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2009 Block Island Race Week News

The sand sharks that inhabit the normally peaceful waters around BlockIsland must be asking one another, “What the hell happened?!” There werehundreds of these three- to four-foot squalos (also known as dogfish) in thearea during yesterday’s race, presumably having a good time basking onthe surface and surfing the six-to eight-foot waves before being overrun byfins of a different, altogether more malevolent nature.

“We were struggling a bit going downwind at one point until we real-ized we’d picked up a shark on our keel,” said Malcolm Park, project man-ager and main trimmer on Roger Sturgeon’s STP Rosebud/ Team DYT (FortLauderdale, FL). “Once we got that clear we were good to go. I just spokewith Vanquish (the Kings Point Sailing Squadron’s Storm Trysail 65) and theypicked up a shark, too.” Park, who reported reaching boatspeeds of 23knots, added, “It was beautiful out there today.” Rosebud blitzed the 23-milecourse in 1 hour and 43 minutes, taking line honors and winning a Rolex.

Another boat making shark contact was Rodrick Jabin’s Farr 40 Ramrod

(Annapolis, MD). “We were going 12 to 16 knots downwind, then all of asudden we were doing 11 to 13,” said mastman Matt Weimer. “We had toback down to shake him free.” Despite of the delay, Ramrod went on to winher class.

Perhaps the arrival of Sunday’s blustery front (crews that went out forpractice reported 30 knots), and the possibility of even more wind for yes-terday’s Round the Island Race was the reason for the somewhat subduedanticipation on the docks in the morning, with many conversations seem-ingly quieter than usual as crews contemplated how much breeze wasforthcoming. In fact, we heard several unsubstantiated reports of sailors(individuals whose reputations for hard-partying are indeed well-deserved)being pulled aside for gentle but firm admonishment to set an early coursefor bed instead of venturing out to Captain Nick’s or the Yellow Kittens on

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Preliminary Results . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Events Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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Sunday night. As it turned out, the breeze didn’t really start rippin’ until mostboats were back on the dock, although most crews (well-rested or otherwise)had their hands full.

Unlike previous years, the Regatta Committee elected to run the Roundthe Island Race in a clockwise direction and to start the faster boats first.With the first leg an upwind slog to “1BI” in steep waves, this reduced thenumber of crossings of boats having wide speed differentials.

The IRC Zero and IRC 40A boats were off first, with Rosebud andVanquish initially going left and right, respectively. Heidi & Steve Benjamin’sTripp 41 High Noon (Norwalk, CT) also went left. The NYYC Swan 42s startednext, split roughly equally between the left and right side of the course. Thebeach was the place to be, however, and both IRC Zero boats short-tackedup the shore. Rosebud reached 1BI with a substantial lead, covering about aquarter mile before setting their chute. The midshipmen aboard Vanquishwere more aggressive, making a flawless hoist just after rounding and takingoff in pursuit.

The U.S. Naval Academy Sailing Squadron’s Farr 53 Tomcat (Annapolis,MD) rounded 1BI in third, and would ultimately finish fifth in class. “We had agood upwind leg,” said Skipper Joshua Hinshaw. “We were hitting 19 knotsdownwind with our masthead chute…although we had one spinout. Weshort-tacked up the western side of the island to avoid the current. It was anexciting race from start to finish.”

Some of the day’s closest action was in the NYYC Swan 42s. Most boatsrounded 1BI within a two- to three-minute span, and things got even moreinteresting on the tight reach along the island’s south shore. “I think we set arecord for broaches,” said Marcin Rojek, who shared helming duties aboardBetter Than…(Brooklyn, NY) with his mom, Gosia. “I drove the upwind legsand Marcin drove the downwind ones. We tried our hardest to stay undercontrol,” said Gosia, who is assembling an all-women crew for the NYYCSwan 42 North Americans next month.

The first beat was rough, but it was nothing compared to the reachingleg. Tom Lee’s Melges 32 Jammy Beggar (Essex, CT) experienced a seeminglyinterminable series of broaches before getting things under control. TheNaval Academy Sailing Squadron’s Farr 40 Seawolf (Annapolis, MD), withAustin Van Olst at the helm, was less fortunate, with a series of violentbroaches that ended with a shredded chute. “It was interesting to say theleast,” said Meredith Adams, who’s working pit on Larry Bulman & JeffScholz’s Farr 40 Yellow Jacket (Bethesda, MD). “There were spinouts allaround us, but we had good verbal communication and kept it together.”Yellow Jacket finished fourth in class.

Cameron Dean, skippering Just Plain Nutz (Pleasant Valley, NY), a Farr 30he co-owns with his father Norm, said, “We saw a couple J/109s blow uptheir chutes, so we were patient on our spinnaker set…we were flying down-wind. Today was very windy and very fun!” Just Plain Nutz finished second,25 seconds astern of Mummbles, entered by Team Mummbles of Annapolis,MD, who currently lead the standings in the Farr 30 East Coast Championship.

Things remained extremely close in the NYYC Swan 42s all the wayaround. Preben Ostberg & Bud Dailey, Jr.’s Tsunami (Rockville, MD) had awipeout off Old Harbor, but made a swift recovery to finish first, three sec-onds ahead of Austin & Gwen Fragomen’s Interlodge (Portsmouth, RI). Phil &Wendy Lotz’s Arethusa (New Canaan, CT) took third, only eight secondsbehind Interlodge. Asked if others in his class had troubles on the downwindleg, which stretched for more than a third of the course, Fragomen laughed,“I was too busy trying to not wipe out to notice anyone else!”

Mustang (Annapolis, MD) finished 13th in the NYYC Swan 42s, after a col-lision with Chuck Townsend’s NYYC 42 Blazer (Newport, RI), who was on porttack. Damage to both boats was relatively minor. Mustang’s skipper, GaryJobson, is sailing in his seventh Block Island Race Week. “In 1971, I crewedfor Arthur “Tuna” Wullschleger and I was the youngest guy on the boat.

Today, at 59, I’m the oldest guy on the boat by far,” he chuckled, noting thathe’s the same age Tuna was when he sailed with him as a kid. “[He’s] one ofthe heroes of the sport,” added Jobson.

The inaugural J/122 North American Championship is underway, and theleader is Wings (Irvington, NY), co-owned by Mike Bruno, Tom Boyle & JimCallahan. Wings flew across the finish line 24 seconds ahead of DavidAskew’s Flying Jenny VI (Annapolis, MD). “We had excellent boatspeed,”said Bruno, who steered yesterday. “We got a clean start and got to thebeach first…picked up a lift and rounded 1BI first. We had a reaching kite upand Flying Jenny had more of a runner so they soaked below us and gotahead. At the bottom of the run, we caught up and got just in front as the beatstarted. We covered and stayed to the right. I think there was current reliefinside, which helped a bit. There’s a lot more to go this week, with tough com-petition.”

“It was really close all the way around the island,” said Askew. “The topthree boats were trading places. On the last beat to the finish, Wings ownedthe right as they kept pinging us to the left. We didn’t break anything today -we were pretty conservative with our sail choices and maneuvers. The J/122class has strict sail limitations. For example, we can only use three spin-nakers all week so if we lose one it could be pretty tough with four days togo. We want to win the regatta and stay out of trouble, so a second place fin-ish is just fine.” Doug Shaffer’s J/122 Gambler (Bayview, TX) took third. EricOlving, driving Gambler, said, “We had our heavy #1 up, and the other guyshad their #3 or #4s…we’re holding our own and we’re happy with our result.”

Brad Porter’s Evelyn 32 XLR8 (Westbrook, CT) crushed in PHRF 1 andclaimed first overall in PHRF. “We had a very, very good start and sailed themiddle of the course,” Porter noted. “Most of the boats that went left gotflushed past 1BI. We set [our chute] right at the mark and got a pretty biglead. We did well by staying close to the island and out of the current.”

Rob and Bill Lehnert’s LS-10 Lunatic Fringe (Cutchogue, NY) took third inPHRF 3. “I like the Round the Island Race best – I could do this every day,”said Rob. “We didn’t break anything, but we watched my good friend BillBaxter lose his rig (Pirate; Abbott 33; Cutchogue, NY). “We were windward toBill and watched him hit a wave, then the rig went. We went over to see ifthey were OK and they waved us off to keep racing.”

Paul Pakos’ Swan 44 Xenophon (Sudbury, MA), with a crew consistingprimarily of former Coast Guardsmen who’ve done Race Week together formany years, won the PHRF Navigator class by about three minutes. “Wesailed with a reefed main and a #3,” said Pakos. “We were tempted tochange sails but decided to minimize the sailhandling. The sail was delami-nating the entire last leg. In fact, we were making long tacks in the interest ofkeeping it together. I asked several times, ‘How many tacks do we have left inthis sail?’ We barely got across the line with it still together. We’re going tosee what we can do to patch it up tonight.”

In the J/44s, Jeff Willis’ Challenge IV (Huntington, NY) came out on top,with Jim Bishop’s Gold Digger (New York, NY) second. The U.S. Coast GuardAcademy’s Glory (New London, CT) sailed a great race, finishing third.“[Today] wasn’t as bad as expected, although it was a bit scary,” allowedAmy Brodsky, who’s handling pit duties aboard Malcolm Clarke’s Diogenes 2(Jamestown, RI). “We saw at least ten boats lose their chutes…I love it whenit’s like this. Besides, when it’s Storm Trysail, you gotta race!”

Louis Nees’ X-35 Out of Reach III (Port Washington, NY) finished seventhin IRC 35. “We had a rookie on board and she did great,” said crewmanAndrew Prisco. “She wasn’t scared and was not timid. She may have been abit cold, but that’s it.” Mark Einhaus, also sailing on Out of Reach III, is enjoy-ing his first-ever trip to Block Island. “It’s awesome,” he enthused. “Thecamaraderie and parties are great, and I had my first mudslide, too…I’ve onlydropped one so far!”

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Preliminary ResultsArea: BlueDivision: One DesignBeneteau 36.7

Sail Number Yacht Name Yacht Design Owner/Skipper Rating Finish Time Elapsed Time Corrected Time Class Fleet1 USA 52121 Quokka Beneteau First 36.7 Tom Peelen 14:00:24 12 USA 142 Crossbow Beneteau First 36.7 Roy Halvorsen 14:01:33 23 USA 258 Tango Beneteau First 36.7 Chuck Norris 14:05:43 34 USA 52134 Whirlwind Beneteau First 36.7 William Purdy 14:07:02 45 USA 230 Resolute Beneteau First 36.7 Junius Brown 14:11:13 56 USA 69 Breakaway Beneteau First 36.7 Richie Palmer 14:19:48 6

PHRF DivisionPHRF 11 USA 33940 XLR8 Evelyn 32 Brad Porter 99 13:56:54 0:02:51:54 0:02:22:12 1 12 USA 73456 L'outrage Beneteau 34 Bruce Gardner 99 14:00:11 0:02:55:11 0:02:25:28 2 33 NA 11 Swift Navy 44 MkI Kenneth Endicott 93 14:04:35 0:02:59:35 0:02:31:40 3 74 USA 51799 Jabberwocky C&C 99 Jonathan Bier 99 14:09:09 0:03:04:09 0:02:34:27 4 105 USA 40926 Freightrain Frers 36 Dick Hyde 90 14:06:49 0:03:01:49 0:02:34:49 5 116 USA 41810 Deviation Soverel/Tartan Iris Vogel 90 14:07:57 0:03:02:57 0:02:35:56 6 137 USA 3333 Straight Jacket Quest Sanford Tyler 99 14:13:01 0:03:08:01 0:02:38:18 7 158 USA 42236 Sweet Rocket Frers 36 Joseph Ney 93 14:25:34 0:03:20:34 0:02:52:39 8 259 USA 47 Brimapax Melges 24 Peter Boyce Hilgendorff 99 DNF 11 2610 USA 40244 Dead Reckoning Dehler DB2 Ray Way 111 DNF 11 27

PHRF 2 - J-291 USA 283 Hustler J 29 MHOB John & Tony Esposito 111 14:08:23 0:02:58:23 0:02:25:05 1 22 USA 269 Mighty Puffin J 29 MHOB Steve Thurston 111 14:15:07 0:03:05:07 0:02:31:48 2 83 USA 31628 Showdown J 29 MH Bijan Rasadi 114 14:16:07 0:03:06:07 0:02:31:55 3 94 USA 257 Rift J 29 MHOB Bill Maher/Reuven Latovitzki111 14:24:03 0:03:14:03 0:02:40:45 4 175 USA 53303 Seefest J 29 MH Ira Perry 114 DNF 7 296 USA 32347 Renegade J 29 Frac Midn. Logan Koltermann 123 DNF 7 31

PHRF 31 USA 19 Rumor J 80 John Storck, Jr 129 14:15:10 0:03:05:10 0:02:26:28 1 42 USA 51362 Cymothoe Sabre 36 David Alldian 132 14:17:39 0:03:07:39 0:02:28:02 2 53 USA 401 Lunatic Fringe LS-10 / SOCA Robert & Bill Lehnert 129 14:18:10 0:03:08:10 0:02:29:27 3 64 USA 83350 Incommunicado Omega 36 Ed Tracey / Tim Polk 117 14:21:44 0:03:11:44 0:02:36:37 4 145 USA 42482 2nd Chance C&C35 Mk III Jon Bawabe 120 14:33:17 0:03:23:17 0:02:47:17 5 226 USA 730 Hokus Pokus J 80 Donald Suter 129 14:36:42 0:03:26:42 0:02:47:59 6 237 USA 40766 Madcap x J 27 Dan Bullard 123 14:38:33 0:03:28:33 0:02:51:38 7 248 USA 50324 Pirate Abbott 33 William Baxter 129 10 309 USA 52358 Pearl Morris M36 DS Robert Lee 120 10 33

PHRF 41 USA 1257 Alohomora J 24 Kyle Fast 174 14:42:58 0:03:27:58 0:02:35:45 1 122 USA 73042 Loki III S2-9.1 Richard Correll 135 14:34:48 0:03:19:48 0:02:39:17 2 163 USA 011 Boondoggle Frers 30 Scott Kirkpatrick 132 14:37:19 0:03:22:19 0:02:42:42 3 184 USA 15379 Air Express San Juan 30 Chris Fesenmeyer 171 14:49:22 0:03:34:22 0:02:43:03 4 195 USA 519 Pale Rider J 30 Stefan Jans 135 14:39:19 0:03:24:19 0:02:43:49 5 206 USA 43443 Mistress S2 7.9 Bryan Coon 174 14:53:55 0:03:38:55 0:02:46:43 6 217 USA 4198 Wunder Dog J 24 Bill Mortensen 174 9 288 USA 165 Speedway Boogie Colgate 26 Chris Brady 159 9 32

Navigator RacingPHRF DivisionNavigator Class1 USA 52853 Xenophon Frers/Nautor Swan Paul Pakos 75 14:24:25 0:03:09:25 0:02:46:55 1 12 USA 47 Club Car S2 7.9 Barry bessette 175 14:57:56 0:03:42:56 0:02:50:25 2 23 USA 50670 Starlight Cambria 46 John de Regt 87 14:32:54 0:03:17:54 0:02:51:47 3 34 USA 27927 Rascal J 34C Kel Weber 129 14:56:08 0:03:41:08 0:03:02:26 4 45 USA 25742 Manitou C & C 110 Greg Slamowitz 99 14:56:43 0:03:41:43 0:03:12:01 5 56 USA 0394 Carrera C&C 37/40+ Steve Zwiren 81 15:18:53 0:04:03:53 0:03:39:35 6 67 USA 99 Winedrop sloop Donald Franchilli 150 DNF 8 7

Red RacingIRC DivisionIRC ZERO1 USA 60065 Rosebud/Team DYT STP65 Roger Sturgeon 1.524 12:18:15 0:01:43:15 0:02:37:21 1 12 USA 65002 Vanquish Storm Trysail 65 Ralf Steitz 1.519 12:26:48 0:01:51:48 0:02:49:49 2 3

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IRC 40A1 USA 52915 Act One King 40 Titus Stern, Milligan, Roche 1.125 13:03:29 0:02:28:29 0:02:47:02 1 22 USA 60432 Cool Breeze Mills 43 Custom John Cooper 1.185 13:01:02 0:02:26:02 0:02:53:02 2 43 BER 1000 Nasty Medicine Corby 41 Stephen Sherwin 1.158 13:05:26 0:02:30:26 0:02:54:12 3 54 USA 52496 Convictus Maximus Farr 42 IRC Donald Nicholson 1.160 13:07:26 0:02:32:26 0:02:56:49 4 105 USA 52992 Tomcat Farr 53 Josh Hinshaw 1.319 12:52:02 0:02:17:02 0:03:00:44 5 156 USA 4212 The Cat Came Back NYYC Swan 42 Lincoln Mossop 1.180 13:09:40 0:02:34:40 0:03:02:30 6 177 USA 1200 High Noon Tripp 41C Steve & Heidi Benjamin 1.201 13:09:42 0:02:34:42 0:03:05:47 7 218 GBR 8858 Jackknife J 133 Andrew Hall 1.120 13:21:28 0:02:46:28 0:03:06:26 8 239 USA 184 Bronco Melges 32 Michael Dominguez 1.175 13:20:56 0:02:45:56 0:03:14:58 9 2910 USA 70 Pendragon X-41 Quentin Thomas 1.133 13:27:27 0:02:52:27 0:03:15:23 10 3011 USA 200 Jammy Beggar Melges 32 Tom Lee 1.175 DNF 12 32

IRC 40B1 USA 51405 Mullet Beneteau First 40.7 Kris & Kiki Werner 1.071 13:28:04 0:02:43:04 0:02:54:38 1 62 USA 60077 Jubilee Archambault A40rc Cal Huge 1.091 13:30:07 0:02:45:07 0:03:00:08 2 123 USA 9393 Katabatic IMX 40 Gordon Hall 1.103 13:28:36 0:02:43:36 0:03:00:27 3 134 USA 25279 Shamrock SensationNelson/Marek 40 Ralph Dimattia 1.072 13:33:26 0:02:48:26 0:03:00:33 4 145 USA 31200 Settler Peterson / Minneford 42 Jim & Tom Rich 1.077 13:33:09 0:02:48:09 0:03:01:05 5 166 USA 39512 Scherherazade Farr 395 Hugh Chandler 1.123 13:28:24 0:02:43:24 0:03:03:29 6 197 USA 51790 The Cat Came Back J 120 Levine/Winogradow 1.093 13:36:12 0:02:51:12 0:03:07:07 7 248 USA 28990 Spectre Tripp 40 Brian Prinz 1.093 13:36:13 0:02:51:13 0:03:07:08 8 259 USA 50316 Ricochet J 120 Kirstin Haas 1.091 14:09:38 0:03:24:38 0:03:43:15 9 3110 USA 39516 Avalanche Farr 395 Craig Albrecht 1.114 DNS 12 33

IRC 351 ISV 68 Good Girl J 100 Robert W. Armstrong 1.041 13:33:00 0:02:48:00 0:02:54:53 1 72 USA 40789 Lora Ann Express 37 Richard du Moulin 1.031 13:35:16 0:02:50:16 0:02:55:32 2 83 USA 53194 Bluto Evelyn 32-2 Ben Hall / Bill Berges 1.010 13:39:55 0:02:54:55 0:02:56:39 3 94 USA 51072 Troubador Express 37 Mort Weintraub 1.034 13:36:33 0:02:51:33 0:02:57:22 4 115 USA 73407 Snow Bird W. D. Schock 35 Paul Vonmaffei 1.028 13:43:23 0:02:58:23 0:03:03:22 5 186 USA 41841 Apparition Frers 41 Stephen Bowes 1.040 13:41:57 0:02:56:57 0:03:04:01 6 207 USA 156 Out of Reach III X-35 Louis Nees 1.050 13:42:06 0:02:57:06 0:03:05:57 7 228 USA 73179 Die Fledermaus J 35 Ty Janney / Greg Janney 1.028 13:48:36 0:03:03:36 0:03:08:44 8 269 USA 52735 Havoc X-35 Adrian Ravenscroft 1.045 13:47:42 0:03:02:42 0:03:10:55 9 2710 USA 51676 Promise Kept Beneteau First 36.7 Ed Bahen 1.030 13:51:43 0:03:06:43 0:03:12:19 10 28

One Design DivisionNYYC Swan 421 USA 4215 Tsunami NYYC Swan 42 Preben Ostberg / Bud Dailey Jr. 13:02:36 12 USA 4225 Interlodge NYYC Swan 42 Austin and Gwen Fragomen 13:02:39 23 USA 4216 Arethusa NYYC Swan 42 Philip Lotz 13:02:47 34 USA 4235 Apparition NYYC Swan 42 Ken Colburn 13:04:20 45 USA 4208 Bandit NYYC Swan 42 Andrew Fisher 13:06:10 56 USA 4204 Mutiny NYYC Swan 42 Gibb Kane 13:06:13 67 USA 4206 Impetuous NYYC Swan 42 Paul Zabetakis 13:06:27 78 USA 4224 Barleycorn NYYC Swan 42 Brendan Brownyard 13:08:14 89 USA 4210 Quintessence NYYC Swan 42 Roger Widmann 13:08:45 910 USA 4214 Daring NYYC Swan 42 John Hele 13:09:08 1011 USA 4221 Celeritas NYYC Swan 42 Malcolm Gefter 13:09:38 1112 USA 18 Better Than.. NYYC Swan 42 Gosia Rojek 13:14:49 1213 USA 4219 Mustang NYYC Swan 42 Gary Jobson RDG 1314 USA 4243 Blazer NYYC Swan 42 Charles Townsend DNF 15

Farr 401 USA 46999 Ramrod Farr 40 Rodrick Jabin 13:00:20 12 USA 40076 Nightshift Farr 40 Kevin McNeil 13:04:31 23 USA 51313 Sundance Farr 40 Jerry Taylor 13:06:44 34 USA 92 Yellow Jacket Farr 40 Larry Bulman / Jeff Scholz 13:07:33 45 USA 888 Seawolf Farr 40 Austin Van Olst 13:15:53 56 USA 51695 Nimbus Farr 40 Midn. Chris Branning/Midn. Mike Wagoner 13:19:19 6

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White RacingOne Design DivisionJ-1221 5 USA 12241 Wings J 122 Bruno/Boyle/Callahan 13:29:24 12 7 USA 52902 Flying Jenny VI J 122 David Askew 13:29:48 23 3 USA 56 Gambler J 122 Doug Shaffer 13:30:37 34 4 USA 12204 Christopher Dragon J 122 Andrew Weiss 13:31:38 45 16 USA 61116 Spitfire J 122 Pete du Pont 13:32:03 56 2 USA 47 Otra Vez J 122 William Coates 13:33:24 67 1 USA 12 Partnership J 122 D & M Tortorello 13:34:32 78 6 USA 52835 Georgetown lll J 122 George Marks 13:36:03 89 15 USA 60003 Pugwash J 122 David Murphy 13:37:32 910 8 USA 53581 Plum Crazy II J 122 Andrew D. Skibo 13:37:54 10

J-441 USA 42880 Challenge IV (9) J 44 Jeffery Willis 13:29:53 12 USA 49 Gold Digger (11) J 44 James D. Bishop 13:30:59 23 USA 42324 Glory (10) J 44 Kevin Tongue 13:33:15 34 USA 42844 Charlie V (12) J 44 N H Schulman. M.D. 13:33:58 45 USA 43787 Resolute (14) J 44 Don and Rick Rave 13:34:29 56 USA 25244 Diogenes2 (13) J 44 Malcolm Clarke 13:34:52 6

Farr 301 USA 704 Mummbles Farr 30 Team Mummbles 13:50:14 12 USA 21 Just Plain Nutz Farr 30 Norm and Cameron Dean 13:50:39 23 USA 28 One More Time Farr 30 Bruce Lockwood 13:51:13 34 USA 31 Raven Farr 30 Gino Bottino 13:53:28 45 USA 27 Kaizen Farr 30 Baker/Soloman 13:55:08 5

J-1091 28 USA 274 Gossip J 109 Group W 13:45:19 12 21 USA 146 Storm J 109 Rick Lyall 13:46:14 23 17 USA 51 Rush J 109 Bill Sweetser 13:46:32 3

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4 29 USA 52202 Caminos J 109 Donald Filippelli 13:47:08 45 22 USA 162 Relentless J 109 Al Minella 13:47:40 56 20 USA 126 Picante J 109 Robert Salk 13:48:46 67 19 USA 72 Gut Feeling J 109 Ted Herlihy 13:49:23 78 23 USA 200 Mischief J 109 Mike Brown 13:49:50 89 18 USA 55 Skoot J 109 Jim Vos 13:53:58 910 27 USA 272 Jibber Jabber J 109 David Jannetti 13:54:18 1011 25 USA 256 Shearwater J 109 Hugh McLean 13:54:45 1112 24 USA 243 Instant Karma J 109 David Betts 13:55:33 1213 26 USA 267 Nordlys J 109 Bob Schwartz 13:56:22 13

J-1051 44 USA 523 Savasana J 105 Brian Keane 13:48:50 12 30 USA 37 Power Play J 105 Stone/DeWeese 13:49:14 23 37 USA 324 Kincsem J 105 Esdorn/Hennes 13:49:52 34 31 USA 50 Eclipse J 105 Damian Emery 13:51:00 45 46 USA 630 Planet Claire J 105 John Koten 13:51:45 56 48 USA 43772 Sea Shadow J 105 Charles L. Shumway 13:52:40 67 38 USA 326 Mopelia J 105 Denis Seynhaeve 13:53:17 78 34 USA 106 Team Storm Trysail J 105 Chessie Jr Racing 13:53:59 89 35 USA 300 Kima J 105 Nelson Weiderman 13:55:09 910 49 USA 50988 Andiamo J 105 Paul Strauch 13:57:06 1011 41 USA 353 Woody J 105 Larry Hennessy 13:57:18 1112 33 USA 97 Hiawatha J 105 Corcoran/Marcy 13:57:24 1213 42 USA 389 Morning Glory J 105 Carl Olsson 13:57:44 1314 36 USA 310 Red Sky J 105 John Pearson 13:58:38 1415 40 USA 344 Two Feathers J 105 Mark Masur 13:59:11 1516 32 USA 77 Dark 'n Stormy J 105 Michael Lachance 13:59:30 1617 43 USA 488 Shakedown J 105 Jordan Mindich 13:59:48 1718 47 USA 657 Vixen J 105 Christopher Beane 13:59:57 1819 45 USA 627 Tolo J 105 Norman Kilarjian 14:02:02 1920 39 343 She's the Boss J 105 John Sutherland DNF 21

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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. The inten-tion 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 certificate usingthe maximum limit stated in the table. As stated in Section 7.4, all PHRFboats may carry a crew member less than 14 years of age in addition to thecrew 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 corresponding withthe 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

SAILING INSTRUCTIONS AMENDMENT # 3 Regatta Regulation 6.1 is changed as follows: Maximum total crew shall be the crew number printed on the boatsIRC certificate, plus one. The maximum total crew weight shall not exceed the product of thecrew number printed on the boats IRC certificate, plus one, multi-plied by 180 pounds. Boats may carry one additional crewmember less than 14 years ofage. This additional crew will not be part of the maximum crew num-ber or weight calculation. Entrants intending on carrying additional crewmembers less than 14years 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 finish,the finish line for all classes on that racecourse will be to windwardof 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 Race Weekwebsite as an attachment to the sailing instructions.

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

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Tuesday, June 230730-0830 Substitute Crew Weigh In - Race Week Headquarters0900 Harbor Signals1030 Racing1800-2000 Awards Presentation & Evening Partyvineyard vines Race DayGill & UK-Halsey and yellow tail Official Party Sponsors

Wednesday, June 240730-0830 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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The Storm Trysail FoundationHelping to Keep Junior Sailors Sailing Safely

Founded in 2008, the Storm Trysail Foundation (ST Foundation) sup-ports several programs that get junior sailors involved in big boat rac-ing, including community activities, junior safety at sea seminars,Chessie Jr. Racing, Team Storm Trysail and the STC IntercollegiateRegatta. “The Foundation hopes to provide seamanship and educa-tional initiatives at the junior level,” noted John Fisher, PastCommodore of STC. “We are cultivating the next generation of sailors,and the more thorough we are with providing the tools, the better pre-pared young sailors can be.”

“STC members like Kevin McNeil, who provided the keelboat plat-form for juniors to sail in the Chesapeake, and Butch Ulmer and AdamLoory, whose dedication to growing the Intercollegiate Regatta andRich du Moulin for his continued efforts to enhance the Safety at SeaSeminar series, are a real credit to the Foundation,” said Fisher.

With additional support from the ST Foundation, the Club will con-tinue to host its highly successful Junior Safety-at-Sea Seminars.These events have resulted in more than one documented life saved –one a junior girl who fell overboard during a race, the other a juniorboy who, too, went overboard during a Spring Series regatta. Theowner of the boat attributed the successful man overboard recoveryto what he learned while allowing his boat to be used in the STC Jr.Safety-at-Sea Seminar at Larchmont Yacht Club.

“The Storm Trysail Club’s highest priority is to introduce juniorsailors to big boat sailing in a fun and safe manner,” said STC PastCommodore Rich du Moulin. “As much as they need to understand thebasics of sailboat racing in order to be successful, junior sailors alsomust know safety at sea to be responsible stewards of our sport.”This is the fundamental premise behind the club’s Junior Safety-at-Sea Seminars, which have been praised as “uniquely resourceful andextremely educational.”

Onshore activities include presentations covering safety proce-dures, particularly man overboard recovery, and big-boat organizationand crew work. Juniors witness (and volunteer for) an in-the-waterdemonstration of inflatable PFDs and the inflation of a six-mancanopied life raft, and then spend the afternoon practicing sail han-dling and performing man overboard drills both upwind with jibs anddownwind with spinnakers. The Chesapeake Bay Station of StormTrysail has also been hosting Junior Safety-at-Sea Seminars for sevenyears, partnering with the U.S. Naval Academy.

Supporting the ST Foundation helps to ensure the future of oursport – and keep hundreds of boats returning to Block Island withfresh talent for years to come!

For more information about the ST Foundation, which has a501(c)(3) status, contact STC at 1 Woodbine Avenue, Larchmont NY10538, by phone at 914-834-8857, or via e-mail at stormtry@aol.com.

Chessie Jr Racing aboard Team Storm Trysail persue fellow Annapolis-based Mopelia, in

yesterday’s Round the Island Race

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19 Entries Accepted; Yacht Clubs to Field Amateur Teams

Nineteen yacht club teams from around the globe have accepted the NewYork Yacht Club’s (NYYC) invitation to compete in the first-ever New YorkYacht Club Invitational Cup. Scheduled to debut September 15-19, 2009,the event is for amateur sailors representing their yacht clubs andrespective nations. The event, sponsored by Rolex Watch U.S.A. andSperry Top-Sider, will be hosted by the New York Yacht Club at its HarbourCourt clubhouse in Newport, RI.

Similar to the America’s Cup of yesteryear, the Invitational Cup will bea friendly competition among 14 nations. On each team, all but two of thecrew must hold a passport of the country of the invited yacht club’s orsailing organization’s primary location. The event will be sailed in ClubSwan 42s, one-design boats developed by the New York Yacht Club anddesigned by German and Mani Frers.

That these ingredients will refuel the passion for Corinthian competi-tion among sailing nations is a certainty in the mind of NYYC CommodoreDavid Elwell, who crewed on America’s Cup defender Intrepid in 1967. Anavid Club Swan 42 sailor who will participate in an elimination series thatwill determine his club’s team, Elwell says, “I think I can speak for all theclub Commodores in saying that we look forward to getting back to thebasics: where how well a team does in competition is determined by howwell it sails, not by how much money it spends or go-fast technology itdevelops.”

“With the New York Yacht Club hosting and the world’s most illustrious

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yacht clubs participating, the Invitational Cup is positioned to become theWimbledon of sailing,” said World Champion sailor Enrico Chieffi, who isNautor Group Marketing Director. “The Club Swan 42 levels the playingfield so that the focus can be on the skills of the individual teams.”

The participating clubs, to date, are:1. Japan Sailing Federation (Tokyo, Japan)2. New York Yacht Club (New York, N.Y., USA)3. Norddeutscher Regatta Verein (Hamburg, Germany)4. Nyländska Jaktklubben (Helsinki, Finland)5. Real Club Nautico Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)6. Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (Hamilton, Bermuda)7. Royal Canadian Yacht Club (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)8. Royal Cork Yacht Club (County Cork, Ireland)9. Royal St. George Yacht Club (County Dublin, Ireland);10. Royal Danish Yacht Club (Hellerup, Denmark)11. Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club (Hong Kong, China)12. Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (Auckland, New Zealand)13. Royal Ocean Racing Club (London, England)14. Royal Thames Yacht Club (London, England)15. Royal Yacht Squadron (London, England)16. St.Francis Yacht Club (San Francisco, Calif., USA);17. Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Italy)18. Yacht Club de France (Paris, France)19. Yacht Club Italiano (Genoa, Italy)

Full details can be found at www.nyyc.org/worldinvitationalcup or contactEvent Chair John Mendez at Jmendez@nyyc.org or +1(401) 862-5202.

Tuesday, June 23

Low pressure will likely weaken some, but the system is stillstalled offshore to the SE and E of the New England coast.

There will be a much lighter N-NE gradient over the region, especially in the afternoon, with wind in the

teens up to 20kts in the morning, and possibly down to 10kts in the afternoon.

There will still be lots of clouds with light rain and drizzle,but that may end in the afternoon, and if any sun develops,

there is chance for lighter conditions to possiblelight/variable late.

Temps will still be cool and mainly in the 60s.

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Dining & Nightlife on the Block There are more than 40 dining and drinking establishments on Block Island –quite a few for a 7,000-acre island. The majority of the restaurants are situatedin the downtown area (Old Harbor) and around the Great Salt Pond (NewHarbor); all have good food and many offer great views of the water. All of thephone numbers listed here have a 401 area code.

Notable by its absence this season is Dead Eye Dick’s. A New Harborfavorite since the 1930s, this restaurant will be closed while the owners makestructural improvements to rectify issues cited by the Rhode Island FireMarshal’s office. Here, then are some perpetual sailors’ favorites.

Taking its name from the hundreds of personalized oars left by visitingsailors that fill almost all the space on the walls and ceiling, The Oar (466-8820)is located right next to the Race Week tent. Their deck has a great view of NewHarbor, especially at sunset. The Oar serves breakfast, lunch & dinner, andtheir reasonably priced menu ranges from fresh seafood to pub grub. Try thepeel-and-eat shrimp and the pan-seared tuna salad, and one (or more!) of theirfamous Block Island Mudslides.

Aldo’s Restaurant, located on Weldon’s Way, is a perpetual favorite forcrew dinners. Italian fare including pizza, pasta and seafood is served in thedining room, on the patio and in the spacious bar. Entrees include veal saltim-bocca, chicken marsala and zuppa di pesce. Friendly service, reasonableprices and consistently good food make Aldo’s a local favorite (466-5871).

Champlin’s Hotel, Marina and Resort (466-7777), on the west side of NewHarbor, is the home of the Dockside Restaurant. Open for breakfast, lunch anddinner, the Dockside features American and Cajun cuisine and a raw bar, agreat harbor view and live entertainment on weekends. Trader’s Tiki Bar, locat-

ed at the end of Champlin’s dock, serves tasty mudslides, and there’s anotherTiki bar poolside. The snack bar (open from 7am ‘til midnight) serves breakfast,lunch, snacks and pizza, and you can get desserts, fresh pastries, stuffedbreads, ice cream and coffee – and enjoy a water view from the deck at thebakery and ice cream parlor, which is open from 7am to 11pm.

The Beachhead (466-2249), located directly across from the beach on CornNeck Road, offers American cuisine with a fantastic view, and it’s kid-friendly.Indoor and outdoor seating is available at Sharkys (466-9900), at 596 Corn NeckRoad across from Yellow Kittens (see ‘Rock the Block’ below), is another fami-ly-oriented place, serving everything from burgers and pasta to seafood andsteaks. Pizza Plus (466-9939), located next door to Yellow Kittens, has pies andcalzones for takeout, and they also deliver. Three Sisters, on Old Town Road,serves gourmet sandwiches, and they offer barbecue and sushi on Thursdayand Friday (466-9661).

The island’s only steakhouse, The Tap & Grille (466-2901), located in theNational Hotel on Water Street, serves seafood (and steaks!). Their front porchoffers a view of Old Harbor, and they have live entertainment most nights. Theisland’s microbrewery, the Mohegan Café (466-5911), is next door to theNational. Their menu includes seafood, steaks, burritos and salads, all of whichgo great with their Striper Ale!

Finn’s (466-2473), located next to the Block Island Ferry parking lot, has theisland’s widest selection of seafood (don’t miss their clam chowder!), all freshfrom the fish market next door, where you can get the days’ catch for the back-yard grill or lobster bake. Finn’s has a harbor-level dining room, decks on twofloors and takeout window. Ballard’s Inn & Restaurant (466-2231), locateddirectly on the beach, offers casual dining with an outdoor deck. Their menuincludes plenty of seafood, and they have a sushi bar and a raw bar, as well aslive entertainment.

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Fine DiningBlock Island has several superb restaurants, and gentlemen won’t need to don ajacket and tie to dine in any of them. Reservations, however, are recommended.

The Atlantic Inn Restaurant (466-5883), a Victorian inn located at the top ofHigh Street, has elegant dining at an unhurried pace, with a prix fixe menufocusing on American cuisine. Enjoy cocktails and tapas on the veranda orlawn before your meal.

The Hotel Manisses (466-2836), another Victorian inn located just down thehill from The Atlantic on Spring Street, offers refined dining in their Gazebo, or abistro menu in the more casual Gatsby room. Local seafood is prepared withfresh vegetable and herbs from the hotel’s garden.

The Spring House Hotel (466-5844), also on Spring Street, has a Victoriandining room serving prime chops and steaks, and the island’s largest bakedstuffed lobster, as well as the more casual Veranda Café and Victoria’s Parlor forafter dinner drinks. All of their desserts and pastries are baked on the premises.

Winfield’s (466-5856), next door to Yellow Kittens on Corn Neck Road, offersone of the most fun and inventive dining experiences on the island, with every-thing from pan-fried crusty lobster cakes and duck comfit to coconut-crustedmahi mahi and excellent salads. Chefs Rich and Evan bring in several types oftuna, fresh swordfish and dry aged beef, and other specialties include freshlymade pasta; the lobster ravioli is superb. Winfield’s pastry chef Kelly createsmouthwatering new specials every night.

Rock the BlockThere are several nightclubs on Block Island. Many have live music, and you’lloften be able to catch a national act. If you weren’t on-island earlier this month,however, you missed the 9th Annual Block Island Music Festival (check block-islandmusic.com and make your plans for next summer).

Captain Nick’s Rock ‘N Roll Bar (466-5670), located on Ocean Avenue, is the

largest nightclub on the island. Their Race Week line-up includes the BoozeBeggars on Sunday night, Disco Night (Monday), Local Talent Nite (Tuesday),Miss Fairchild (Wednesday & Thursday) and Vivid (Friday & Saturday). CaptainNick’s big dance floor fills up every night, so get there early to claim your spot!

The Albion Pub (466-9990) on Ocean Avenue has more than 40 differentbeers, including Guinness and Bass on tap. You’ll find a well-stocked jukebox(and a DJ or live band some nights), and it’s the place to get the local scuttle-butt on where to find the night’s best action.

Club Soda (466-5397), located just off Ocean Avenue on Connecticut Avenue,serves wicked Philly cheesesteaks, sandwiches, salads, pizza and ribs, and thekitchen’s open until 11. Their drinks are “crew-priced,” and Rhode IslandMonthly rated their mudslides the best in the state. According to The BlockIsland Times, Club Soda is the island’s best place to hear live alternative music.

McGovern’s Yellow Kittens Tavern (466-5855), located on Corn Neck Road,has darts, ping-pong, pool, dancing to live bands on summer weekendnights…and mudslides and margaritas on tap!

Mahogany Shoals on Payne’s Dock, is a great place to wind down theevening’s revelry, especially if veteran Irish folk singer Walter McDonough isholding court. The show starts at 10, so grab a pint of the dark stuff, sit back (ifyou can – this place only holds about 50 people) and enjoy. The Galway-bornMcDonough strongly urges audience participation – just don’t ask him to playDanny Boy!

Play SafeImpaired driving is not tolerated on Block Island, and more than one sailor hasbeen an overnight guest of the local authorities over the years, so choose adesignated driver from your crew for the evening. Better yet, utilize the island’splentiful cabs. Have fun, and remember that tomorrow’s first gun will be firedsooner than you think.

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Penny LangonePenny did her first Block Island Race Weekin 1965 with her father Vinnie Monte-Sano.He is well known as Past Commodore andcreator of the Monte-Sano cooler, the signa-ture drink of the Storm Trysail Club. Evenwhen she was pregnant with her first child,she still crewed on the Cal 40 Illusion atRace Week and just about all of the otherraces on Long Island Sound. Penny is as familiar with Race Week as any-one on the Island today. It’s been said that, with few exceptions, she hasbeen to more Race Weeks than anyone.

Penny was a junior one-design champion on Long Island Sound andlater graduated to IOD’s and Cal 40’s. She sailed through a Force 4 stormfrom Copenhagen to Cowes, UK as a 16 year-old. She was sailing with herfather’s best friend, Arthur “Capt. Tuna” Wullschleger, another PastCommodore of the STC.

Penny is an organizer and has the ability to get things done. Herstrongest trait is working with people and getting them to enjoy the workand responsibilities. For years, she has been volunteering at Race Weekhelping to manage the Duty Desk. People who work for her give her highpraises. She will never put herself ahead of the team when it comes tothe applause. She realizes it’s the people in the trenches that do all thework, even though she gives them the direction.

“Penny is a doll – she’s the best and we couldn’t do this without her,”according to Luiz Kahl (shown with Penny).

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Get Your vineyard vines Clothes and Accessories

A Whale of a Deal Under the Tent

Polo $62Shep Shirt $70Belts $36Totes:

Large $90Small $60

Noreaster $60Duffel Bag $60Ties $60

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Scuttlebutt HighlightsSCUTTLEBUTT 2871 - Tuesday, June 23, 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.

PREPARING FOR THE FAR 40 WORLDSWhen the Farr 40 class gathers this week in Porto Cervo, Sardinia forthe 2009 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship, there will be two predomi-nant story lines: Will Vincenzo Onorato and his Mascalzone Latino teamwin a fourth straight title, and can the class avoid the controversy thatended the 2008 event?

At last year’s Worlds in Miami, FL, the pivotal moment between leadersMascalzone Latino (ITA) and Giovanni Maspero’s Joe Fly (ITA) came onthe final day when Joe Fly closely leebowed Jim Richardson’s BarkingMad (USA). Mascalzone Latino witnessed what they believed to be afoul, but when Barking Mad did not protest, ML did, with the judges rul-ing against the Joe Fly team, thus ending their title hopes.

What followed were hard feelings and strong words, with Masperoclaiming a jury conspiracy and a threat to leave the class. A year later,all three teams have returned, and Scuttlebutt checked in with BarkingMad tactician Terry Hutchinson about the incident last year, and whathe expects for this year’s championship:

SBUTT: A year later, what lessons have been learned from that 2008Worlds incident that have helped you as a competitor?

TERRY HUTCHINSON: “Not to over simplify it, but if you foul somebodydo your penalty turns. Now in defense of Joe Fly there were no whistlesblown at the time as discussed by the jury but that simply meant theydid not see the situation - not that the situation did not happen. At a2009 Worlds meeting, we have been reminded that just because there isno whistle does not mean there was not a foul. I go back to if you thinkyou fouled - don’t wait for the whistle - just do the penalty turn.”

WILL TEAM RUSSIA BE DECLARED ELIGIBLE TO RACE?A familiar face is on the horizon. Team Russia are on their way toStockholm with the intention of taking part in the leg 10 sprint to theirhome port of St Petersburg, Russia. The team suspended racing inSingapore after leg three as a consequence of insufficient funds, andhave since been trying to source funding to resume.

In the meantime, they have largely changed their management andcrew – Stig Westergaard has taken over from Andreas Hanakamp asskipper and, along with founder Oleg Zherebtsov, is the only returningmember of the sailing team - and they now face a difficult task in beingdeclared eligible to race.

Race Director Jack Lloyd said: “We haven’t seen the boat sinceChristmas time when they left Singapore so we have no idea of thestate of the electronics or the measurement condition of the boat. Shejust has to comply with the rules, like any other boat. All other boatshave to maintain the boat in measurement trim and their crew have toqualify. They just have to go through thatprocess. Riath Al-Samarrai, Volvo Ocean Race

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SCOREBOARD - REVISED: The race for second overall between PUMAand Telefonica Blue would get a little muddled if Team Russia are able tocompete. Their inclusion would increase the leg to eight boats, so ifTelefonica Blue won the leg, PUMA would need to finish seventh or bet-ter to claim the second rung on the podium, as opposed to just finishingthe leg when it was a seven boat fleet.

VOLVO OCEAN RACE 2008/9: Began in Alicante, Spain on Oct. 4, 2008,crewed around the world race in VO 70s, with ten distance legs andseven In-Port races. The final event will be Leg 10 from Stockholm,Sweden to St Petersburg, Russia (400 nm), starting on June 25th with thefinish expected to be on June 27th.

SAILING SHORTSGianfranco Tortolani’s “Citta di Salerno” capsized early Sundaywhileparticipating in the Original Single Handed Trans-Atlantic Race(OSTAR). Following the news of his EPIRB signal, a Cormorant helicopterand C-130 Hercules aircraft had been dispatched, but the Cormorant did-n’t make it to the scene, about 420 kilometres from Halifax, because ofhigh winds and low visibility, and landed on Sable Island. The Herculesdid get to the area, and Tortolani was eventually rescued by the U.S.container ship Maersk Missouri on Sunday afternoon. The race toNewport, Rhode Island, started in Plymouth, England, on May 25 with 31competitors. Excerpted from The Chronicle Herald, David Jackson

LETTERS TO THE CURMUDGEON

From Richard Jepsen, Chair US SAILING Education Division: (re, story inScuttlebutt 2867 - Behind The Club Gates) While I’ll admit I’m less sure ofthe culture of sailing in Canada, I’m quite knowledgeable about the cul-ture of sailing and its level of openness in the US. There are severalHUNDRED, if not over a thousand, community sailing organizations serv-ing the working, middle and upper middle classes around the country. Inmy marina alone there are three options for those three demographicsalone to participate, socialize and influence the culture of their program.One is a member owned collective (it is Berkeley, afterall), another ‘opento the public’ program sponsored by UC Berkeley and a commercial out-fit (mine). We are not the exception.. Go to Long Beach, Seattle,Annapolis, St Pete, Miami, Dallas, Chicago, Newport, etc., there areinexpensive, well marketed, inclusive organizations dotting those land-scapes. There are hundreds of non-profits reaching out to women, todisabled sailors, to underprivileged kids, to minorities (ever hear of thehuge event in the Caribbean called the Black Boaters’ Summit?) And,there are very ‘middle class’ yacht clubs around the country as well.BTW, according to CYA (Canadian Yachting Association) Canada has arobust network of schools and community programs as well, despite theshorter sailing season….

CURMUDGEON’S OBSERVATION“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” - Martin Luther King Jr.

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Today’s sponsors are...Race Day Sponsor

vineyard vinesvineyard vines co-founders (and brothers) Shep and Ian Murray left the

corporate world in 1998 to start a company on Martha’s Vineyard, selling theirneckties one at a time out of backpacks in bars, on boats and at the beach.vineyard vines is a proud sponsor of the Figawi Race Weekend, Bermuda

International Race Week, Charleston Race Week and the Fishermen’sConservation Association’s Manhattan Cup, a catch & release striped bass andbluefish tournament, and a strong supporter of independent recording artists.

Visit vineyardvines.com.

Party SponsorsGill and UK-Halsey

GillIn the 1970s, Nick Gill started making his own foul weather gear in his father’s lace factory because the gear on the market couldn’t cope with Great Britain’ssailing conditions. From Optis to the Olympics and the Volvo Ocean Race, you

can completely trust every single Gill product to do what is intended of it, and often a whole lot more. Visit gillna.com.

UK-Halsey SailmakersEstablished in City Island, New York in 1946 as Ulmer Sails, UK-Halsey

Sailmakers is one of the oldest groups of sail lofts in North America. Visit UK-Halsey’s Learning Center at ukhalsey.com, where you’ll find an encyclopedia

of sails, tips on tuning and sail care, an IRC center with a time-on-time calculator, and Safety at Sea videos.

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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