(Newport, RI)- Nelson Weiderman and Jim Heagney won Class 1 of the New England Solo Twin aboard their J/105 KIMA, defeating 11 other boats in their class including two other J/105s, DARK & STORMY (winner in 2009) sailed by owner Michael LaChance and Eric Irwin and JADED, sailed by Joe Cooper and Emmet Todd.
The double-handed race took the entrants 94.1 miles around Block Island's R4, to Nomans Island's R2, to the Racon off Newport and finished at Castle Hill Light.
The predictions were for light wind, but the wind kicked up and held throughout the night. The second place boat finished just 37 seconds behind on corrected time and boats were still overlapped at the second mark after sailing 62 miles. The race started at noon on Friday July 30 and finished in the early hours of Saturday morning off Castle Hill....too bad the Newport Jazz Festival and the James Montgomery Band weren't the welcoming reception!
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