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2009 Block Island Race Week News

The promise of at least a little breeze on the penultimate day of Block IslandRace Week XXIII Presented by Rolex curtailed the Whiffle ball and boccegames that had been underway on the lawn of the Narrangansett. With wind-less, fogged-in conditions on Block Island Sound, a postponement had been ineffect all morning, but it was lifted in the hope of running an afternoon race.

As the fleet headed out of New Harbor, boats that did well in Wednesday’slight, shifty conditions relished the prospect of moving up in the standings orholding a top position by capitalizing on the similar weather that’s expected toprevail through tomorrow.

By 1400, with clearing skies and the hint of an impending breeze, theRed Fleet R/C announced their intention to commence a sequence at 1430 andseveral boats sailed up the course to choose their side. With low tide coming atapproximately 1630, current wouldn’t be a big factor – spotting shifts and pres-sure was the name of the game.

The AP flag was still flying out on the Red Circle at 1445, while closer toshore a race was underway on the White Circle courtesy of a thermal generat-

ed by the island’s landmass, which was being warmed by a sun that hadscarcely shone in the skies over Block Island all week. The AP came down at1454 and the Zeroes (Roger Sturgeon’s STP 65 Rosebud/Team DYT (FortLauderdale, FL) and the USMMA Sailing Squadron’s Storm Trysail 65 Vanquish(Kings Point) were away by 1500, both heading toward shore on starboard.

The IRC 40A boats were off next. Michael Dominguez’s Melges 32 Bronco(Barrington, RI) had the best start we saw all week, busting out of the gate witha lead they’d not relinquish. High Noon finished second, with Lincoln Mossop’sSwan 42 The Cat Came Back (Jamestown, RI) third.

There’s a great contest staged for today in IRC 40A. The Titus/Stern/Milligan/Roche King 40 Act One (Newport, RI) had been leading all week, butJohn Cooper’s Mills 43 Cool Breeze (Springfield, MO), who’d been closing thegap all week, jumped ahead yesterday with a fourth place finish versus ActOne’s 6.5. Yes, 6.5 – Act One and Quentin Thomas’ X-41 Pendragon(Portsmouth, RI) actually tied yesterday.

“We’ve been pretty consistent all week [2, 3 and 4s],” said Cooper. “But

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we’re going to have to do better than fourth tomorrow to stay ahead. Act One iswell-sailed and likes the breeze. And High Noon is still alive – I would neverunderestimate Steve Benjamin. We’re locking the crew in tonight.”

In the Swan 42s, Preben Ostberg & Bud Dailey, Jr.’s Tsunami (Rockville, MD)owned the day and has moved up to second overall with 40 points. Phil & WendyLotz’s Arethusa (New Canaan, CT) took second yesterday and is in third with 41.Gary Jobson’s Mustang (Annapolis) galloped to a third place finish yesterday andhas moved up to sixth overall. No one, however, has a ghost of a chance ofcatching Ken Colburn’s Apparition (Dover, MA), who leads the 42s with 23 points,but the next several places won’t be decided until today’s last race.

“The racing is so good that we’re just trying to keep our points down andstay in the hunt,” said Tom Castiglione, main trimmer aboard John Hele’s Daring(Newport). “With two races on Friday, a lot can happen. Seven points separatesecond and seventh. It’s been a long time since I sailed in a regatta and couldleapfrog seven places. That speaks volumes about the level the class is sailingnow.”

IRC 40B is going down to the wire. Gordon Hall’s IMX 40 Katabatic(Marblehead, MA) leads with 22 points, chased by Kris & Kiki Werner’sBeneateau First 40.7 Mullet (Rochester,NY; 23) and Craig Albrecht’s Farr 395Avalanche (Sea Cliff, NY; 24). Mort Weintraub’s Express 37 Troubador(Larchmont, NY) has an unassailable lead in IRC 35. Praising his crew,Weintraub laughed, “I only provide the lunches and beer and pay the bills!”

On the White Circle, David Askew’s Flying Jenny VI (Annapolis) is leadingthe J/122 North American Championship, but they’ll need to be on top of hergame to hold off Doug Shaffer’s Gambler (Bayview, TX). Jeff Willis’ Challenge IV(Huntington, NY) leads the J/44s by four points over Jim Bishop’s Gold Digger(New York, NY).

Bruce Lockwood’s Farr 30 One More time (Groton Long Point, CT) is in firstplace, although Scott Baker & Moise Solomon’s Kaizen (Chester, CT) is a gen-

uine threat, being only three points behind and having won the last three races.David Betts’ J/109 Instant Karma (Southampton, NY) won yesterday’s race, butRick Lyall’s Storm (Wilton, CT) is still out in front.

Brian Keane’s Savasana (Weston, MA) had led the J/105 class all week untilBruce Stone & Scott DeWeese’s Power Play (San Francisco, CA) scored a thirdyesterday against Savasana’s 13th. Power Play leads Savasana by four; JoergEsdorn & Duncan Henne’s Kincsem (Rye, NY) is just two points behind in third. “Ina windward/leeward twice around course, positions changed a lot,” said DaveSchrader, trimmer aboard Damian Emery’s Eclipse (Shoreham, NY). The juniorsaboard Team Storm Trysail led the first lap, and there was a lot to be gained andlost on the second. On the second beat, those that went left into the beach ran outof breeze and found a header on the way out. We went hard right and found a liftand breeze.” Eclipse took a second yesterday and is fourth overall.

Paul Pakos’ Swan 44 Xenophon (Sudbury, MA) came from behind to sit atopthe leader board in the PHRF Navigator Class.

The Blue Fleet did not race yesterday. “When we first got to the startingarea, we saw 170°-175° wind direction,” explained PRO Sue Reilly. “We sent themark boat up a mile to a mile-and-a-half to the windward mark area, where hewas seeing 240°. I saw 190° a short while later. While we waited to see whatwould happen, we were seeing huge shifts and holes. When the weather markboat reported, ‘My woolies are hanging limp,” I thought of what one of the bestR/C Chairs in the world once told me: ‘When in doubt, look at the conditions andask yourself if you’d want to race in that?’ Hell no! You could sail today but youcan’t sail true windward/leeward races with 40-50° shifts. I wouldn’t even knowwhere to set up a windward mark or even a starting line. If it were aWednesday night beercan race I would’ve made it work, but not at Block IslandRace Week.”

With a 1-2 on Wednesday, Brad Porter’s Evelyn 32 XLR8 is back on top inPHRF 1, two points ahead of Bruce Gardner’s L’Outrage (Annapolis), with a tie

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for third between Dick Hyde’s Freightrain (Belmont, MA) and the U.S. NavalAcademy’s very well-sailed Navy 44 Mk1 Swift (Annapolis), skippered byKenneth Endicott. With their 1-2-1-1-1-1 scoreline, John & Tony Esposito’s J/29Hustler (Mohegan Lake, NY) has a lock on PHRF 2. Look for the Storck family andfriends to sail their J/80 Rumor (Huntington, NY) to victory in PHRF 3 (they lead byfour points). Scott Kirkpatrick’s Frers 30 Boondoggle (Wellesley, MA) leads PHRF4 by two points over Richard Correll’s S2 9.1 Loki 3 (Huntington, NY).

The U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S Coast Guard Academy and the U.S.Merchant Marine Academy teams are doing quite well. Most of the Coast Guardcadets sailing this week are in their first year of sailing big boats. “This is my firstBlock Island Race Week – in fact it’s my first season sailing big boats,” saidCadet 2nd Class Billy Cotta, who is sailing on the academy’s J/44 Glory (currentlyin fifth in class). “I have sailed dinghies since junior high school but never hadan opportunity to sail big boats – it has been hard to break in to this.”

The USCGA’s five-week Summer Ocean Racing Program is one of theLeadership Courses offered at the Academy. Since Memorial Day, they haveraced a few local club races, Storm Trysail Club’s Block Island Race, Annapolisto Newport, New York Yacht Club’s Annual Regatta, and Block Island RaceWeek. “At the New York Yacht Club’s Annual Regatta, Gold Digger was killingus,” Cotta continued. “But we’ve come a long way as a team and we’re in strik-ing distance of them now. The J/44 class is great. At the end of racing each daythis week we are able to ask the crews on the other boats questions about rig-ging and sail trim to make us better. I see this Ocean Racing Program as a step-pingstone into big boat racing. I would never have imagined a year ago that Iwould have been driving in the Annapolis to Newport Race this summer.”The USCGA’s J/120 Ricochet, skippered by Kirstin Haas, is competing in theextremely competitive IRC 40B fleet.

“I’m really impressed with what the cadets achieve – they get so muchhands-on experience and seamanship knowledge from ocean racing sailboats,”

said Jack Neades, the Head Offshore Coach of the USCGA Sailing Team. “As ateam of 10 or 11, everyone learns a lot – from planning to navigation to mainte-nance to logistics to teamwork… Down the road when they are on a cutter,they’re going to know what it’s like to be out in the middle of the ocean.”

The U.S. Naval Academy Sailing Squadron’s teams are having a great week.Their Navy 44 Swift, skippered by Kenneth Endicott, notched a bullet on Tuesdayand is in a tie for third in PHRF 1, and their Farr 53 Tomcat, skippered by JoshHinshaw, was the first boat around the windward mark in several races.

“Through the ocean racing programs, the cadets learn a lot in a short amountof time,” said Renee Mehl, the Naval Academy Safety Advisor. “I see the confi-dence that develops in them – during the first year, they are pretty quiet; into thesecond year they become outgoing and you can see their boost in confidence.”

Although Rosebud will prevail in IRC Zero, the midshipmen on the KingsPoint Sailing Squadron’s Vanquish turned in a performance to be extremelyproud of, more than holding their own – including a win! – against their rival aworld-class professional crew on a boat that’s simply faster.

“Sailing with the USMMA guys has been great this week,” said pro sailorBen Bardwell, who is helping train the crew. “It’s really refreshing. All of the kidsare so enthusiastic and pretty darn good sailors. Their level of experience andknowledge varies – some of the seniors aboard are very good and the new guysdo a good job of figuring stuff out.”

The USMMA’s J/29 Renegade, skippered by Logan Keltermann, won a racethis week and holds fourth in PHRF 2. Additionally, five members of the USMMAPower Squadron are at Race Week, living aboard their 108-foot Navy YPBLiberator and volunteering on the R/C boats.

“The academies are very important to Block Island Race Week,” said StormTrysail Club Rear Commodore Nick Langone. “They bring a lot of boats to Blockand they are great people.”

Best of luck to everyone today…see you on the Block in ought-eleven!

Friday, June 25

Low pressure will be up over the St. Lawrence with fronts to eastern NY state and then to NW New Jersey and

down to central North Carolina.

The front will slow as it comes east

We will have some low clouds early in the morning then variable clouds and some sun. We could have a shower

or thunderstorm later in the afternoon.

With the approaching front, expect to have more wind.

A SW flow is expected with 7-11kts early in the morning, 9-14kts late morning, and 10-15kts in the afternoon

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

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

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

PHRF 31. USA 19 Rumor John Storck, Jr 129 1 2 2 5 3 2 15.02. USA 401 Lunatic Fringe Robert & Bill Lehnert 129 3 3 1 1 5 6 19.03. USA 83350 Incommunicado Ed Tracey / Tim Polk 117 4 10/DNF 4 3 1 1 23.04. USA 51362 Cymothoe David Alldian 132 2 1 3 4 10/DSQ 4 24.05. USA 730 Hokus Pokus Donald Suter 129 6 4 6 6 4 3 29.06. USA 42482 2nd Chance Jon Bawabe 120 5 5 5 2 7 7 31.07. USA 52358 Pearl Robert Lee 120 10/DNS 10/DNS 10/DNS 10/DNS 2 5 47.08. USA 40766 Madcap x Dan Bullard 123 7 10/DNF 10/DNF 10/DNF 6 10/DNS 53.09. USA 50324 Pirate William Baxter 129 10/DNF 10/DNS 10/DNS 10/DNS 10/DNS 10/DNS 60.0

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

Navigator RacingPHRF DivisionNavigator Class1. USA 52853 Xenophon Paul Pakos 75 1 3 3 1 8.02. USA 47 Club Car Barry bessette 175 2 2 2 4 10.03. USA 42236 Sweet Rocket Joseph Ney 93 8 1 1 2 12.04. USA 27927 Rascal Kel Weber 129 4 4 5 3 16.05. USA 50670 Starlight John de Regt 87 3 5 4 6 18.06. USA 25742 Manitou Greg Slamowitz 99 5 6 7 5 23.07. USA 0394 Carrera Steve Zwiren 81 6 7 6 7 26.08. USA 99 Winedrop Donald Franchilli 150 8/DNS 9/DNS 9/DNS 9/DNS 35.0

Red RacingIRC DivisionIRC ZERO1. USA 60065 Rosebud/Team DYT Roger Sturgeon 1.524 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 8.02. USA 65002 Vanquish Ralf Steitz 1.519 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 13.0

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IRC 40A1. USA 60432 Cool Breeze John Cooper 1.185 2 4 2 4 3 3 4 22.02. USA 52915 Act One Titus/Stern/Milligan/Roche 1.125 1 2 1 1 4 8 6.5 23.53. USA 1200 High Noon Steve & Heidi Benjamin 1.201 7 6 7 3 1 1 2 27.04. USA 4212 The Cat Came Back Lincoln Mossop 1.180 6 3 5 2 8 4 3 31.05. BER 1000 Nasty Medicine Stephen Sherwin 1.158 3 1 8 7 2 5 8 34.06. USA 184 Bronco Michael Dominguez 1.175 9 9 4 9 7 2 1 41.07. GBR 8858 Jackknife Andrew Hall 1.120 8 7 3 6 6 9 10 49.08. USA 52496 Convictus Maximus Donald Nicholson 1.160 4 5 6 5 11 10 9 50.09. USA 52992 Tomcat Josh Hinshaw 1.319 5 8 9 8 9 6 11 56.010. USA 200 Jammy Beggar Tom Lee 1.175 12/DNF 12/DNF 12/DNS 12/DNS 5 7 5 65.011. USA 70 Pendragon Quentin Thomas 1.133 10 12/DNS 12/DNS 12/DNS 10 11 6.5 73.5

IRC 40B1. USA 9393 Katabatic Gordon Hall 1.103 3 1 3 8 2 3 2 22.02. USA 51405 Mullet Kris & Kiki Werner 1.071 1 4 2 2 7 4 3 23.03. USA 39516 Avalanche Craig Albrecht 1.114 11/DNS 3 6 1 1 1 1 24.04. USA 25279 Shamrock Sensation Ralph Dimattia 1.072 4 2 4 7 4 5 4 30.05. USA 60077 Jubilee Cal Huge 1.091 2 5 1 3 8 7 8 34.06. USA 31200 Settler Jim & Tom Rich 1.077 5 8 5 6 5 2 6 37.07. USA 39512 Scherherazade Hugh Chandler 1.123 6 7 7 4 3 10 7 44.08. USA 28990 Spectre Brian Prinz 1.093 8 6 8 5 6 6 5 44.09. USA 51790 The Cat Came Back Levine/Winogradow 1.093 7 9 9 9 9 8 9 60.010. USA 50316 Ricochet Kirstin Haas 1.091 9 10 10 10 10 9 10 68.0

IRC 351. USA 51072 Troubador Mort Weintraub 1.034 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.02. USA 40789 Lora Ann Richard du Moulin 1.031 2 4 6 2 4 2 3 23.03. USA 53194 Bluto Ben Hall / Bill Berges 1.010 3 2 9 5 2 5 2 28.04. USA 73407 Snow Bird Paul Vonmaffei 1.028 5 3 3 4 3 4 9 31.05. ISV 68 Good Girl Robert W. Armstrong 1.041 1 7 2 8 10 8 5 41.06. USA 41841 Apparition Stephen Bowes 1.040 6 5 8 7 6 3 7 42.07. USA 156 Out of Reach III Louis Nees 1.050 7 10 5 6 7 6 4 45.08. USA 51676 Promise Kept Ed Bahen 1.030 10 6 7 3 8 7 8 49.09. USA 73179 Die Fledermaus Ty Janney / Greg Janney 1.028 8 8 4 9 5 10 6 50.010. USA 52735 Havoc Adrian Ravenscroft 1.045 9 9 10 10 9 9 10 66.0

One Design DivisionNYYC Swan 421. USA 4235 Apparition Ken Colburn 4 1 3 3 4 4 4 23.02. USA 4215 Tsunami Preben Ostberg/Bud Dailey Jr. 1 5 6 14 5 8 1 40.03. USA 4216 Arethusa Philip Lotz 3 3 4 6 13 10 2 41.04. USA 4224 Barleycorn Brendan Brownyard 8 4 13 1 3 11 6 46.05. USA 4214 Daring John Hele 10 7 2 5 8 6 8 46.06. USA 4245 Mustang Gary Jobson 6.7/RDG 9 10 4 9 5 3 46.77. USA 4208 Bandit Andrew Fisher 5 12 1 9 2 9 9 47.08. USA 4204 Mutiny Gibb Kane 6 11 5 7 6 7 7 49.09. USA 4225 Interlodge Austin and Gwen Fragomen 2 2 7 8 12 12 11 54.010. USA 4206 Impetuous Paul Zabetakis 7 14 12 2 7 3 13 58.011. USA 18 Better Than.. Gosia Rojek 12 6 15/DNF 10 11 1 5 60.012. USA 4243 Blazer Charles Townsend 15/DNF 13 9 12 1 2 10 62.013. USA 4210 Quintessence Roger Widmann 9 8 8 13 14 13 14 79.014. USA 4221 Celeritas Malcolm Gefter 11 10 11 11 10 14 12 79.0

Farr 401. USA 46999 Ramrod Rodrick Jabin 1 3 1 1 2 3 3 14.02. USA 51695 Nimbus Midn. Branning / Midn. Wagoner 5 4 3 4 1 1 1 19.03. USA 92 Yellow Jacket Larry Bulman / Jeff Scholz 3 1 5 3 3 2 2 19.04. USA 40076 Nightshift Kevin McNeil 2 2 2 2 5 5 4 22.05. USA 888 Seawolf Austin Van Olst 4 5 4 5 4 4 5 31.06. USA 51313 Sundance Gerry Taylor 7/DSQ 7/DSQ 7/DSQ 7/DSQ 7/DSQ 7/DSQ 7/DNS 49.0

White RacingOne Design DivisionJ-1221. 7 USA 52902 Flying Jenny VI David Askew 2 2 2 1 3 2 4 16.02. 3 USA 56 Gambler Doug Shaffer 3 3 6 2 1 1 3 19.03. 2 USA 47 Otra Vez William Coates 6 1 1 5 2 4 5 24.0

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4. 5 USA 12241 Wings Bruno/Boyle/Callahan 1 4 5 4 4 6 2 26.05. 16 USA 61116 Spitfire Pete du Pont 5 5 6/SCP 3 8 9 1 37.06. 4 USA 12204 Christopher Dragon Andrew Weiss 4 7 8 6 5 3 7 40.07. 15 USA 60003 Pugwash David Murphy 9 6 3 7/ZFP 9 8 6 48.08. 1 USA 12 Partnership David & MaryEllen Tortorello 7 9 7 7 7 5 8 50.09. 6 USA 52835 Georgetown lll George Marks 8 8 9 8 6 10 9 58.010. 8 USA 53581 Plum Crazy II Andrew D. Skibo 10 10 10 9 10 7 10 66.0

J-441. USA 42880 Challenge IV (9) Jeffery Willis 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 11.02. USA 49 Gold Digger (11) James D. Bishop 2 2 2 3 3 2 1 15.03. USA 43787 Resolute (14) Don and Rick Rave 5 4 3 2 1 1 6 22.04. USA 42844 Charlie V (12) Norman H. Schulman. M.D. 4 3 4 5.5 6 6 3 31.55. USA 42324 Glory (10) Kevin Tongue 3 5 5 5.5 4 5 5 32.56. USA 25244 Diogenes2 (13) Malcolm Clarke 6 6 6 4 5 4 4 35.0

Farr 301. USA 28 One More Time Bruce Lockwood 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 14.02. USA 27 Kaizen Scott Baker / Moise Soloman 5 3 3 3 1 1 1 17.03. USA 704 Mummbles Team Mummbles 1 1 2 1 5 5 5 20.04. USA 21 Just Plain Nutz Norm and Cameron Dean 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 25.05. USA 31 Raven Gino Bottino 4 5 5 5 3 4 3 29.0

J-1091. 21 USA 146 Storm Rick Lyall 2 3 1 4 1 2.3/RDG 3 16.32. 29 USA 52202 Caminos Donald Filippelli 4 2 7 2 2 1 4 22.03. 19 USA 72 Gut Feeling Ted Herlihy 7 1 4 1 5 5 9 32.04. 28 USA 274 Gossip Group W 1 7 3 5 7 8 5 36.05. 17 USA 51 Rush Bill Sweetser 3 8 9 7 6 2 2 37.06. 20 USA 126 Picante Robert Salk 6 4 6 6 4 7 8 41.07. 18 USA 55 Skoot Jim Vos 9 5 5 8 3 6 6 42.08. 22 USA 162 Relentless Al Minella 5 6 2 3 9 12 11 48.09. 24 USA 243 Instant Karma David Betts 12 9 8 10 11 4 1 55.010. 23 USA 200 Mischief Mike Brown 8 11 10 9 8 3 14/DNS 63.011. 25 USA 256 Shearwater Hugh McLean 11 10 11 11 10 10 10 73.012. 26 USA 267 Nordlys Bob Schwartz 13 14/DNF 14/DNS 14/DNS 12 11 7 85.013. 27 USA 272 Jibber Jabber David Jannetti 10 14/DSQ 14/DSQ 14/DSQ 14/DSQ 14/DSQ 14/DNS 94.0

J-1051. 30 USA 37 Power Play Stone/DeWeese 2 2 4 4 5 2 3 22.02. 44 USA 523 Savasana Brian Keane 1 3 1 1 6 1 13 26.03. 37 USA 324 Kincsem Joerg Esdorn Duncan Hennes 3 1 2 2 3 13 4 28.04. 31 USA 50 Eclipse Damian Emery 4 4 3 11 11 7 2 42.05. 38 USA 326 Mopelia Denis Seynhaeve 7 7 6 3 2 3 16 44.06. 48 USA 43772 Sea Shadow Charles L. Shumway 6 10 8 6 1 6 15 52.07. 33 USA 97 Hiawatha Corcoran/Marcy 12 8 15 8 4 8 1 56.08. 41 USA 353 Woody Larry Hennessy 11 5 10 5 7 11 11 60.09. 35 USA 300 Kima Nelson Weiderman 9 9 11 7 9 4 12 61.010. 43 USA 488 Shakedown Jordan Mindich 17 13 5 15 8 5 5 68.011. 46 USA 630 Planet Claire John Koten 5 6 13 21/DSQ 13 18 6 82.012. 49 USA 50988 Andiamo Paul Strauch 10 12 16 12 15 14 9 88.013. 47 USA 657 Vixen Christopher Beane 18 14 7 9 17 17 8 90.014. 34 USA 106 Team Storm Trysail Chessie Jr Racing 8 11 17 10 18 19 7 90.015. 42 USA 389 Morning Glory Carl Olsson 13 16 12 13 14 16 10 94.016. 40 USA 344 Two Feathers Mark Masur 15 18 9 14 10 12 17 95.017. 36 USA 310 Red Sky John Pearson 14 15 14 16 12 9 18 98.018. 45 USA 627 Tolo Norman Kilarjian 19 17 19 17 19 10 14 115.019. 32 USA 77 Dark 'n Stormy Michael Lachance 16 19 18 18 16 15 19 121.020. 39 343 She's the Boss John Sutherland 21/DNF 20 21/DNF 19 20 20 20 141.0

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The Grand Raffle Prize WonRace Week participants have been buying raffle tick-ets all week in hopes of winning the Rolex OysterPerpetual Submariner. One even had a premonition.

At last night’s Mount Gay Rum party, Bob Zazzerabought a raffle ticket from Race Week volunteer AnnieFisher. When he looked at the number [006900], hecommented to Annie, “Oh my God, that’s my sail num-ber…I’m going to win the Rolex.” A short while later,Bob, from Glen Cove, NY was drawn as the GrandPrize winner. Bob is sailing aboard Breakaway, sailnumber USA 69, in the Beneteau 36.7 class.

Thanks to Bob and the many other raffle entrantsand sponsors. Because of you, the Storm Trysail Clubwill be able to contribute to two worthwhile islandcauses: The Rescue Squad and The North Light. Thevolunteer Rescue Squad is in need of trainingEmergency Medical Technicians so that their certifi-cations are up-to-date. The North Light, the 1867 light-house on the northern tip of the island, has beenunder renovation for seven years and needs funds tofinish the project. Your contributions will surely helpboth causes get much closer to their goals.

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Team USA prevailed in the medal races at Kiel Week, finishing the ISAF SailingWorld Cup event with three medals in two classes. US Sailing Team AlphaGraphicsmembers Paige Railey (Clearwater, FL) and Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, FL) domi-nated the Laser Radials by winning a gold and bronze medal, respectively, whileMark Mendelblatt (St. Petersburg, FL) and Mark Strube (West Palm Beach, FL) wona gold medal in the Stars.

Kiel Week has a reputation for stormy, windy weather, but this year’s eventfailed to live up to its reputation. As a result, most classes only got five or six races.“We had beautiful weather — if you’re on vacation,” said Tunnicliffe, “but it wasn’tperfect sailing weather.”

Railey and Tunnicliffe’s performances only further proved they have a firm graspon the Laser Radial class. This is the fifth ISAF Sailing World Cup event this year inwhich they have won: Tunnicliffe earned gold medals at Sail Melbourne in Australia,US SAILING’s 2009 Rolex Miami OCR in Miami, FL and French Olympic Sailing Weekin Hyères, France, while Railey won gold at Princess Sofia Trophy in Palma deMallorca, Spain and a silver medal at Rolex Miami OCR.

“It feels so good to win,” said Railey, who credits her win to her successful mid-line starts. She said she was able to tack easily in the first shift because she wasn’tpinned out. “I had control of my own upwind instead of someone else dictating whatI was going to do,” she said. Railey added that she has a new mental mindset thisyear: “I’m really relaxed. When I’m sailing, I’m not putting pressure on myself. I’mhaving more fun with it all.”

Tunnicliffe, who is the number one-ranked Laser Radial sailor in the world byISAF, said she was excited to win a bronze medal, despite the conditions only allow-ing five qualifying races in four days. “I sailed well and learned some big lessonsabout when to be conservative and when to be more risky, when to push a situationand when not to,” she said. “They are important lessons going into the Worlds.”Railey and Tunnicliffe will compete in the Laser Radial World Championship in

Japan in July.This was the second time Mendelblatt and Strube have competed at Kiel Week

together as a team – and the second time they’ve won. “It’s pretty nice to win goldevery time we come over,” said Strube. “Our downwind techniques are getting bet-ter, and we are trying to improve our upwind and tacks.”

US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics members who competed in the medal raceswere Andrew Campbell (San Diego, CA) & Brad Nichol (Miami, FL) who finishedseventh overall in the Star class, and windsurfers Ben Barger (St. Petersburg, FL)and Farrah Hall (Annapolis, MD) both finished ninth overall in the 34-boat Men’sRS:X and 16-boat Women’s RS:X fleets.

In Women’s Match Racing, USA’s Genny Tulloch (San Francisco, CA), JamieHaines (Jamestown, RI) and Chafee Emory (Newport, RI), whose top finishes grant-ed them automatic entry into the quarter finals, finished the regatta in sixth placeoverall.

Deb Capozzi (Bayport, NY), Emily Hill (Miami, FL/New Haven, CT) and KarinaShelton also competed in the 21-boat fleet. This was the first ISAF Sailing World Cupevent in which match racers competed in the Elliot 6m, the equipment chosen forthe new Women’s Match Racing event for the 2012 Games.

Strong American Presence OverallA total of 22 USSTAG members, five US Sailing Team Under 18 and Under 23 mem-bers and 24 additional Americans competed at Kiel Week, rounding out a large andstrong Team USA presence.

Kiel Week is the sixth stop on the inaugural International Sailing Federation(ISAF) Sailing World Cup 2008-2009 circuit, bringing together the world’s top Olympicand Paralympic class competitors.

For more information about the US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics, visit sailingteams.ussailing.org.

Team USA Grabs Two Gold Medals, One Bronze at Kiel Week in Germany

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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 classesthe start will be between the Signal Boat and Red Bell R “6” approx. 0.3miles W 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 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 Friday, June 26

0730-0830 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

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.

WindCheck Magazine hopes that you’ve enjoyed this year’s Race Week News

Look for a great photo re-cap in the July issue of WindCheck and fullcoverage of this week’s racing in the August issue. And don’t forget -you can view the dailies online at windcheckmagazine.com.

See you in 2011 - The Crew at WindCheck

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By Talbot Wilson

Martin Jacobson (Newport, RI) drove his Swan44 MkII Crescendo first across the line off St.David’s Lighthouse, Bermuda Wednesday morn-ing at 5:47:13ADT with an elapsed time of111h:32m:13s. Sailing under storm trysail and asmall jib, Crescendo finished in a 20-25 knotsoutherly wind and 8-10 foot seas.

Jacobson’s crew comment when told theirlittle, Class B Swan 44 was first to fin-ish…“Amazing.” They had not known they wereleading. As a celestially navigated entry, theyhad not been able to get any yacht positions onthe internet or through their SSB radio.

Crescendo’s crew included Jacobson asskipper, his daughter Caroline JacobsonHonorowski (New York NY), plus AaronEddington (Shinagawa, Tokyo), James Wilmot(Newport RI), Jeremy Whitty, navigator (Sydney,NSW), his son Jonathan Whitty (Sydney, NSW),Marcus Spillane (Fountainstown, IRE) and PaulAtkins (Bagowlah, NSW).

This was Aaron Eddington’s first offshore race, but he was among vet-erans. This was Jacobson’s ninth Bermuda Race, Wilmot’s fifth, JeremyWhitty’s third and Caroline Honorowski’s second. Wilmot and Whitty have

each done fourteen Sydney-Hobart races in Australia.The Class B boat had led the fleet out of Buzzards Bay, MA into the

Atlantic. The Saturday morning position reports on iBoattrack showedCrescendo still ahead of the bigger and theoretically faster Class A boats.

“Amazing” Crescendo First to Finish Marion Bermuda Race

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Then Big Bear, Jonathan Brewin’s Class A fifty-three footer, tookover the lead as the breeze filled in from the west, but retired just northof Bermuda with sail and technical problems. When Big Bear lost hermain seventy-three miles northwest of Bermuda, they were nearly onthe rhumb line from Marion. Based on tacking angles, they figured theywould have to sail a hundred extra miles and decided to motor home.

Crescendo, standing a close second when Big Bear retired, grabbedthe lead and didn’t let go. She made it into Bermuda amid driving rainsqualls, just before sunrise. They had destroyed their mainsail onTuesday at 10:00AM while taking it down during a Forty-Five knot squall.

They sailed under their safety-orange storm trysail for about the lastseventy miles. Luckily, they were positioned well to the west of therhumb line and were able to reach Bermuda without sailing many extramiles.

Jeremy Whitty, Crescendo’s Navigator, and Jacobson were proud tobe first to finish but even prouder to have done it in the celestial naviga-tion division. Jacobson said, “We never saw any stars or planets, andwe had to get our sun shots through the clouds. It was amazingly accu-rate.”

When asked about high winds and big waves, Whitty said, “It feltlike a submarine. We got forty-five plus knots in squalls and the seasweren’t really that big, just confused by the changing wind direction inthe thunderstorms that blew the hell out of us.”

Cetacea, Chris Culver’s Sou’wester 59 from Newport, RI finished sec-ond overall on elapsed time and was first to finish in Class A. She fin-ished at 8:02:24 ADT and her elapsed time was 113h 32m 24s.

Winds that had been west and southwest, favorable for a fastapproach to Bermuda, shifted to the south late Monday night and gave

the fleet a strong 25-knot headwind and an ugly beat to the finish. Thesewinds were expected to hold for the last two days.

Avalon (Barry Feldman, Newton, MA) legged out on leads Class C,and at 10:00 ADT Wednesday she was fifty miles out, one of eight boatswithin the Marion to Bermuda fifty-mile circle. Class D leader, Silhouette(David Caso, Duxbury, MA), is well ahead of the six other Class D boatsstill racing. At 10:00AM ADT on Wednesday, she was 100 miles fromBermuda.

The total number of ‘did not start’ and ‘retired’ yachts now stands atfourteen and leaves thirty-four boats on the course. Bremer Speck con-formed their retirement early Tuesday morning. She had spent the nightriding on bare poles in high winds. They are now motoring back to thestates.

Of the original forty-eight entries, four did not start to begin with, andnow eight have retired in the face of confused seas and big westerlywinds that eventually shifted to the south.

The non-starters were Paul Hubbard’s Bermuda Oyster (Hamilton,Bermuda), Stafano Pacini’s Galileo (Chestnut Hill, MA), Por Dos sailed byMark Monwood (Bedford, MA) and Shooting Star sailed by DavidKingsbury (Orange, CT).

Yachts that have retired from the race so far that were on the courseare Jonathan Brewin’s Big Bear (Hamilton, BDA) Jonathan Baxter’sPond Prowler (BER20, St. George’s, BDA) Maren Erskin’s Cayenne(Bearsville, NY), Alan Benet’s La Retreat (Basking Ridge, NJ), TomBowler’s Nightwind (West Simsbury, CT), Bill Ferguson’s Sea Fever(Milford, MA), Falcor sailed by Steve Gross (Scotch Plains, NJ), BremerSpeck (Ron Hiemann West Newberry, MA) Black Mallard (Tracy DayMcRoberts, Glen Cove, NY) and Lynley III (James Barns, Mobile, AL).

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OPERATION DRY WATEROperation Dry Water is a coordinated, national weekend (on June 26-28, 2009) ofBoating Under the Influence (BUI) detection and enforcement aimed at reducing thenumber of alcohol-related accidents and fatalities and fostering a stronger and morevisible deterrent to alcohol use on the water.

Coordinated by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators -working with the states, the U.S. Coast Guard and other partner agencies - OperationDry Water will increase the number of BUI checkpoints and allow law enforcementofficials to test more operators for alcohol/drug use in accident investigations.

In 2007, Coast Guard statistics indicate that 21% of all boating fatalities were aresult of alcohol use. This continues an upward trend in the percentage of fatalitieswhere alcohol was the primary cause of the accident. Details at operationdrywater.org

THE FINAL 400 MILES(June 25, 2009; Day 1) - Sailing confidently in 10 -12 knots of breeze, PUMA,Telefónica Blue and Ericsson 4 were the front runners off the start line for the tenthand final leg of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 from Stockholm to St Petersburg inRussia. Although speeds were good as the fleet left Sweden behind, the leg isexpected to be predominantly upwind to Russia and race rules allow for RaceDirector, Jack Lloyd, to shorten the 400-mile course if necessary. The fleet mustarrive in St Petersburg on Saturday morning in order to clear customs and passthrough two bridges, which will be raised specially in order to let the fleet into the

historic city. Team Russia joined the pack once the racing fleet had completed theinshore loop, to sail, but not to race, homewards to St Petersburg.

ROLEX FARR 40 WORLDSPorto Cervo, Italy (June 25, 2009; Day 2) - Jim Richardson’s Barking Mad (USA) leadsthe Rolex Farr 40 World Championship overall classification for the second day run-ning. Richardson, with tactician Terry Hutchinson (America’s Cup campaigns in 2000,2003 and 2007) took his second bullet of the series in the first of today’s two raceswhile Giovanni Maspero’s Joe Fly (ITA) claimed victory in the second race, bringingher up to second place overall, just one point behind Barking Mad.

The first race of the day, the fourth of the series, started at 11.15 am after a gen-eral recall. Accompanied by 16 to 18 knots of westerly wind (280°), Barking Mad tookthe start and set the pace around the course, increasing her lead continuously to fin-ish well ahead. Joe Fly, with Francesco Bruni on tactics, was in second place aroundthe first windward mark but dropped back to cross the finish line in fourth place.

Two general recalls took place before Race Five could be started at 13.10 and 11boats took a ZFP penalty for infringing the one minute rule. The wind had dropped to15 knots and this time it was Joe Fly’s turn to lead coast to coast, followed at the firstwindward mark by Doug Douglass’ Goombay Smash (USA) who later dropped toseventh place. Results after five races (top 5 of 25; boat name, skipper/tactician):1. Barking Mad (USA), Jim Richardson/Terry Hutchinson, 1-6-4-1-6, 18 points2. Joe Fly (ITA), Giovanni Maspero/Franceso Bruni, 4-5-5-4-1, 193. Nerone (ITA), Massimo Mezzaroma/Vasco Vascotto, 5-1-13-2-4, 254. Mascalzone Latino (ITA), Vincenzo Onorato/Adrian Stead, 2-10-2-9-8/ZFP, 315. Goombay Smash (USA), William Douglass/Morgan Larson, 7-2-12-8-7, 36

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Although there’s no Rolex timepiece at stake, the sailors who are competingfor the John Alden Reed Perpetual Trophy would probably say that theyplace more value on the bragging rights that go along with having theirschool’s name engraved on this cup.

The Storm Trysail Club awards the Reed Trophy to the ServiceAcademy yacht that posts the best performance at Race Week. With eightboats in contention for the honor this year (sailing in nearly as many classes)

the academies came set for a tough scrap.Two years ago, the United States Naval Academy Sailing Squadron’s Farr

53 Tomcat (Annapolis, MD) skippered by Midshipman 1/c ChristopherHamilton, finished fourth in IRC Zero. Tomcat is back this year, sailing in IRC40A and skippered by Josh Hinshaw.

Over in IRC 40B, Kirstin Haas has been helming the U.S. Coast GuardAcademy’s J/120 Ricochet (New London, CT) in a very competitive fleet.

Donated to the U.S. Coast Guard Foundation by Tom Lee, Ricochettook seventh in Class 4 of the St. David’s Lighthouse Division in the2008 Newport-Bermuda Race, leading her class for much of therace before being slowed by rudder problems.

The USCGA’s other entry, the venerable Glory, is sailing in theJ/44 One-Design class skippered by Kevin Tongue. Glory (donatedto the U.S. Coast Guard Foundation by Jim Bishop) was fifth inclass at BIRW in ’07 and finished third in Class 5 of the St. David’sLighthouse Division at the 2008 Newport-Bermuda Race. The 44Class is not only one of the most competitive here at Race Week,but one of the most closely-knit. These sailors will surely havegained plenty of experience rubbing elbows with the veterans ofthis class.

A pair of service academy boats has been engaged in battleall week long in the Farr 40s. Nimbus, jointly entered by the U.S.Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point, NY) and Oak Cliff YachtClub (Oyster Bay, NY) and co-skippered by Midshipmen ChrisBranning and Mike Wagoner, is duking it out with the U.S. NavalAcademy Sailing Squadron’s Seawolf, with Austin Van Olst at the

Service Academies Battle for the Reed Trophy

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helm.The Naval Academy’s other entry is their Navy 44 Mk II Swift, steered

this week by Ken Endicott in the IRC 35 class. Swift holds a tie for thirdplace and will surely keep the pressure on, as they are in strong contentionfor the Reed.

Renegade, the USMMA’S entry in the J/29 class (PHRF 2), is skipperedby midshipman Logan Keltermann. Thus far, the J/29 class has been domi-nated by John & Tony Esposito’s Hustler, whose only 2nd place finish cameat the hand of Keltermann and crew.

The Kings Point Sailing Squadron’s STP 65 Vanquish is competing in IRCZero this week. Skippered by Ralf Steitz, Vice President of the USMMASailing Foundation, Vanquish was the second boat to finish the 2009 FortLauderdale to Charleston Race, crossing the line about 40 minutes afterRoger Sturgeon’s Rosebud/Team DYT. Vanquish (formerly namedMoneypenny) was donated to the USMMA by Jim Swartz, and the midship-men voted to retain the “007” theme (James Bond drove a speedy AstonMartin Vanquish in the film Die Another Day). With such an advanced boatand going head to head with the likes of Rosebud, this boat, naturally, isfilled with some of the most experienced sailors KP has trained.

With such tight competition between the two Farr 40s and similarscores across the rest of the service academy fleet, the Reed Trophy is stillwithin reach for any of the schools. In all likelihood, this award will not bedecided until the end of the day today.

Regardless of the outcome of this week’s racing, these sailors are sureto develop a love of the island and the competition and return year afteryear. The Swan 44, Xenophon (currently 1st in the Navigator Class), is pri-marily crewed by retired Coast Guard admirals and captains. Wednesdaynight, Xenophon skipper Paul Pakos invited the entire USCG team to theirhouse for dinner.

The advantage of being able to sail as a team during the ‘off-season’ isa major plus for the service academies. When the time comes to get backto sailing in college regattas, they’ll have a whole summer season of experi-ence under their belts. When STC runs its annual Columbus Day weekendIntercollegiate Offshore Regatta, hosted by Larchmont Yacht Club(Larchmont, NY), colleges from across the country compete in big boatsloaned by area racers. Of the nearly forty teams competing, look for theservice academies to top the scoreboard, as they always fare well at thiscollege sailor’s favorite on the Fall Schedule. In fact, in 2008,Massachusetts Maritime Academy was the overall winner.

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