORLDSPorto Cervo put on one of the feasts for which it is famous in the sailing world. Acobalt blue sky as an antipasti, solid warm breeze for the primi piatti, decent wavesfor the secondi and the dolce were three excellent races. All on day one of the Rolex

Farr 40 World Championship 2009. Barking Mad (USA) sits atop the heap this evening,with a narrow three-point lead over the 2008 Worlds sparring partners MascalzoneLatino (ITA) and Joe Fly (ITA). Today was all about keeping clean and trying to staymean. Some got it right, others did not.

The three race winners were Barking Mad, Nerone (ITA) and Transfusion (AUS). Allthree sit in the top five and will be happy to have held it together on a day when onlyfour boats posted results inside the top ten in each race. American owner, JimRichardson, and his Australian counterpart, Guido Belgiorno-Nettis, are flying the flagfor the international contingent and will be pleased with their day’s work. MassimoMezzaroma has reason to be content too, but will be ruing the 13th posted in racethree by Nerone. Ominously, current World Champion, Vincenzo Onorato onMascalzone, sits in second place after quietly going about his business to score a 2,10, 2.Results after Day 1 (top 5 of 25; boat name, skipper/tactician):1. Barking Mad (USA), Jim Richardson/Terry Hutchinson, 1-6-4, 11 points2. Mascalzone Latino (ITA), Vincenzo Onorato/Adrian Stead, 2-10-2, 143. Joe Fly (ITA), Giovanni Maspero/Franceso Bruni, 4-5-5, 144. Transfusion (AUS), Guido Belgiorno-Nettis/Tom Slingsby, 9-7-1, 175. Nerone (ITA), Massimo Mezzaroma/Vasco Vascotto, 5-1-13, 19

PINNACLE OF U.S. YOUTH RACINGThe waters of Long Island Sound will be the site for this year’s US SAILING’s U.S.Youth Championship from June 25-30, where 116 of the country’s top single- and dou-blehanded young sailors, both girls and boys, ranging from 13 to 19 years of age, willrace Lasers, Laser Radials, 29ers, and Club 420s. US SAILING has selected this fieldof sailors from across the country, including the U.S. Virgin Islands, based on theirsailing resumes and performance at regional, national, and international competi-tions.

CURMUDGEON’S OBSERVATIONYou can’t teach an old dogma new tricks.

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The 2nd Annual 1BI Award was presented to John Storck, Jr. for a “life-time achievement in professional and recreational sailing, sailing educa-tion, volunteerism in sailing, maritime development, promoting maritimesafety and support of Block Island and the world’s oceans. The 1BI Awardreflects the endless dedication and efforts of an individual to promote theimportance of maritime history on Block Island and throughout the world,preserve the natural beauty and the quality of sailing on Great Salt Pondand provide sailing experience and education, especially to Block Island’schildren.”

John is deeply engrained in sailing and has been coming to RaceWeek since he was a kid. He sailed aboard Jonrob, an Ericson 39 – andhe could “make that big heavy go fast,” according to STC ExecutiveDirector Marcy Trenholm.

John was an integral part of the 1993 and 1995 Race WeekCommittees and in 1997 he became Chairman. Helping to support thelocal economy was high atop John’s list of priorities for that year. As RaceWeek grew and needed to expand, the Draper family called him and said,“C’mon over to The Oar and we’ll make space for you.” John wanted toget Race Week back to where there were more locals involved. That yearsaw the first wave of large sponsor support and paved the way for thefirst-class racing and shore-side activities that we enjoy at Race Weektoday. John was directly responsible for bringing on long-time sponsorJeep.

The ‘official’ flagpole was another of John’s contributions, and you’llnotice at its base a fine plaque and belaying pin rack (crafted by John)commemorating the start of BIRW, in 1965, as the first big boat race week

in the United States and thespirit with which it is run. Itwas dedicated at the 2001event. John’s impact onimproving Race Week hasbeen significant.

Today, John enjoys sailingwith his children Kaity, Erik,John III and Ian. They racetheir J/80 Rumor, (skippered byKaity this week), and haveenjoyed much success here atRace Week and elsewhere,including Long Island Sound,numerous RegionalChampionships, Key WestRace Week and more.

“John has got to be one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet in yourlife,” commented Trenholm. “He is totally supportive of the sailing com-munity in many different ways.” When John was Chairman of the RotaryClub in Huntington, NY, he donated boats to the YMCA to get local kidsinto sailing. The program thrived. John helped grow the United StatesOptimist Dinghy Association (USODA) and today it is one of the mostrespected (and largest) sailing organizations in the world.

Whatever it takes for sailing, he’s there. Congratulations, John.

John Storck, Jr. Honored With 1BI Award

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2009 Block Island Race Week SponsorsP r e s e n t e d B y R o l e x

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Today’s sponsors are...

Race Day and Party Sponsor

Mount Gay RumThe Rum That Invented Rum

Handcrafted at the same location in Barbados since 1703,Mount Gay is the world’s oldest rum distiller and the oldestname in regatta sponsorship. Many sailors have extensiveMount Gay Rum regatta cap collections, and more than afew have leapt overboard to retrieve one that’s blown off.While you’re enjoying some of their fine product under the

tent tonight, reward your hard-working crew with someMount Gay clothing. Visit mountgay.com.

Enter the Block Island Race Week Raffle!

Raffle benefits The Block Island Rescue Squad and The North Light.

Enter to Win:Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner Timepiece

A sailing vacation at the Bitter End Yacht ClubAnd additional prizes from

Mount Gay, Gill, vineyard vines, Heineken, Lewmar, Soundview Millworks, True Wind

and other Storm Trysail Race Week sponsors.

Winners drawn at Thursday night’s Mount Gay Party under the tent.

Stop by the Duty Office outside the party tent to enter! $10 each or a book of 10 tickets for $90

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