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2009 Block Island Race Week News

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 itsbalmy presence. The northeasterly that blew into town Sunday began to waneyesterday, presenting competitors with winds that varied by about ten knotsand shifted through about 30 degrees. With lighter winds forecast for the end ofthe week, the Regatta Committee decided to run three windward-leewardraces on Tuesday, confirming that decision via VHF prior to commencing theday’s first sequence.

On the White circle, the J/44 One-Design Class announced the sails they’dall be using, opting for ounce-and-a-half kites and #3 jibs. The J/122s, sailingtheir first-ever North American Championship, were off first, and all ten boatschose the right side of the course for the first windward leg. By the time the 44swere ready for the first start of the day, the left side appeared to be favored andfive of the six boats chose that option. The Farr 30s, who are competing in theirEast 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 the122s, followed by David Askew’s Flying Jenny VI (Annapolis, MD), GeorgeMarks’ 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, followedclosely by Jeff Willis’ Challenge IV (Huntington, NY). Mummbles had a nice leadin the Farr 30s at the first downwind mark. Most of the 122s finished the firstrace in a tight pack, with Bill Coates’ Otra Vez (Bellaire, TX) crossing the linefirst. Challenge IV executed a slick jibe just above the line, sneaking past GoldDigger for the win.

The wind diminished as the day progressed, as did the chop, much to thedelight of the folks on the committee and course boats. The breeze resumed inthe afternoon, although the water remained somewhat smoother. The startingsequence for one race on the White circle was briefly delayed as a J/122 sailorwent for an unscheduled dip. He was back aboard in an instant, and reported

Cool Breeze, Hot Action

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Preliminary Results . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Events Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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Block Island Race WeekPresented by Rolex

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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’sCrossbow (Tenafly, NJ), having finished second in the first four races, sits fourpoints behind Quokka, with William Purdy’s Whirlwind (New York, NY) in third.

The Naval Academy Sailing Squadron’s Navy 44 MkI Swift (Annapolis) post-ed a 3-1-2 scoreline to leap into the lead in PHRF 1, two points ahead of DickHyde’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 pointahead of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy’s Renegade (Kings Point, NY).“Today was about finding the pressure and sail selection,” said Hustler’s helms-man Bear Hovey. We switched from the 3 to the 1 to the 2 and back to the 1. Themidshipmen on the USMMA’s Renegade had a great day. In addition to threegreat starts, their sail selection seemed better than the fleet – they seemed toalways have the right sail at the right time.”

Robert & Bill Lehnert’s LS-10 Lunatic Fringe (Cutchogue, NY) had a greatday, posting a third and a pair of bullets to move from third to first in PHRF 3, twopoints ahead of John Storck Jr.’s J/80 Rumor (Huntington, NY). “We stayed inphase and had great maneuvers – our boathandling was on,” said Rob Lehnert.“The windward/leeward courses today helped us against Rumor. The conditionswere good for symmetric chutes – there was enough wind to sail deep. We’realso are a lot heavier than Rumor so we were able to plow through the chopbetter.” “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 withStorck’s daughter Kaity, who is also aboard Rumor, currently tied at ten pointswith 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/24Alohomora (Noank, CT). Richard Correll’s S2 9.1 Loki III (Huntington, NY) is run-ning in third place.

There’s a tie for first place in the PHRF Navigator Class between BarryBessette’s S2 7.9 Club Car (South Chatham, MA), who finished second yester-day, and Paul Pakos’ Swan 44 Xenophon (Sudbury, MA; third yesterday). JoeNey’s Frers 36 Sweet Rocket (Portsmouth, RI) made the switch from PHRF 1after some crewmembers needed to leave the island, leaving them shorthand-ed. Sweet Rocket soared to victory in yesterday’s Navigator race and sits in fifthplace. “We’ve been coming to Race Week for about 25 years,” said Ney. “It’s afun 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 78seconds separated the first and fourth place finishers.

Act One, a very rapid King 40 entered by Bill Titus, Charlie Milligan & SternRoche (Newport, RI), was the class winner in the Round the Island Race andposted a 2-1-1 yesterday to lead IRC 40A. John Cooper’s new Mills 43 CoolBreeze (Springfield, MO) is seven points back in second place. “Cool Breezemade its debut at Key West this winter, sailed in Miami and this is our thirdevent,” said mastman Paul Nahon. Cooper and crew have been coming to RaceWeek for ten years, beginning with his J/29 (also named Cool Breeze). “We sailback in the Midwest on Stockton Lake most of the time but love coming to theEast Coast for big events,” Nahon continued. “Block Island is paradise withoutthe 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 onthe day and holds sixth in IRC 40A. “Today wasn’t High Noon’s conditions, butwe stuck with it,” said bowman Robbie Kane. “We have a new headsail and webroke a halyard when it loaded up. It was good fun, and we’re hoping thatWednesday, Thursday and Friday will be our conditions.”

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There was a big shakeup in IRC 35, with Mort Weintraub’s Express 37Troubador (Larchmont, NY) jumping from fourth to first overall. “Our key to suc-cess was our starts,” said Annie Davidson, who normally calls Troubador’s tac-tics but is on the bow this week. “Our helmsman Jamie Anderson has a greatcommand of time and distance ratios and is able to put the boat where hewants. We kept our heads out of the boat looking for breeze while making theboat go as fast as we could.” Anderson, 27, who has been sailing withWeintraub since he was 15, assembled Troubador’s crew, primarily his friendsfrom 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 ofboosting morale and keeping us all excited.”

A fierce battle is being waged in the Swan 42s. With a first, second andthird yesterday, Ken Colburn’s Apparition (Dover, MA) is currently out in frontwith eleven points. “It was a good team effort all around by changing gears andadjusting to modest shifts,” said Colburn. “Since we lost our masthead wandyesterday, it was a good refresher on ‘old school’ racing.” Phil & Wendy Lotz’sArethusa (Wilton, CT) is five points behind Apparition in second place, withAustin & 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 aseight,” observed Kerry Klingler, who’s trimming Storm’s main. “You had to play thetides, 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 sixpoints, pursued by Jeorg Esdorn & Duncan Hennes’ Kincsem (Katonah, NY; eightpoints) 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 overKevin McNeil’s Nightshift (Annapolis).

With a 2-2-2-1 scoreline, David Askew’s Flying Jenny VI is the frontrunner inthe 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 abrand-new crew every summer, and it’s tough to make the boat go as fast asthe guys on Challenge and Gold Digger who’ve been sailing together as long aswe’ve been alive. This is our last buoy race of the season, and we’re sailing alot 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 (KingsPoint, NY). Vanquish won yesterday’s second race. “We had a great start in thesecond race and were able to keep the boat moving well,” said team leaderRalf Steitz. “The sun shown on us during the second race, but we were backunder 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 con-verged on the Big Top for last night’s party, we reflected on the fact that one ofthe best things about Block Island Race Week is renewing old friendships andmaking new ones. We met a sailor who identified himself as Raoul Duke, gonzojib trimmer aboard Whirlwind. “We have a great crew and we’re trying to getaround the cans in the most expeditious manner,” said the erudite Duke frombehind dark shades. “We’re enjoying a great week of sailing at the best placeon the East Coast.”

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Blue RacingOne Design DivisionBeneteau 36.71. USA 52121 Quokka Tom Peelen 1 1 1 1 4.02. USA 142 Crossbow Roy Halvorsen 2 2 2 2 8.03. USA 230 Resolute Junius Brown 5 3 4 3 15.04. USA 52134 Whirlwind William Purdy 4 4 3 4 15.05. USA 258 Tango Chuck Norris 3 7/DNF 5 5 20.06. USA 69 Breakaway Richie Palmer 6 5 6 7/DNS 24.0

PHRF DivisionPHRF 11. NA 11 Swift Kenneth Endicott 93 3 3 1 2 9.02. USA 40926 Freightrain Dick Hyde 90 5 1 4 1 11.03. USA 33940 XLR8 Brad Porter 99 1 5 2 3 11.04. USA 73456 L'outrage Bruce Gardner 99 2 2 3 4 11.05. USA 41810 Deviation Iris Vogel 90 6 4 6 5 21.06. USA 51799 Jabberwocky Jonathan Bier 99 4 6 5 6 21.07. USA 3333 Straight Jacket Sanford Tyler 99 7 7 7 7 28.08. USA 40244 Dead Reckoning Ray Way 111 11/DNF 8 8 8 35.09. USA 47 Brimapax Peter Boyce Hilgendorff 99 11/DNF 11/DNS 11/DNS 11/DNS 44.0

PHRF 2 - J-291. USA 283 Hustler John & Tony Esposito 111 1 2 1 1 5.02. USA 31628 Showdown Bijan Rasadi 114 3 4 2 3 12.03. USA 32347 Renegade Midn. Logan Koltermann 123 7/DNF 1 3 2 13.04. USA 269 Mighty Puffin Steve Thurston 111 2 3 4 4 13.05. USA 257 Rift Bill Maher / Reuven Latovitzki 111 4 5 5 7/DNS 21.06. USA 53303 Seefest Ira Perry 114 7/DNS 7/DNS 7/DNS 7/DNS 28.0

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PHRF 31. USA 401 Lunatic Fringe Robert & Bill Lehnert 129 3 3 1 1 8.02. USA 19 Rumor John Storck, Jr 129 1 2 2 5 10.03. USA 51362 Cymothoe David Alldian 132 2 1 3 4 10.04. USA 42482 2nd Chance Jon Bawabe 120 5 5 5 2 17.05. USA 83350 Incommunicado Ed Tracey / Tim Polk 117 4 10/DNF 4 3 21.06. USA 730 Hokus Pokus Donald Suter 129 6 4 6 6 22.07. USA 40766 Madcap x Dan Bullard 123 7 10/DNF 10/DNF 10/DNF 37.08. USA 50324 Pirate William Baxter 129 10/DNF 10/DNS 10/DNS 10/DNS 40.09. USA 52358 Pearl Robert Lee 120 10/DNS 10/DNS 10/DNS 10/DNS 40.0

PHRF 41. USA 011 Boondoggle Scott Kirkpatrick 132 3 1 3 2 9.02. USA 1257 Alohomora Kyle Fast 174 1 5 2 4 12.03. USA 73042 Loki III Richard Correll 135 2 4 7 1 14.04. USA 15379 Air Express Chris Fesenmeyer 171 4 2 5 3 14.05. USA 519 Pale Rider Stefan Jans 135 5 3 1 6 15.06. USA 4198 Wunder Dog Bill Mortensen 174 9/DNF 6 4 5 24.07. USA 43443 Mistress Bryan Coon 174 6 7 6 7 26.08. USA 165 Speedway Boogie Chris Brady 159 9/DNS 8 8 8 33.0

Navigator RacingPHRF DivisionNavigator Class1. USA 52853 Xenophon Paul Pakos 75 1 3 4.02. USA 47 Club Car Barry bessette 175 2 2 4.03. USA 50670 Starlight John de Regt 87 3 5 8.04. USA 27927 Rascal Kel Weber 129 4 4 8.05. USA 42236 Sweet Rocket Joseph Ney 93 8 1 9.06. USA 25742 Manitou Greg Slamowitz 99 5 6 11.07. USA 0394 Carrera Steve Zwiren 81 6 7 13.08. USA 99 Winedrop Donald Franchilli 150 8/DNS 9/DNS 17.0

Wednesday, June 24Expect 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 5-10ktsin 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

Today’s Weather...

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Red RacingIRC DivisionIRC ZERO1. USA 60065 Rosebud/Team DYT Roger Sturgeon 1.524 1 1 2 1 5.02. USA 65002 Vanquish Ralf Steitz 1.519 2 2 1 2 7.0

IRC 40A1. USA 52915 Act One Titus/Stern/Milligan/Roche 1.125 1 2 1 1 5.02. USA 60432 Cool Breeze John Cooper 1.185 2 4 2 4 12.03. USA 4212 The Cat Came Back Lincoln Mossop 1.180 6 3 5 2 16.04. BER 1000 Nasty Medicine Stephen Sherwin 1.158 3 1 8 7 19.05. USA 52496 Convictus Maximus Donald Nicholson 1.160 4 5 6 5 20.06. USA 1200 High Noon Steve & Heidi Benjamin 1.201 7 6 7 3 23.07. GBR 8858 Jackknife Andrew Hall 1.120 8 7 3 6 24.08. USA 52992 Tomcat Josh Hinshaw 1.319 5 8 9 8 30.09. USA 184 Bronco Michael Dominguez 1.175 9 9 4 9 31.010. USA 70 Pendragon Quentin Thomas 1.133 10 12/DNS 12/DNS 12/DNS 46.011. USA 200 Jammy Beggar Tom Lee 1.175 12/DNF 12/DNF 12/DNS 12/DNS 48.0

IRC 40B1. USA 51405 Mullet Kris & Kiki Werner 1.071 1 4 2 2 9.02. USA 60077 Jubilee Cal Huge 1.091 2 5 1 3 11.03. USA 9393 Katabatic Gordon Hall 1.103 3 1 3 8 15.04. USA 25279 Shamrock Sensation Ralph Dimattia 1.072 4 2 4 7 17.05. USA 39516 Avalanche Craig Albrecht 1.114 12/DNS 3 6 1 22.06. USA 39512 Scherherazade Hugh Chandler 1.123 6 7 7 4 24.07. USA 31200 Settler Jim & Tom Rich 1.077 5 8 5 6 24.08. USA 28990 Spectre Brian Prinz 1.093 8 6 8 5 27.09. USA 51790 The Cat Came Back Ron Levine / Victor Winogradow 1.093 7 9 9 9 34.010. USA 50316 Ricochet Kirstin Haas 1.091 9 10 10 10 39.0

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IRC 351. USA 51072 Troubador Mort Weintraub 1.034 4 1 1 1 7.02. USA 40789 Lora Ann Richard du Moulin 1.031 2 4 6 2 14.03. USA 73407 Snow Bird Paul Vonmaffei 1.028 5 3 3 4 15.04. ISV 68 Good Girl Robert W. Armstrong 1.041 1 7 2 8 18.05. USA 53194 Bluto Ben Hall / Bill Berges 1.010 3 2 9 5 19.06. USA 51676 Promise Kept Ed Bahen 1.030 10 6 7 3 26.07. USA 41841 Apparition Stephen Bowes 1.040 6 5 8 7 26.08. USA 156 Out of Reach III Louis Nees 1.050 7 10 5 6 28.09. USA 73179 Die Fledermaus Ty Janney / Greg Janney 1.028 8 8 4 9 29.010. USA 52735 Havoc Adrian Ravenscroft 1.045 9 9 10 10 38.0

One Design DivisionNYYC Swan 1. USA 4235 Apparition Ken Colburn 4 1 3 3 11.02. USA 4216 Arethusa Philip Lotz 3 3 4 6 16.03. USA 4225 Interlodge Austin and Gwen Fragomen 2 2 7 8 19.04. USA 4214 Daring John Hele 10 7 2 5 24.05. USA 4224 Barleycorn Brendan Brownyard 8 4 13 1 26.06. USA 4215 Tsunami Preben Ostberg / Bud Dailey Jr. 1 5 6 14 26.07. USA 4208 Bandit Andrew Fisher 5 12 1 9 27.08. USA 4204 Mutiny Gibb Kane 6 11 5 7 29.09. USA 4219 Mustang Gary Jobson 7.3/RDG 9 10 4 30.310. USA 4206 Impetuous Paul Zabetakis 7 14 12 2 35.011. USA 4210 Quintessence Roger Widmann 9 8 8 13 38.012. USA 18 Better Than.. Gosia Rojek 12 6 15/DNF 10 43.013. USA 4221 Celeritas Malcolm Gefter 11 10 11 11 43.014. USA 4243 Blazer Charles Townsend 15/DNF 13 9 12 49.0

Farr 401. USA 46999 Ramrod Rodrick Jabin 1 4 1 1 7.02. USA 40076 Nightshift Kevin McNeil 2 2 2 2 8.03. USA 92 Yellow Jacket Larry Bulman / Jeff Scholz 4 1 6 3 14.0


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White RacingOne Design DivisionJ-1221. 7 USA 52902 Flying Jenny VI David Askew 2 2 2 1 7.02. 2 USA 47 Otra Vez William Coates 6 1 1 5 13.03. 5 USA 12241 Wings Bruno/Boyle/Callahan 1 4 5 4 14.04. 3 USA 56 Gambler Doug Shaffer 3 3 6 2 14.05. 16 USA 61116 Spitfire Pete du Pont 5 5 6/SCP 3 19.06. 15 USA 60003 Pugwash David Murphy 9 6 3 7/ZFP 25.07. 4 USA 12204 Christopher Dragon Andrew Weiss 4 7 8 6 25.08. 1 USA 12 Partnership David & MaryEllen Tortorello 7 9 7 7 30.09. 6 USA 52835 Georgetown lll George Marks 8 8 9 8 33.010. 8 USA 53581 Plum Crazy II Andrew D. Skibo 10 10 10 9 39.0

J-441. USA 42880 Challenge IV (9) Jeffery Willis 1 1 1 1 4.02. USA 49 Gold Digger (11) James D. Bishop 2 2 2 3 9.03. USA 43787 Resolute (14) Don and Rick Rave 5 4 3 2 14.04. USA 42844 Charlie V (12) Norman H. Schulman. M.D. 4 3 4 5.5 16.55. USA 42324 Glory (10) Kevin Tongue 3 5 5 5.5 18.56. USA 25244 Diogenes2 (13) Malcolm Clarke 6 6 6 4 22.0

Farr 301. USA 704 Mummbles Team Mummbles 1 1 2 1 5.02. USA 28 One More Time Bruce Lockwood 3 2 1 2 8.03. USA 21 Just Plain Nutz Norm and Cameron Dean 2 4 4 4 14.04. USA 27 Kaizen Scott Baker / Moise Soloman 5 3 3 3 14.05. USA 31 Raven Gino Bottino 4 5 5 5 19.0

J-1091. 21 USA 146 Storm Rick Lyall 2 3 1 5 11.02. 19 USA 72 Gut Feeling Ted Herlihy 7 1 5 1 14.03. 29 USA 52202 Caminos Donald Filippelli 4 2 8 2 16.04. 22 USA 162 Relentless Al Minella 5 6 2 3 16.05. 28 USA 274 Gossip Group W 1 7 4 6 18.06. 20 USA 126 Picante Robert Salk 6 4 7 7 24.07. 27 USA 272 Jibber Jabber David Jannetti 10 8 3 4 25.08. 18 USA 55 Skoot Jim Vos 9 5 6 9 29.09. 17 USA 51 Rush Bill Sweetser 3 9 10 8 30.010. 23 USA 200 Mischief Mike Brown 8 12 11 10 41.011. 24 USA 243 Instant Karma David Betts 12 10 9 11 42.012. 25 USA 256 Shearwater Hugh McLean 11 11 12 12 46.013. 26 USA 267 Nordlys Bob Schwartz 13 14/DNF 14/DNS 14/DNS 55.0

J-1051. 44 USA 523 Savasana Brian Keane 1 3 1 1 6.02. 37 USA 324 Kincsem Joerg Esdorn/Duncan Hennes 3 1 2 2 8.03. 30 USA 37 Power Play Bruce J. Stone/Scott DeWeese 2 2 4 4 12.04. 31 USA 50 Eclipse Damian Emery 4 4 3 11 22.05. 38 USA 326 Mopelia Denis Seynhaeve 7 7 6 3 23.06. 48 USA 43772 Sea Shadow Charles L. Shumway 6 10 8 6 30.07. 41 USA 353 Woody Larry Hennessy 11 5 10 5 31.08. 35 USA 300 Kima Nelson Weiderman 9 9 11 7 36.09. 33 USA 97 Hiawatha Jay Corcoran / Matthew Marcy 12 8 15 8 43.010. 46 USA 630 Planet Claire John Koten 5 6 13 21/DSQ 45.011. 34 USA 106 Team Storm Trysail Chessie Jr Racing 8 11 17 10 46.012. 47 USA 657 Vixen Christopher Beane 18 14 7 9 48.013. 43 USA 488 Shakedown Jordan Mindich 17 13 5 15 50.014. 49 USA 50988 Andiamo Paul Strauch 10 12 16 12 50.015. 42 USA 389 Morning Glory Carl Olsson 13 16 12 13 54.016. 40 USA 344 Two Feathers Mark Masur 15 18 9 14 56.017. 36 USA 310 Red Sky John Pearson 14 15 14 16 59.018. 32 USA 77 Dark 'n Stormy Michael Lachance 16 19 18 18 71.019. 45 USA 627 Tolo Norman Kilarjian 19 17 19 17 72.020. 39 343 She's the Boss John Sutherland 21/DNF 20 21/DNF 19 81.0

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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”)

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


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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 Wednesday, June 24

0730-0830 Substitute Crew Weigh In - Race Week Headquarters0900 Harbor Signals1030 Racing1800-2000 Awards Presentation & Evening PartyRolex Race DayGowrie Group and WindCheck Official Party Sponsors

Thursday, June 250730-0830 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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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 surelythe excitement level rises when one of T2Productions videos appears on thescreen.

For the last nine years, the team of Tucker Thompson and Bruce Nairn hasbeen 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 cansee all the camaraderie and carnage that sailboat racing serves up. And whatyou see is what you get. The videos produced are live and not rehearsed oreven pre-written. If there’s a 15 minute video on the screen, there was 15 min-utes of video in the camera. “What we shoot is what we use,” commentedThompson “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 nightbeer can races got serious between owner Dick Franyo, Tucker and Brucewhen Thompson went to Circuit City and bought a camera with a 30 day returnpolicy. “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 ‘TheBoatyard!’ Aaand awaaaay they went. The idea was that if the videos producedof 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 liveon-the-water correspondent for Versus’ coverage of the 32nd America’s Cup inValencia, Spain.

Thompson began his career in media at SpinSheet magazine in Annapolis

with his popular monthly columnTucker’s Tips. After nine yearsand ninety-eight articles, hedecided that he’d writtenenough. “You know that part inthe movie when Forrest Gumpstops running,” he mused,“Well, that’s what happened tome.” He continued, “I didn’twant to stop talking about sail-ing, I just needed to change the

medium.” Since that time, Thompson and Nairn have produced more than 500shows, with almost 2 million viewers online at www.t2p.tv. That must have beena 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 Nairnfor Producer in 2009. “It’s flattering to be recognized for both sides of what wedo,” said Thompson, “but its even more flattering to be recognized by videoindustry professionals.”

Thompson attributes much of the success of T2Productions to Nairn. “I amin awe of his camera skills,” he said. “He is a world-class sailor and naturallyunderstands the motion of the boat and the sea state, so he is able to captureoutstanding images all by hand, with no stabilization equipment.” Both excelledin numerous iterations of professional sailing before packing up their sails andspars and picking up their camera and microphone.

T2Productions can be viewed for free, or you can pick up a subscriptionoffering high resolution, broadband video for a small monthly fee. Thompsonchuckled, “We created this monster, now we have to keep up with it.” You cantoo at t2p.tv.

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A Group on the Go with Eric Kreuter

For anyone attending Race Week, it’s easy to see that the event runssmoothly. If you look behind the scenes and begin to count, the number offunctions that have to be done so the event runs as seamlessly as it doesis extraordinary.

It takes hundreds of people to pull this week off. Most are volunteermembers, or the family of members of Storm Trysail Club. The StormTrysail Club has no clubhouse; its foundation is the people who compriseits membership. The people involved with the Club run races and otherevents, be it the Safety-at-Sea Seminars, the Intercollegiate Regatta oranother undertaking – all are run by volunteers from the membership.

Specific to Block Island Race Week, the planning for each eventbegins at the one prior – and the 2011 event is already underway. “I havemy list for next year already started,” said Chairman Eric Kreuter. “In theplanning stages, it starts out as just a couple of people, but as the eventgrows closer, the number of people ready to get to work is staggering.”

When people are involved in a volunteer project, they normally showup, do the work, then go home, but for the STC volunteer brigade, the daysmeld into nights and so on for more than a week while on island. “Wehave members all over the world, so it’s different than being at your homeclub where you work and then go home. We sometimes don’t see eachother for a year or two and we’re really excited to get back together – andit’s like no time has gone by,” Kreuter continued. “When we meet up atRace Week, we’re together 24 hours a day. We have so many laughs – twonights ago a bunch of us sat around hysterical. Luiz Kahl and I were

watching a ventriloquist act on his computer, then Nick & Penny Langonewalked in and began to watch, then John & Ellyn Osmond – It’s very mucha family atmosphere.” And volunteers bring their children – who work veryhard managing trophies, weigh-ins, race committee, duty office, jury, reg-istration and race equipment alongside parents and aunt and uncles. Theytoo become close in the heat of battle. Lifelong friendships have beenforged over the years.

It’s what makes this sort of event fun for everyone involved – its hardwork, but well worth it. “I really believe that those of us who have beendoing this for a while look at this as a vacation – it’s a lot of work – but it isfun and we love the people we work with – many of us have become fami-ly,” said Kreuter.

Aside from the outstanding camaraderie, there is also a fair amount offun to be had amongst volunteers. In fact, if one were to actually writedown the banter that takes place outside the trailer at the Duty Desk, amonth’s worth of papers could be filled with the anecdotes floated eachday. But it’s not just repartee here and there. Jokery and witticism aboundand it keeps everyone fresh and on their toes.

There’s always some good natured needling. Specifically, there aretwo silver haired compatriots that enjoy a back and forth volley of ribbingone another, each concerning himself with the others ‘short-comings’ attheir respective Race Week duties. Naturally, both do their jobs with fewflaws. When large groups come together around an event, similar person-alities naturally seek one another out – such is the case amongst the vol-unteers here at Race Week. There are chit-chatting gals and guys, hard-working 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 fellow-ship and fun.

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The perpetual trophies awarded by the Storm Trysail Club at Block IslandRace Week are, for the most part, named and donated in memory of peoplewho’ve made significant contributions to sailing and worked tirelessly for theStorm 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 theboat that wins its class and, in the judgment of the BIRW Race Committee andthe 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 JakobIsbrandtsen, the Danish owner of the Isbrandtsen Line shipping company. Firstawarded in 1975, and rededicated in 1991, the Isbrandtsen Trophy is awardedto the yacht with the “Second Best Performance” during Race Week. The 2007winner was Hunt Lawrence’s Ker 11.3 Cracker (New York, NY).

Rolex Fleet AwardsThe Rolex Fleet Awards will be presented to the yachts that, in the judgmentof the Race Committee, have the best performance in the Red, White andBlue 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’sCup defenders. In 1962, he steered the four-year-old Weatherly to a four racesto one win over the Australian challenger Gretel II. His greatest Cup triumphcame in 1967, when he drove Intrepid to four straight victories over Australia’sDame Pattie. The key to winning match races, said Mosbacher, “is to findyour 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 theSportsmanship Committee, has displayed an outstanding example of goodsportsmanship during Block Island Race Week.” In 2007, for the first time inBIRW history, the Storm Trysail Club awarded the Mosbacher Trophy to non-competitors. Alan Schreitmueller, Jim Condon and Peter Sarelas rushed to theaid 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 tothe 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 in2007.

Island Sailing Club of Cowes Perpetual Trophy This trophy, awarded since the first Block Island Race Week in 1965, com-memorates the link between Block Island Race Week and Cowes Week, afterwhich this event is patterned. This trophy, along with a Rolex Oyster PerpetualSubmariner timepiece, will be awarded to the first overall IRC rated boat in

Block Island Race Week Perpetual Trophies


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the Around the Island Race. The winner in 2007 was Bob & Farley Towse’sR/P 66 Blue Yankee (Stamford, CT).

Vintage Yacht Trophy Awarded in memory of Hugh Kilmer since 1971, this trophy is presented tothe yacht, fifteen years old or older, substantially unaltered, with the bestperformance 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 ServiceAcademy yacht. The United States Naval Academy Sailing Squadron’s Farr53 Tomcat, skippered by Midshipman 1/c Christopher Hamilton, was the 2007winner.

Governors Perpetual Trophy First awarded in 1983 to recognize the numerous international competitors atBlock Island Race Week, the Governor’s Plate is presented to the foreignyacht with the best performance for the week. Colm Barrington’s Ker 50Magic Glove (Ireland) won this award in 2007.

US-IRC Trophy This trophy, presented by the US-IRC Committee, will be awarded to the IRC-rated yacht that triumphs in the most competitive IRC class at BIRW. This willbe determined by adding the corrected time differential between first andfifth place for each race. The class winner who competed in the class withthe lowest average time differential between first and fifth place will beawarded this trophy. The winner in 2007 was Randy & Matt Baldwin’s Taylor

42 Cabady (Ridgefield, CT).

Shelter Island Team Race TrophyTeams, 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:1st Storm Trysail Club Red Rumor John Storck, Jr.

Lora Ann Rich du MoulinChallenge IV Jeff Willis

2nd New York Yacht Club Arethusa Phil LotzTroubador Mort WeintraubBlue Yankee Bob & Farley Towse

3rd Cedar Point Yacht Club Rascal Kel WeberStorm Rick LyallOne Up Linc Schoenberger

The Abrams Family TrophyDedicated by the Storm Trysail Club in 2003, the Abrams Family Trophy is presented to an individual who has made a significant contribution to BlockIsland Race Week. The trophy, a half-hull model of Inverness (the overallwinner of the very first Block Island Race Week in 1965), was awarded in2007 to Suzie Hall who ‘had been instrumental in making every Block IslandRace Week since 1967 run smoothly.’ Suzie’s friend Peter Reggio said, “Shedeserves every accolade that comes her way for her tireless devotion toStorm Trysail Club and Race Week…there have been very few people whohave been as able and willing to make things happen during the event.”

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Lizzie BanerjeeLizzie Banerjee has been an indispensible mem-ber of the Shore Team at Block Island RaceWeek for years. During his first year asShoreside Chair in 1999, John Fisher (Lizzie’sUncle) was on crutches and Lizzie was appoint-ed his “Schlepper.” Not only did she perform herduties with fervor, she was asked to return forthe next event and given even more strenuousobligations. Surely she would be able to handle such tasks – in two years timeshe would be 12 years old.

Well, another Race Week came and went with Lizzie solidifying her returntrip for the 2003 running, as she was the only person savvy enough to encode thecash 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 aprofit at the haberdashery. In fact, so worried that clothing would have to be soldat retro-2007 prices, the cash registers were chauffeured from Larchmont, NY toDarien, CT for Lizzie to re-program.

Lizzie’s family has been coming to Block Island for more than 20 years nowand she worked at the BI Boat Basin for many years. “Lizzie is one of the sweet-est, loveliest people who has ever worked for me,” said long time GeneralManager of Block Island Boat Basin Rally Migliaccio. “She was always willing topitch in – even if she was not working, Lizzie would come in and see if she couldhelp!” 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-MedicalEngineering. Let’s hope that her exploits within her field allow her to continue toreturn during the third week of June for many years to come. The success of thehaberdashery depends on it!

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Scuttlebutt HighlightsSCUTTLEBUTT 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, featuresand dock talk . . . with a North American focus.

AMERICA’S CUP - MONOHULL VERSUS MULTIHULLWith all the legal wrangling in the past few years over the format andfuture of the America’s Cup, there’s been much speculation on what itseffects might be on match race sailing. The event has always been adriving force for enticing new talent into this most exciting form of thesport, even though match race talent has not necessarily been a prereq-uisite for success: most often, the fastest and best prepared boat will winalmost regardless of match race tactics.

Nonetheless, the gradual evolutionary tightening of the design boxinto near-equal boats, as seen in the last 2007 event sailed in the Version5 America’s Cup Class, made match race skill more important than ever.Accordingly, many of the teams were regularly out on the World MatchRacing 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, manyteams have remained active on the Tour just to stay polished in theirskills should there be any break in the legal logjam. But with that impasseseemingly broken now with a Deed of Gift (DoG) match between theDefender and Challenger as looking as a likely solution, and that matchlikely being sailed in huge multi-hulls, will it have any effect on matchrace sailing? — Dobbs Davis

PUMA TEAM RECOGNIZED FOR SEAMANSHIP AND SPORTSMANSHIPStockholm, Sweden (June 23, 2009) - The great and the good of the VolvoOcean Race gathered on Monday night in Stockholm’s beautiful‘Stadshuset’ (City Hall) to celebrate the achievements of the teams onLeg Nine, the Swedish sprint from Marstrand to Stockholm. It was a bit-tersweet evening for Telefonica Blue, who were awarded the best 24-hour run on the leg, along with the Inmarsat Media Prize, which went toGabriele Olivo.

Also singled out for both their seamanship and sportsmanship werefour of the shore crew members from PUMA. Bouwe Bekking, the skipperof Telefonica Blue, nominated the quartet - Neil Cox, Sean Healey, WillOxley and Kimo Worthington - for the Wallenius Wilhelmsen LogisticsSeamanship Award, for the assistance they rendered to his team afterTelefonica Blue ran aground and was stuck hard on the rock.

MARION TO BERMUDA RACEThe latest casualty in the Marion to Bermuda Race is fleet leaderJonathan Brewin’s Big Bear, reportedly having withdrawn due to a tornmainsail. Big Bear’s withdrawal leaves Class B Crescendo, MartinJacobson’s Swan 44 MkII (Newport, Rhode Island) at the head of thefleet and looking at possible line honours. They are now facing a strong25-knot headwind but are expected to finish by Wednesday. The totalnumber of ‘did not start’ and ‘retired’ yachts now stands at thirteen andleaves thirty-five boats on the course.

CURMUDGEON’S OBSERVATIONI have the body of a God. Buddha.


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