Bay Sailors Succeed Block Island Race Week 2011 ##Coast Guard Station Block Island
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nnapolis sailor Bill Sweetser’s Rush team won its J/109 class and became that class’s East Coast Champion at the Storm Trysail Club’s Block Island Race Week XXIV presented by Rolex, which hosted 134 teams over five days June 20-24 in the biennial Block Island, RI, event. After a slow start on Monday and Tuesday, when light wind conditions postponed racing until late afternoon, officials cancelled racing altogether on Wednesday and then, amped up again on Thursday with a lively running of the event’s traditional Around the Island Race. Light air was the soup of the day again on Friday, but none of the more than 1000 sailors competing seemed to mind—it was one final chance to make some power plays and enjoy their last moments on tiny Block Island, a delightful summer destination. The Ostberg/Olds/Daily syndicate on the Farr 40 Tsunami posted three bullets in six races and finished first in the eightboat class, with Kevin McNeil’s Nightshift team in third and the Bulman/Scholz syndicate on Yellow Jacket in fourth.
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Annapolis 68 August 2011 SpinSheet
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