(Block Island, RI)- The Duck Island Yacht Club in Westbrook, Connecticut
and the Block Island Yacht Club have teamed up to co-host Block Island
Race Week 2018. The event will feature five days of racing (2 per day)
on Block Island Sound June 17th to the 22nd. In a “Bermuda Race” year, the event has always been much more laid back with a smaller fleet of boats. Nevertheless, the camaraderie is proportionately greater as everyone seems to know everyone sailing in the regatta. That quaintness, in fact, serves as its appeal for many sailors that simply want a relaxing “sailing vacation.”
A
number of J/crews have answered that call of competitive, but laid-back
random leg races, not all that windward-leeward, rest, rinse, repeat,
again and again in monotonous fashion kind of stuff. This year’s DIYC
and BIYC PRO’s have promised to make it fun, easy, and not too many sets
and takedowns each day! In the PHRF Spinnaker division, a total of
eight boats are sailing, half of it J/teams. Three J/111s are racing;
Sedge & Andy Ward’s BRAVO, Greg Slamowitz’s MANITOU, and Kenn
Fischburg’s WILD CHILD. Joining them is a very fast J/29, John Hammel’s
appropriately named SLEEPER from Noroton YC. Sailing in the PHRF
Non-Spin Class is Peter Hilgendorff’s J/29 MEDDLER. Should be fun! For more Block Island Race Week sailing information
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