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Storm Trysail Club 2015 Block Island Race Week News • Friday 1

2015 Block Island Race Week NewsFRIDAY • June 26, 2015

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To all participants:On behalf of our 2015 Block Island Race Week Committee, I want to thank all of our participants for coming to the 50th Anniversary Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week. Our goal has been to deliver good competitive sailing and family fun for wide range of boats and sailors. I hope we have succeeded.

We employed the successful race week formulas that have worked well in the past. Our Race Committee people on the water have years of experience from many regattas around the world. Their wisdom in taking advantage of the opportunity on Tuesday to run the Round the Island Race gave many of you a thrilling memory of exciting sailing performance that will last many years. For some it was an opportunity to test the limits of your boats and capabilities and learn better how to manage these weather conditions when they occur in the future.

We also tried some new ideas and new technology, including the first regatta app, to better communicate with both participants and their family and friends on the mainland. Our work to have a cleaner regatta is a reminder to all that we who love the sea have a responsibility to protect it from harm. I am pleased to announce that with support from one of our generous sponsors, 2015 Block Island Race Week is a carbon neutral regatta. We all worked to reduce the carbon footprint, and the balance was offset with purchased carbon credits.

All participants will soon receive a short online survey. Please tell us what you like and what we can do better so that we can continue to bring you the kind of race week experience that you want. Please also remember our sponsors, and the 130 kind people who volunteered their time and hard work to put on Race Week. Their efforts and sponsorship are critical to preparing and presenting this event for all of you.

Peter Rugg, Vice Commodore, Storm Trysail Club Regatta Chairman

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By Sean McNeill

Founded in 1965, the club’s Block Island Race Week is built on a foundation of fun, friendly competition. It attracts rival crews who beat each other up on the racecourse and then laugh about it over a drink afterwards. The competition is intense, but it’s the camaraderie that keeps bringing people back.

“I did my first race week in 1971 or ’73,” said club member Kevin McNeil, owner of the Farr 30 Seabiscuit that finished second in PHRF 1. “The club does a good job running the regatta and Dick Neville and Dave Brennan do an outstanding job in the race committee. It’s just a great week to be a part of.”

“This week is epic,” said Paul Beaudin, owner of the J/105 loulou. “Fantastic weather, no fog or rain, perfect sailing conditions…it’s perfect. This week is as much about bonding with our families as well as our competitors.”

The excellent weather conditions have made this year’s race week special and two words say it all – no fog! Rarely has a Block Island Race Week never lost a day, half or full, to fog, but that was the

case this year. The fantastic weather conditions allowed the race committee to run 11 races over five days, more than have been run since 2005. Coupled with fantastic wind conditions for the four days of windward/leeward racing and 20 to 30 knots for the Round the Island Race, this year’s week will be remembered as one of the best ever.

“This is probably the best race week we’ve had in the past 10 editions,” said Principal Race Officer Dick Neville. “We’ve rarely had five full days of racing. Usually the weather interrupts one day. But the conditions this week have been spectacular. It might be the best race week ever.”

This year’s fleet totaled 167 boats in 15 classes, and Donald Filippelli’s J/109 Caminos won the Everett B. Morris Memorial Trophy for best overall performance. Caminos also won the J/109 North American Championship, conducted as part of race week.

Hailing from Amagansett, N.Y., near Sag Harbor on the eastern end of Long Island, Caminos is helmed by Filippelli’s son-in-law, Ryan Dempsey and includes many family members. They’ve placed in the top three in the J/109 class each of the past three race weeks

Well-traveled Caminos wins Everett B. Morris Memorial Trophy as top boat

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before breaking through this year.

“I don’t sail the boat anymore because of Parkinson’s disease, but Ryan and the crew do a tremendous job,” said Filippelli. “It’s a 10-year-old boat and takes a lot of abuse, and I love it. Each day I tell the crew ‘Be safe, have fun and goddammit win!’”

Factors determining boat of the week include class size, total points and margin of victory. Racing in the largest class at race week, 25 boats, Caminos finished with the low score of 21 points, won four races, had nine top-2 finishes and finished 17 points ahead of Bill Sweetser’s second-placed Rush.

“They had a whole other gear that we’ve never seen before,” said Vicky Jo Neiner, who sails on Dr. Carl Olsson’s Morning Glory. “Just fantastic.”

“Caminos was really fast,” said Dan Cameron, the mainsail trimmer on Skoot. “Ryan just punches it off the line and they had good speed on the course.”

While Caminos won the top award Josh Burack, owner of the J/105 Peregrina, won the Emil “Bus” Mosbacher Sportsmanship Trophy. Peregrina lost its mast in Tuesday’s Round the Island Race when a shroud broke. The mast folded in half at the top spreader.

Burack then volunteered for Race Committee duty and was placed on a safety boat. Prior to racing on Wednesday, fellow J/105 competitor Damian Emery’s Eclipse broke its gooseneck during

practice before the day’s first race. Burack raced back to Champlin’s Marina, removed the gooseneck fitting from his broken mast, and got it to Eclipse with time to spare.

“Before we left the dock on Wednesday, we noticed a crack in the gooseneck, but decided it would likely be fine until the end of the week, but of course the moment we went up with the main, it busted.” said Dave Shrader, trimmer on Eclipse. “If it wasn’t for Josh running in and stripping the gooseneck off his stricken boat for us, it would’ve been a lot worse. We didn’t even miss a race,” he said. “It’s this sort of camaraderie and respect for one another that makes Race Week so special.”

Beyond the trophies, shout outs go to two other class winners for extended consistency. Jeffrey W. Willis’ J/44 Challenge IV and John and Tony Esposito’s J/29 Hustler have multiple winning streaks that deserve recognition. Willis has won his class for six consecutive race weeks dating back to 2005, while the Espositos have a five-regatta streak dating back to 2007. During those streaks, Hustler has won 70 percent of all races sailed and Challenge IV 56 percent.

In the venerable J/44 fleet, the key to consistency, according to Willis is, “good starts, boat speed at the line, and in One-Design you have get that ‘jump’ on the fleet and cover.”

“It’s kind of unbelievable!” said Lenny Sitar, owner of VAMP on the win streak. “They had great tactics, boat speed and crew work. I think that Jeff has won the J/44 North Americans 15 times in 25 years.”


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Tuesday’s Round the Island Race was a highlight of the week for many. With the wind blowing 20 to 30 knots from the southwest, many crews said they reached a new top speed for their boat.

Boats such as Christopher Dragon, Hooligan and Watermark all reported a top speed of 22 knots. The C&C 30 Themis hit a top speed of 19 knots, while the Summitt 40 DownTime hit 18 knots. Even the Sabre 362 Cymothoe hit double digits, posting 11.7 knots. “That’s the fastest this boat has ever gone,” said owner David Alldian. Needless to say, it might well be the fastest any Sabre has ever sailed.

The roughest stretch of the race was on the east side of the island, from Old Harbor to 1BI, the aid to navigation off the north end of the island. The wind built to 30 knots in that stretch and the seas built to 5 feet. While some had troubles, many scampered through the maelstrom without incident.

“I give the race committee heaps of credit for running that race,” said Ken Read, the president of North Sails who sailed aboard Watermark. “It would’ve been easy for them to say it was too windy, but for many it was an epic day that they’ll remember forever.”

Perhaps the best battle of the week was staged in IRC 1, between Gunther Buerman’s tried and true 52-footer Hooligan and Austin and Gwen Fragomen’s spanking new Interlodge. A 44-footer from the drafting board of Botin Partners in Spain, Interlodge is an HPR

weapon, so says tactician Andy Horton.

“The design brief was for a boat that could beat the HPR 40s,” said Horton. “We did a weather study of places on the East Coast – Newport, Key West, Charleston – and determined that 10 knots was the most common average. It might get stronger later in the day, but the early races would be run in about 10 knots. It’s an HPR/IRC weapon; no interior, thin foils and fast upwind/downwind.”

Hooligan won the day’s first race when Interlodge couldn’t live on their competitor’s windward quarter and fell into their dirty air. But Hooligan was OCS in the second race and after re-starting tacked away to the right side of the course, which proved to be the wrong side when a lefty shift came through.

The week wouldn’t be complete without some ingenious boat maintenance, and one of those at the top of the list is Jeff Willis, the dominant winner of the J/44 class with Challenge IV. Willis had been having trouble keeping his propeller on centerline when racing, so he bought a large clamp and attached it to the propeller shaft. “That kept the prop lined up, and we had good starts.”

While the stories of successes, close seconds and close calls fill post regatta conversations on the dock, one underlying theme pervades all – the desire to do it all again in two year’s time.


Principle Race Officer’s Epilogue The planning for Block Island Race Week takes more than a year with more than 150 volunteers. When we get to regatta time the weather dictates much of our decision-making. Commander’s Weather plays a big part of that and is an important sponsor and part of our team. The long range forecast didn’t look good for the week. With the very cold water in Block Island Sound, we expected fog which makes our race management more difficult. As each day proceeded the wind and conditions cooperated and we were able to get the races we needed in the bank. The Round the Island was the best we have had in many years and each day the conditions for our windward leeward courses were fantastic as well. We got 11 races in for the series and have had great racing each day of the regatta - more than I could have hoped for in the beginning of the week. BIRW 25 has simply been a fantastic regatta by standard from a race officers’ prospective.David Brennan, Red Fleet

Block Island is a special place. Storm Trysail Race Week at Block Island is a special time. This week has been the epitome of a well scripted, week-long regatta. It hasn’t been too hot, it hasn’t been too cold, and there has been everything from adequate to great breeze. All of the equipment and running craft needed to operate three courses have been well prepared for trouble-free service. That speaks volumes about the organization and attention to detail that preceded the week and set the stage for the on-water performance. Most of the White Fleet Race Committee have been together for several Race Weeks and naturally fell into their roles. Part of what made the week special is how easily our new crew meshed and added their skill sets. All of this made it possible to concentrate on the conditions and the set-up of the courses. Not only were all of the functions covered, the observations and suggestions made throughout each day enhanced overall team performance, resulting in smoothly operated, competitive courses. I don’t believe there is a published list of each of the fleet committees, so I’d like to take this opportunity to thank each member of the White Fleet Team: Tinker Myles, Marc Holdaway, Ellyn Osmond, Leggie Torrey, Geoff and Patsy Ewenson, ‘Charly’ Wullschleger, Aileen Hutchins, Charlie Terry, Kathy Monro, Jill O’Farrell, Dan Rugg, Bruce Harper, Greg Gilmartin, Randy Tankoos, Eric Richards, Jeff Goldring, Bob Monro, John Troy and Tad Sanchez. And a special thanks to Jonathan Asch and Aileen Hutchins for the loan of

Huntress, their home, as our signal boat. Please remember that battle scars make for great war stories!Ray Redniss, White Fleet

We have had a great Block Island Race Week with tight racing each day. The competitors will be talking about the around the island race for years to come, with tales of the fastest their boat has ever gone. Special accolades to our class winners and all the daily trophy winners. Cymothoe (Sabre 362, Albanese) and Hustler (J/29, Esposito) have posted near perfect scores and Testing Life (Mulhall), with all their junior crew were committee favorites with their check-in routines each day. We are looking forward to seeing everyone back in two years!Bruce M. Bingman, Blue Fleet


Environmental progress at BIRWBy Joe Cooper

Sailors are more aware of the delicate balance of forces that make up the ocean than most landsman. If you spend so much time in the playground it is only natural to know much about it. If we think of the ocean as our playground then we have a duty of care to police the playground and keep it clean for all of us. This is one of the major themes behind the Storm Trysail Club’s introduction of sustainable actions for this year’s Race Week.

Working from the 75-point action list that is the Clean Regattas Protocol produced by Sailors for the Sea, the Club took steps towards having a smaller environmental footprint on Block Island. The first action towards a Clean Regatta was the development of an App for Race Week. It was designed to make all the information that skippers, crews, families and followers ashore would need available on any portable device. In concert with, and because of this, Event Chairman Peter Rugg elected to forego the daily print newspaper and make all Race Week news and related media distribution electronic. This eliminated all but one of the daily newspapers, the Friday wrap up edition, (the one in your hands) and all the energy ramifications that producing a daily print paper entailed. The App made available to all, race updates, in some cases, on a minute-by-minute basis, social media feed, news feeds in fact almost everything competitors need, ‘cept a Mt. Gay and tonic.

The most visible action was the introduction of reusable water bottles for the boats and crews. The idea is to reduce the consumption of single use water bottles. Each entrant received, in the skipper’s registration “goodies” bag, reusable metal water bottles in a number equal to their crew count for the week. Five-gallon water butts with hand pumps from which to fill the water bottles were placed in each of the three marinas where the boats are docked. On Monday morning the water bottle stations used about 1.5 five-gallon jugs, or about 7 gallons. On

Tuesday this was up to 3.5 butts and by Wednesday the count was about 7 and there was a line at the Block Island Boat Basin station.

Another action with a tremendous residual visual impact the club organized was beach clean ups. We partnered with the Newport, RI based Clean Ocean Access non-profit whose signature activity is beach clean ups. With the support from Sailors for the Sea, another Newport-based non-profit beach, clean-ups were organized at three of the Island’s beaches. A total of 15 volunteers collected over 800 items of trash in roughly 20 man-hours. The most common items were plastic shopping bags, plastic food wrappers, and unidentifiable degraded plastic usually about an inch square. Plastic netting, rope, Mylar “congratulations” balloons, building materials and even a BIRW 2015 Mt. Gay hat was recovered. This “take” was arranged onto a display board and in two trash bags and placed in the tent during the evening’s party.

COA Founder and Executive Director Dave McLaughlin says the Block Island Beaches were actually quite clean compared to some of the other beaches in Rhode Island. This is largely due to efforts of the small community on the island that organize their own clean-ups and enforce regulations, such as a ban on bottom cleaning in the Great Salt Pond.

Another important but invisible (to the competitors) action was taken by one of Race Week’s major sponsors, Deepwater Wind. The developers of the first offshore wind farm in the US, off the south-east corner of Block Island, Deepwater Wind purchased renewable energy credits (RECs) of American wind power to offset electricity consumption for BI Race Week. This will help to avoid up to an estimated 4,796 pounds (2 metric tons) of carbon dioxide emissions entering the atmosphere.

If we as sailors are to continue sailing in beautiful venues like Block Island Sound, actions like the ones taken at BIRW 2015 will become more and more common. In a perfect world the playground will never get dirty and so will not need cleaning.

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Since 1965, the inaugural year of the Storm Trysail Club’s Block Island Race Week (BIRW), sailors have enjoyed the camaraderie and excitement that only a first-class event at a splendid venue can provide. Race Week enjoys strong support from the Storm Trysail Club members and partner companies, but most of the duties performed are done so through a network of volunteers and industry sponsors. It is said that BIRW would not be possible without the kind support of the local friends who reside on the Island, including the Abrams family, whose name is synonymous with, not only the hospitality of the island, but the success of Race Week.

Several perpetual trophies such as the Abrams are awarded at BIRW, mostly named and donated in memory of people who have made significant contributions to sailing. Like BIRW itself, the trophies are awarded “in the spirit of camaraderie, competition and respect for the unique character of the sport of sailing.”

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 2013 to Jakab Isbrandtsen.

This year’s recipient is Marcy Trenholm from Larchmont, NY. Marcy has been the Executive Director of the Storm Trysail Club for 26 years and is retiring July 3rd. Having managed 15 Race Weeks during her time, she has become an indispensible part of this event. “Marcy has run Storm Trysail to the benefit of all the members, but especially as support for a long line of Commodores including Jack King, Butch Ulmer, Bill Foulk, Jr., Bob Towse, John Storck, Jr., John Osmond, Dick Neville, Rich duMoulin, John Fisher, Jim Bishop, Eric Kreuter, and Nick Langone, said Commodore Lee Reichart. “Marcy exudes all of the traits that a recipient of the Abrams Family Trophy should.”

Since they were children, Annie Fisher, Lizzie Lowry, Nina Kreuter, Chase Kreuter, Carolyn

Fisher, Jack Fisher and Scott Banerjee have worked the clothing, raffle, and shore-side logistics at Race Week. To this group, raised here at Race Week, Marcy is a beloved member of the family. “It’s hard to take a week off from work, and we weren’t really thinking of even coming to Race Week this year,” said Annie Fisher. “But when we found out that Marcy was retiring, we all decided that we needed to be here with her one more time.”

Marcy was right back in the duty office seeing the rest of the week through, doing what she does best…make it look easy. Congratulations on the Abrams Trophy and the great success you’ve helped make Block Island Race Week for so many years, Marcy!

The Abrams Family Trophy is Awarded to Marcy Trenholm

STC Commodore Lee Reichart (left) and Past Commodore Eric Kreuter (right) present the Abrams trophy to Marcy Trenholm.


Congratulations Raffle WinnersThank you for participating in the Block Island Race Week Raffle.

Because of you, we will donate proceeds to:•THE BLOCK ISLAND RESCUE SqUAD – they have been called into action

for one reason or another at virtually every BIRW.•THE BLOCK ISLAND MEDICAL CENTER – they have patched-up more injured

sailors over the years that can be remembered.

The Storm Trysail Club is very thankful for the relationship it has with Block Island residents and businesses. “Block Island has been a wonderful host for race week for 50 years, and through the raffle we can give back to the community that gives our regatta

such a fantastic setting,” said Event Chairman Peter Rugg. Through the years the Race Week Raffle has raised more than $100,000 in island donations.

The 2015 Raffle winners are: Grand Prize: Rolex Timepiece – Bill Baxter (Pictured left with Peter Rugg, right)

7-Night Stay at the Bitter End Yacht Club – Tom Delaney North Sails Packages – AJ Evans, Ted Ruegg, Terry Rich Mount Gay Tote Bag Package – Ben Willens Heineken Coolers – Peter Rugg, Christopher Schneider Gill Jackets – John Laughdorough, Whitney Kneisley, Warren Mazanec, Marc Disanti Soundview Millworks Cutting Board – Dan Jennings Vineyard Vines Gifts – Dr. Eric Lehner, John Osmond, Jim Thompson Gowrie Dry Sail Bag – Linda Weiss Block Island Race Week Gift Bag – Debby Dalrymple

Police PoochSgt. Joe DeMatteo of the Block Island Police force introduces its newest officer, Marcus, a trained Police dog, to the crowd at the Storm Trysail Club Member’s Party and Dinner on June 24. Marcus was acquired from his European trainer via funding provided to the Police Force by the Storm Trysail membership and foundation.

Pictured (L to R) is Sergeant DeMatteo, Marcus and Storm Trysail shoreside logistics superstar Eric Kreuter.


A Rolex for InterlodgeWith an overall victory in Tuesday’s Round the Island Race, Austin and Gwen Fragomen, owners of the Botin 44

Interlodge (Newport, RI) won the ISLAND SAILING CLUB OF COWES PERPETUAL TROPHY along with a Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner timepiece.

Island Sailing Club of Cowes (ISCC) Perpetual Trophy was presented to Block Island Race Week just before the inaugural BIRW in 1965. The thought at the time of the trophy’s bequeathing was that the Round the

Island Race at Block Island closely replicated the Isle of Wight’s Round the Island Race, which was inaugurated in 1935. The trophy is awarded to the boat determined by organizers to have turned in the top overall

performance from among all boats with IRC or PHRF ratings. Interlodge’s ‘Round the Island elapsed time was 02:12:19, which results in the best corrected speed between the class winners.

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Race Week 2015

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Bow Sail Number Yacht Name Yacht Design Owner/Skipper Race 1 Race2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Race 8 Race 9 Race 10 Race 11 TotalA Red Fleet RacingIRC DivisionIRC 11. USA 4415 Interlodge Botin HPR 44 Austin and Gwen Fragomen 1 2 2 1 1 4 2 2 1 2 2 20.0 2. USA 521 Hooligan IRC 52 Gunther Buerman 2 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 5 1 3 22.0 3. USA 95 SPOOKIE Carkeek HP 40 Steve & Heidi Benjamin 3 3 4 3 3 2 4 3 2 3 1 31.0 4. USA 84001 Decision HPR Carkeek 40 Stephen Murray 5 5 3 4 2 5 3 5 3 4 4 43.0 5. USA 5206 Corsair TP 52 Charlie Morris 4 4 5 5 5 3 5 4 4 7/DNF 6 52.0 6. USA 45045 Pterodactyl custom Scott Weisman 6 6 6 7/RET 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 65.0 IRC 21. USA 4304 Christopher Dragon Sydney 43 Andrew & Linda Weiss 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 17.0 2. USA 45454 Lir Swan 45 John McNamara 2 2 3 2 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 20.0 3. USA 18 Better Than... Swan 42 Gosia Rojek 5 4 2 5 5 4 4 5 3 5 5 47.0 4. USA 60432 Cool Breeze Mills 43 Custom John Cooper 7 3 4 3 1 3 7 4 8 8 3 51.0 5. USA 4212 The Cat Came Back Swan 42 Lincoln Mossop 4 5 9/RET 8 3 5 6 3 4 4 4 55.0 6. USA 51990 Oakcliff Farr 40-Black Farr 40 Oakcliff Sailing / Mark DiSanti 8 6 5 7 7 7 5 6 5 3 6 65.0 7. USA 753 Watermark Bermuda 50 Jack LeFort 3 8 7 6 8 8 3 7 6 6 8 70.0 8. USA 52643 Settler NEB Tripp 43 Thomas Rich 6 7 6 4 6 6 8 8 7 7 7 72.0 IRC 3 / Swan 421. USA 4206 Impetuous Swan 42 Paul Zabetakis 1 3 3 2 1 2 1 3 2 2 4 24.0 2. USA 4235 Apparition Swan 42 Ken Colburn 2 4 1 1 2 4 4 1 4 1 5 29.0 3. USA 4214 Daring Swan 42 John Hele 4 1 2 3 3 1 3 5 5 3 2 32.0 4. USA 4210 quintessence Swan 42 Roger Widmann 3 2 5 4 4 5 5 6 1 4 1 40.0 5. USA 4245 Mahalo Swan 42 Charles Kenahan 5 5 4 5 5 3 2 2 5/SCP 5 3 44.0 6. USA 4217 Orbit Swan 42 Kenneth Luczynski 6 6 6 7/DNS 6 6 6 4 6 6 6 65.0 IRC 41. USA 12241 Wings J 122 mike Bruno 1 3 4 3 2 1 2 5 4 1 1 27.0 2. USA 93586 DownTime Summit 40 Ed Freitag / Molly Haley 2 2 2 4 3 3 1 1 3 7 4 32.0 3. GBR 53N Music Swan 53 James Blakemore 5 1 1 1 1 5 7 6 6 4 10 47.0 4. USA 39516 Avalanche Farr 395 Craig Albrecht 4 5 3 2 9 2 9 9 2 3 5 53.0 5. USA 12 Red Sky J 122 John Pearson 7 8 6 6 4 9 4 3 11 2 3 63.0 6. USA 39532 Old School Farr 395 Ganson Evans 6 9 5 7 7 4 10 2 9 5 2 66.0 7. USA 70 Pendragon X-41 quentin Thomas 3 4 7.5 9 5 7 6 4 5 10 6 66.5 8. USA 12282 Orion J 122 Paul Milo 9 7 7.5 5/RDG 6 6 8 12 1 8 9 78.5 9. USA 52920 Dunder J 122 Rupert & Jan Thouron 8 6 9 8 8 10 3 8 8 6 7 81.0 10. USA 60085 Moxiee J 122 Daniel Heun 11 12 12 10 10 13 12 7 7 9 8 111.0 11. USA 52240 SqueeZeplay IMX-40 Gregg Brinegar 13 10 11 11 13 8 5 11 10 12 12 116.0 12. USA 25279 Shamrock Sensation Nelson Marek 40 Ralph DiMattia 10 13 13 12 11 11 13 10 12 14 11 130.0 13. USA 63396 Draco Express 37 Robert Behringer 12 14 10 15/RET 12 12 11 14 13 11 13 137.0 14. GBR 8858R Jackknife II C&C 41 Andrew Hall 14 11 14 13 14 14 14 13 14 13 14 148.0 PHRF_ToT DivisionPHRF 11. USA 7311 Perseverance J 111 Bennet Greenwald 3 5 3 3 4 2 2 8 1 2 2 35.0 2. USA 40 Seabiscuit Farr 30 Kevin McNeil 2 1 4 1 3 3 4.5 1 6 5 5 35.5 3. USA 60059 Ranger Farr 40 Dax Ansley 1 2 1 18/RET 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 36.0 4. USA 50282 Miracle R/P 44 Michael Cashel 15 3 5 2 1 11 6 6 3 1 1 54.0 5. USA 30 Wicked 2.0 J 111 Douglas Curtiss 6 6 7 18/OCS 6 5 3 3 4 4 11 73.0 6. USA 50974 Arion Taylor 45 Nancy De Pietro 8 7 10 6 15 4 4.5 12 7 12 4 89.5 7. USA 17 Raven Farr 30 Mike Kayusa 12 9 11 10 5 7 9 5 5 7 12 92.0 8. USA 46850 Leverage Schock 40 Arthur H. Buhr III 4 17 9 4 7 13 13 4 9 8 7 95.0 9. USA 32006 Six Brothers C-32 Chris Kramer 5 4 2 5 11 10 18/DSq 11 10 13 15 104.0 10. USA 71 Red Stripe Flying Tiger 10M Charlie Reynolds 13 12 14 9 8 8 12 7 8 11 6 108.0 11. USA 122 Black Ice Melges 32 Laura Grondin 11 11 6 8 13 9 11 13 12 6 13 113.0 12. USA 156 Out of Reach III X-35 Louis Nees 9 14 12 12 10 6 7 15 13 10 10 118.0

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PRelImInARY Results Bow Sail Number Yacht Name Yacht Design Owner/Skipper Race 1 Race2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Race 8 Race 9 Race 10 Race 11 TotalPHRF 113. USA 60909 Bravo J 111 Sedgwick Ward 14 13 15 7 9 12 10 10 11 9 9 119.0 14. USA 35035 Zefiro Torna N/M 35 Custom John Schimenti 10 8 8 18/RET 12 18/DSq 8 9 14 18/DNF 8 131.0 15. USA 51356/28990 Spectre J 125 Brian Prinz 7 10 13 11 17 16 14 16 17 14 18/DNF 153.0 16. USA 81 Catamount II Flying Tiger 10M Mark McGowan 17 15 17 13 16 14 16 14 15 16 14 167.0 17. USA 29 Lite-N-Up Flying Tiger 10M Michael ORourke 16 16 16 14 14 15 15 17 16 15 16 170.0 B White Fleet RacingOne Design DivisionJ 44 OD1. USA 4412/42880 Challenge IV J 44 Jeffrey W. Willis 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 15.0 2. USA 4401/43787 Resolute J 44 Don and Rick Rave 4 1 2 3 4 4 2 2 3 2 2 29.0 3. USA 4414/43600 Vamp J 44 Leonard Sitar 3 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 5 4 4 37.0 4. USA 4403/49 Gold Digger J 44 James D. Bishop 1 6 4 1 2 2 5 4 4 5 5 39.0 5. USA 4413/42324 Glory J 44 Jack Neades 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 2 3 3 46.0 6. USA 4402/42844 Charlie V J 44 Norman Schulman 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 65.0 C&C301. USA 15 Themis C&C 30 OD Walt Thirion 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 2 3 1 18.0 2. USA 30007 Nyabinghi C&C 30 OD Angus Davis 2 2 2 2 1 2 5 1 1 4 2 24.0 3. USA 30001 Swedish Fish C&C 30 OD Ben Hall 3 4 3 3 2 4 2 4 4 1 4 34.0 4. USA 30002 Salt C&C 30 OD Max Buerman 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 36.0 5. USA 18 Andiamo C&C 30 OD Paul Strauch 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 6/DNS 5 54.0 J 881. USA 1 Jazz J 88 Rod Johnstone 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 17.0 2. USA 24 Deviation J 88 Iris Vogel 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 2 1 2 2 18.0 3. USA 20 Instant Karma J 88 David Betts 3 5/SCP 3 3 2 4 2 3 4 3 4 36.0 4. USA 35 Yonder J 88 Douglas Newhouse 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 41.0


PRelImInARY Results Bow Sail Number Yacht Name Yacht Design Owner/Skipper Race 1 Race2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Race 8 Race 9 Race 10 Race 11 Total

J 109 OD1. 4 USA 52202 Caminos J 109 Donald Filippelli 4 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 21.0 2. 17 USA 51 Rush J 109 Bill Sweetser 6 2 5 2 3 8 2 1 4 1 4 38.0 3. 20 USA 146 Storm J 109 Rick Lyall 1 3 1 4 5 14 7 6 1 3 3 48.0 4. 19 USA 369 Skoot J 109 Jim Vos 5 4 4 1 11 2 3 5 23 4 5 67.0 5. 8 USA 200 Emoticon J 109 Jonathan Rechtshaffer 11 8 19/SCP 6 10 4 11 3 8 8 2 90.0 6. 11 USA 260 Mad Dogs J 109 Adrian Begley 9 6 3 7 17 3 9 13 6 6 15 94.0 7. 12 USA 197 Morning Glory J 109 Carl Olsson 3 7 12 9 9 5 12 12 11 12 13 105.0 8. 9 USA 72 Gut Feeling J 109 Ted Herlihy 2 11 8 11 26/SCP 7 6 10 10 11 7 109.0 9. 25 CAN 311 WISC J 109 Paul Rafuse 13 10 16 8 4 15 8 4 19 7 6 110.0 10. 23 USA 203 URSA J 109 Brooke Mastrorio 14 17 11 17 8 13 16 8 3 5 8 120.0 11. 3 USA 360 Big Boat J 109 William Rogers 12 5 22 5 1 16/SCP 5 17 9 13 19/SCP 124.0 12. 16 USA 73 Rosalita J 109 Rick Hanson 8 13 7 13 7 6 20 16 7 14 16 127.0 13. 21 USA 273 Strategery J 109 Jack Forehand 10 26/OCS 26/DNS 10 6 18 4 11 14 9 11 145.0 14. 24 USA 266 Vento Solare J 109 Bill Kneller 21 9 21 15 18 9 23 14 16 15 12 173.0 15. 18 USA 256 Shearwater J 109 Hugh McLean 7 14 6 19 19 11 15 20 15 26/DNS 26/DNS178.0 16. 15 USA 310 Pax 3 J 109 Bob Siegel 18 15 15 14 15 16 24 19 22 10 17 185.0 17. 2 USA 243 Augenblick J 109 frederick beckham 19 16 17 26/RET 14 23 10 22 5 17 19 188.0 18. 7 USA 51992 Cosmo J 109 George Tay 15 23 18 21 12 12 13 15 12 26/DNF 26/DNS193.0 19. 22 USA 315 Sweet Caroline J 109 Glenn Marck 16 12 14 22/SCP 22 19 19 24 13 18 14 193.0 20. 1 USA 160 Ariel J 109 Jeffrey Warren 17 22 10 16 20 22 17 21 20 19 10 194.0 21. 14 USA 267 Nordlys J 109 Bob Schwartz 20 19 20 18 13 17 21 7 24 16 20 195.0 22. 6 USA 51888 Cleo J 109 Ray Pepi 22 20 13 20 21 10 22 23 21 20 18 210.0 23. 13 USA 60579 Natural Mystic J 109 John Lawler 23 21 19 26/RET 24 21 14 9 17 26/DNS 26/DNS226.0 24. 5 USA 286 Ceol na Mara J 109 David Frizell 24 18 23 26/DNS 23 20 18 18 18 26/RET 21 235.0 25. 10 USA 52418 Joyride J 109 Greg Imbruce 26/DNC 26/DNC 26/DNC 26/DNS 26/DNC 26/DNC 26/DNC 26/DNC 26/DNC 26/DNC 26/DNC 286.0 J 105 OD1. 35 USA 50 Eclipse J 105 Damian Emery 1 5 6 7 3 4 5 1 2 1 2 37.0 2. 36 USA 334 loulou J 105 Paul Beaudin 4 2 4 3 1 5 1 7 1 3 7 38.0 3. 30 USA 116 Arbitrage J 105 Bruce Stone 2 10 2 1 4 1 9 3 5 2 3 42.0 4. 33 BER 490 Distant Passion J 105 James Macdonald 3 4 1 4 7 2 2 10 4 7 6 50.0 5. 42 USA 456 Sterling J 105 Mark Lindquist 7 11 5 5 6 7 7 5 9 6 1 69.0 6. 47 USA 344 Two Feathers J 105 Mark & Jolene Masur 11 3 9 6 11 10 6 2 3 5 4 70.0 7. 43 USA 493 Tonto J 105 Fred Darlington 10 8 8 16/SCP 2 6 3 9 7 4 8 81.0 8. 40 USA 523 Santas Reign, Dear J 105 Donald Santa 5 6 12 10 9 13 8 4 6 9 5 87.0 9. 32 USA 220 Bat IV J 105 Andrew Kennedy 8 8/SCP 7 2 5 3 4 8 8 18/RET 18/DNS 89.0 10. 41 USA 488 Shakedown J 105 Jordan Mindich 9 7 10 8 8 8 12 6 11 8 9 96.0 11. 39 USA 625 Reckless J 105 Steven Marenakos 6 12 11 11 10 9 13 13 13 11 14 123.0 12. 46 USA 657 Vixen J 105 Christopher Beane 15 15 15 13 13 15 14 11 10 10 10 141.0 13. 45 USA 567 Venturesome J 105 Bob Zannetti 13 13 13 18/RET 12 11 11 15 12 13 12 143.0 14. 31 USA 51178 Atalanta J 105 Marty Galligan 14 16 14 12 14 14 15 12 15 12 13 151.0 15. 38 USA 50938 Pieces of Eight J 105 Jonah Israelit 16 14 16 18/DNF 15 12 10 14 14 14 11 154.0 16. 37 USA 167 Peregrina J 105 Josh Burack 12 9 3 18/DNF 18/DNS 18/DNS 18/DNS 18/DNS 18/DNS 18/DNS 18/DNS 168.0 17. 34 USA 418 Echo J 105 Greth Lester 18/DNC 18/DNC 18/DNC 18/DNS 18/DNC 18/DNC 18/DNC 18/DNC 18/DNC 18/DNC 18/DNC 198.0 C Blue Fleet RacingPHRF_ToT DivisionPHRF 21. USA 52134 Whirlwind Beneteau First 36.7 William Purdy 1 2 1 3 1 4.5 1 4 1 2 1 21.5 2. USA 32581 Leading Edge J 35 Tom Sutton 4 1 3 6 3 4.5 2 1 4 4 4 36.5 3. USA 33660 XLR8 Evelyn 32-2 Brad Porter 10 3 4 2 2 1 5 8 10 1 2 48.0 4. USA 52994 Maudelayne X-34 Frederick Heerde 2 5 5 11 4 6 3 6 2 3 6 53.0 5. USA 41841 Apparition Frers 41 Stephen Bowes 5 4 11 8 7 8 6 2 3 7 5 66.0 6. USA 40926 Freightrain Frers 36 Richard Hyde 6 7 2 9 12 9 9.5 5 6 5 7.5 78.0 7. USA 30252 Moxy Xp 33 Paul Brindak 12 11 7.5 4 5 7 8 3 5 9 11 82.5 8. USA 40320 Scorpion Evelyn 32 Larry Hennessy 9 10 6 10 9 2 7 7 9 11 7.5 87.5 9. USA 738 Jammy Beggar Melges 24 Tom Lee 8 8 12 1 6 12 9.5 9 8 6 9 88.5



PHRF 210. USA 93555 Nanuq Sabre 426 Glenn Doncaster 3 6 7.5 13 8 3 4 12 12 12 10 90.5 11. USA 33006 Cepheus quest 33S Matthew Asaro 7 12 9 7 10 10 11 10 11 8 3 98.0 12. USA 67518 Village Bicycle Olson 30 Rich Ketchum 11 9 10 5 11 14 12 11 7 15/DNS 15/DNS 120.0 13. USA 478 Trading Places J 105 sd Tom Wacker 13 13 13 15/DNF 13 13 13 13 13 10 12 141.0 14. 53123 Chariad Farr 37 Rick Williams 14 15/RET 15/DNS 12 14 11 14 14 14 13 13 149.0 PHRF 31. USA 283 Hustler J 29 MHOB John / Tony Esposito 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 14.0 2. USA 83350 Incommunicado Omega 36 Ed Tracey / Tim Polk 2 1 3 3 6 3 1 2 4 2 2 29.0 3. USA 269 Mighty Puffin J 29 MH Steve Thurston 3 3 2 5 2 1 4 5 2 3 3 33.0 4. 83214 Project Mayhem Santana 30/30 RC Doug & Amy Stryker 5 4 5 7 3 4 3 6 5 7 4 53.0 5. USA 19 Rumor J 80 John Storck, Jr 6 7 4 2 4 5 5 8 7 4 5 57.0 6. USA 42451 Pachyderm Frers 33 Edgar Smith 4 5 9 8 5 8 6 4 11 5 9 74.0 7. USA 41302 Borderline C&C 35 MK3 Jonathan Asch/Stephen Bishop 8 6 6 6 11 10 8 3 9 9 8 84.0 8. USA 730/1296 Hokus Pokus J 80 Donald Suter 10 8 7 4 7 7 10 10 8 8 6 85.0 9. USA 42833 Brilliant Frers 33 Arthur Kelley 7 10 10 13/RET 8 6 7 7 3 6 10 87.0 10. USA 63240 Akula J 29 MHOB Aleksandr Tichter 9 9 8 13/DNS 9 9 11 9 6 13/DNS 96.0 11. USA 40159 Stout J 29 MHOB Matthew Strand 12 11 11 10 10 11 9 11 10 10 7 112.0 12. USA 60343 The Grin J 95 Richard Eytel 11 12 12 9 12 12 12 12 12 13/DNC 13/DNS 130.0 PHRF 41. USA 51362 Cymothoe Sabre 362 David Alldian 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1.5 1 1 2 13.5 2. USA 20201 Brer Rabbit III C&C 33 Bill Loweth / David Strang 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 8 2 2 1 27.0 3. USA 31550 Arabesque Chance CTM 31 Robert Bruno 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 1.5 3 3 3 35.5 4. USA 15379 Air Express San Juan 30 Chris Fesenmeyer 4 2 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 39.0 5. USA 73042 Loki3 S2 9.1 Richard Correll 5 7 6.5 5 5 8 5 3 5 6 6 61.5



PHRF 46. USA 16644 Team DR Ranger Raymond Way 6 8 8 6 6 5 7 7 7 8 7 75.0 7. USA 165 Speedway Boogie Colgate 26 Chris Brady 8 6 6.5 11/DNS 7 6 8 5 8 5 5 75.5 8. USA 20140 Izzy May C&C 33 Luke Georgian 9 9 9 7 8 7 6 6 6 7 8 82.0 9. USA 65 Acadia Sabre 34 Todd Lalumiere 7 5 5 11/RET 10/DNC 10/DNS 10/DNS 10/DNS 10/DNS 10/DNC 10/DNS 98.0 PHRF - Doublehanded1. USA 39534 Skye Farr 395 Ty Anderson 2 1 2 1 1 7.0 2. 106 USA 106 GryphonSolo2 Class 40 Joe Harris 3 2 1 3 2 11.0 3. 52816 RockIt 2.0 Columbia 30-2 Sport Lance Ryley 1 3 3 2 3 12.0 4. 2804 Diablo Andrews 28 Greg and Carie Cutter 4 5/DNF 4 4 4 21.0 Cruising Spinnaker1. USA 60398 Testing Life Tartan 46 Brian & Deborah Mulhall 1 1 3 2 1 8.0 2. USA 12 Invictus Jeanneau Sun Fast 3600 Ted Ruegg 4 2 4 1 4 15.0 3. 351 Fidelio S&S 39 Charles Townsend 3 3 1 3 5 15.0 4. ISV 6662 Azzurra Grand Soleil 46.3 Earl (Tom) Schubert 2 12/DNS 2 6 2 24.0 5. USA 40253 Orion S2 10.3 Bryan Coon 5 6 5 4 6 26.0 6. USA 73048 Sagacious Express 34 Manfred Noack 6 5 7 5 8 31.0 7. USA 4 Reef Points RP 60 Cruiser Racer Gurdon Wattles 9 4 10 7 3 33.0 8. US 32708 Checkmate Alden 44 Frank Flores 7 8 6 8 7 36.0 9. USA 118 Manitou J 111 Greg Slamowitz 12/OCS 7 9 9 10 47.0 10. USA 60668 Amber Waves Pearson 33-2 Don Dwyer 8 12/DNF 8 10 9 47.0 11. 17 The Blue Peter Alfred Mylne 65 Mathew Barker 12/DNC 12/DNS 12/DNC 12/DNC 12/DNC 60.0 Cruising Non-Spinnaker1. USA 11426 Rascal Ericson 39 Christopher Schneider 2 1 1 1 1 6.0 2. 320 Latitude Mason 43 Brian Gillen 3 3 2 5 4 17.0 3. 6980 x-dimension C&C 43 Matthew Wall 4 2 10/DSq 2 2 20.0 4. USA 31401 Tenderly Friendship 40 Mark Masiello 5 10/RET 3 4 3 25.0 5. USA 63 Sea Biscuit sloop Michael Jennings 6 5 6 6 5 28.0 6. USA 32132 Night Fury Evelyn 32 2 Peter B Hilgendorff 10/DNF 10/DNS 4 3 10/DNS 37.0 7. USA 50663 Anna Marie Sabre 36-2 Michael Bacchetta 10/DNF 4 5 10/RET 10/DNS 39.0 8. USA 73113 Crackerjack Cambria 40 Alan Krulisch 1 10/DNS 10/DNS 10/DNS 10/DNS 41.0 9. USA 132 My Way C&C 41 Peter Holden 10/DNF 10/DNS 10/DNS 10/DNS 10/DNC 50.0


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EVERETT B. MORRIS MEMORIAL TROPHYCaminos, Donald FilippelliFirst awarded in 1975, and rededicated in 1991, it is awarded to the Block Island Race Week participant who wins his class and, in the judgment of the race committee and the Commodore, has made the Best Overall Performance.

THE ISBRANDTSEN OVERALL PERPETUAL TROPHYHustler, John/Tony Esposito First awarded in 1975, and rededicated in 1991, it is awarded to the participant with the “Second Best Performance” for the week.

ISLAND SAILING CLUB OF COWES TANKARD Interlodge, Austin & Gwen FragomenFirst awarded in 1965, it commemorates the link between Block Island Race week and Britain’s Cowes Week, after which Block Island Week is patterned. It is awarded to the boat with the top overall performance in the ‘Round the Island Race.

US-IRC TROPHYInterlodge, Austin & Gwen FragomenWill be awarded to one of the winners of an IRC Class. The award will be determined by the class winner with the best total corrected speed for the week.

JUSTIN WASLEY MEMORIAL TROPHY Caminos, Donald Filippelli Rededicated to Block Island Race Week in 1991, it is presented to the Overall Winner of the One Design Class with the largest number of entries.

JOHN ALDEN REED PERPETUAL TROPHY Ranger, U.S.N.A. MidshipmenAwarded to the best performance by a Service Academy Yacht

GOVERNORS PERPETUAL TROPHY Music, James Blakemore, South AfricaFirst awarded in 1983 to recognize the international competitors at

2015 Block Island Race Week Perpetual Trophy Winners


Block Island Race Week, it is presented to the foreign yacht with the Best Performance for the Week

VINTAGE YACHT TROPHYHustler, John/Tony EspositoAwarded in memory of Hugh Kilmer since 1971, it is presented to the yacht 25 years or older, substantially unaltered, with the best performance for the week, as judged by best percentage placement within its class

SHELTER ISLAND YACHT CLUB TEAM RACE TROPHYStorm Trysail Red, Spookie, Christopher Dragon, Vamp Three of yachts racing in two or more classes constitute a team representing a yacht club or sailing association. Teams will be scored using the average of each team member’s percentage placement within its respective class.

EMIL “BUS” MOSBACHER SPORTSMANSHIP TROPHYPeregrina, Josh BurackDedicated in 1997, it is to be 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.

GEM TROPHY- Ranger, U.S.N.A. Midshipmen The GEM Trophy memorializes the ideals of long-time club member, the late William Ziegler, III, an accomplished sailor who frequently raced his yachts named GEM at Block Island Race Week with young sailors, some of whom were recruited off the dock on race day. The trophy will be presented to the best yacht with at least 70 percent of its skipper and crew, male or female, younger than 25 years of age. Donated by Steve and Heidi (Ziegler) Benjamin.

SPECIAL CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDSJ/109 North Americans ChampionshipCaminos, Donald Filippelli

J/105 East Coast ChampionshipEclipse, Damian Emery

Swan 42 New England ChampionshipImpetuous, Paul Zabetakis

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