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Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week XXII Presented by Rolex

Fresh Breezes Bring New Life to Racing

BLOCK ISLAND, R.I. (June 21, 2007) -- Things got back to normal when 2000 sailors were greeted by a brisk northwest breeze this morning at the Storm Trysail Club's Block Island Race Week XXII presented by Rolex. After yesterday's fog and rain and the prior day's current and wind shifts, today's game was more straightforward for the 183 teams competing in IRC, PHRF and One-Design classes.

The smallest boat in the fleet, David German's (Tampa, Fla.) J/24 Mad Cow in PHRF class 5, loved it when the wind transitioned smoothly to a south-southwest seabreeze that reached a robust 16-18 knots by the second of two races.
"Finally a breeze and we were able to do something," said German back at the docks, thinking he had won the second race. "Light air and choppy water are not great for a J/24, so we've been finishing third a lot. We were resigned to the fact that we would be in trouble all week with 5-10 knot forecasts, so we were real excited when it came up."

When handicaps were tabulated, however, German had a 3-2 to add to his score line and maintained his third-place overall from yesterday. Beating him out today with two first-place finishes and also to lead on the scoreboard was Lincoln Schoenberger (Shelton, Conn.) aboard the Wyliecat 30 One Up, one of the more unusual designs here, looking more like a giant windsurfer than a sailboat. "It's a wishbone cat rig with only one sail, a racer body, eliptical rudder and bulb fin," said Schoenberger. "It doesn't point as well with jib boats but it points remarkably well for a cat boat." Trailing by only one point in second place is Chris Fesenmeyer's (Norwalk, Conn.) Air Express.

When the wind actually built as it switched, instead of dying as expected, the crew aboard John Storck's (Huntington, N.Y.) J/80 Rumor thought it might see trouble. "In really heavy or light air we have an advantage, but medium air is where we have to work harder," said Storck's 21-year-old daughter Kaity, who is steering Rumor. In fact, all four of Storck's kids have joined him on the boat for this event, and he couldn't have signed up better ringers if he had advertised. Kaity won 2007 ICSA All-American honors at Tufts University this year while son Erik is a three-time All American ('05, '06, '07) from Dartmouth College and John Jr. is an All-American ('05) from Hobart College.

"I 've been doing this event for 40 years," said Storck. "I started as a kid at 19 with my father and now my kids are doing it with me, including my 13-year-old." For tomorrow, Kaity thought about her approach: "We'll keep doing what we're doing. If you consider we got two thirds today in what we consider tougher conditions for us, we can do that again."
With seven races completed, PHRF classes were allowed a throw-out. The IRC classes, however, have only sailed six races and will have to get at least one race in tomorrow before they can discard their worst race.

With that, the race for the inaugural Rolex US-IRC National Championship has heated up. Bob and Farley Towse's (Stamford, Conn.) Reichel/Pugh 66 Blue Yankee and Colm Barrington's (Dublin, Ireland) Ker 50 Magic Glove are both leading their classes-- IRC Super Zero and IRC Zero, respectively -- and are obvious contenders, but Randall and Matt Baldwin's (Ridgefield, Conn.) Taylor 42 Cabady, which posted two bullets today to lead IRC class 5, has a shot at what tactician Rich Long (Norwalk, Conn.) calls the "big guys."

"We've had a whole lot of tight races," said Long. "We’re the most competitive division, which should be helping us to get into that formula." That formula is based on both fleet performance using corrected boat speed and class competitiveness.

When all was said and done, it came down to thousandths of a corrected knot in determining first and second in the nationals scoring: Blue Yankee has 8.4 points, Cabady has 8.2 points. Following in third is Preben Ostberg/John Aras/Bud Dailey's (Annapolis, Md.) Tsunami with 8.0 points and Magic Glove in fourth with 7.0 points.

"We won a few of our races by huge margins, so that might be hurting us rather than helping us," said Magic Glove's Barrington, who has as his tactician Robert Greenhalgh from the winning Volvo Ocean Race boat ABN AMRO ONE. "All you can do is sail your best, and if at the end of the day you've won the champonship, that's a bonus."
Today was Mt. Gay Race Day, and Mt. Gay also sponsored the official party under the event tent.

Compliments of Rolex, daily video shows of each day’s racing, produced by T2Productions, are broadcast on-line each night by 9 p.m. at www.t2p.tv. Race Week sponsors are Rolex, Jeep, Mt. Gay, Caithness Energy, Vineyard Vines, Lewmar, B&G, Gill, Hall Spars, J Boats, the Rhode Island State Yachting Committee, Sailing World, UKHalsey Sailmakers, West Marine, Gowrie, Barden & Brett, Summit Performance Yachts, WindCheck Magazine, Sailing World, Heineken, Yellow Tail wine and Bitter End Yacht Club.

Race administration and scoring is by Yacht Scoring (www.yachtscoring.com). For more information, visit www.blockislandraceweek.com

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(Top-three Results Attached)
PHRF1 (PHRF - 10 Boats)
1. XLR8, Carrera 280, Brad Porter, Westbrook, CT, USA, 1-1-1-1-2-2-1-[2];7
2. J Bird IV, Olsen 30, David Janes, Newport Beach, CA, USA, 4-2-5-3-1-3-4-[5];17
3. Bloody Hell, Evelyn, Mike Perry, Somers Pt, NJ, USA, 6-3-3-8-4-1-2-[8];19

PHRF2 (PHRF - 8 Boats)
1. Freightrain, Frers, Dick Hyde, Belmont, MA, USA, 1-1-1-1-1-4-3-[4];8
2. Sirprize, Sirena 38 (mod), Bill Healy, Hartford, CT, USA, 2-2-3-2-3-1-1-[3];11
3. L'outrage, Finot/Faus, Bruce Gardner, Annapolis, MD, USA, 6-3-6-6-2-2-2-[6];21

PHRF3 (PHRF - 6 Boats)
1. Hustler, J 29, John & Tony Esposito, Mohegan Lake, NY, USA, 1-1-1-2-1-1-1-[2];6
2. Divided Sky, J 29, Vin & Kristy McAteer, Warwick, RI, USA, 2-2-4-1-4-4-3-[4];16
3. Cool Breeze, J 29 frac, John Cooper, Springfield, MO, USA, 3-3-2-3-2-3-4-[4];16

PHRF4 (PHRF - 16 Boats)
1. Rumor, J 80, John Storck, Jr, Huntington, NY, USA, 1-3-2-6-1-3-3-[6];13
2. Cymothoe, Sabre 36, David Alldian, Brick, NJ, USA, 4-4-4-1-6-1-1-[6];15
3. Hound Dog, S2 9.1, Christian Uecker, Ridgefield, CT, USA, 2-2-10-2-7-7-6-[10];26

PHRF5 (PHRF - 6 Boats)
1. One Up, Wyliecat 30, Lincoln Schoenberger, Shelton, CT, USA, 1-1-3-2-2-1-1-[3];8
2. Air Express, San Juan 30, Chris Fesenmeyer, Norwalk, CT, USA, 2-2-1-1-1-2-3-[3];9
3. MadCow, J 24, David German, Tampa, FL, USA, 3-3-2-3-3-3-2-[3];16

Navigator Non Spin (PHRF - 6 Boats)
1. Xenophon, Frers/Nautor Swan, Paul Pakos, Sudbury, MA, USA, 1-1-1-3;6
2. Rascal, J 34C, Kel Weber, Wilton, CT, USA, 3-2-3-1;9
3. Glass Slipper, Catalina 320, Douglas Dalessio, Stony Brook, NY, USA, 2-3-4-2;11

IRC Super Zero (IRC - 6 Boats)
1. Blue Yankee, Reichel Pugh 66, Bob and Farley Towse, Stamford, CT, USA, 1-1-1-2-1-2;8
2. Moneypenny, Swan 60, Jim Swartz, Park City, UT, USA, 4-2-2-6-2-1;17
3. Rima2, ReichelPugh/McConaghy, John Brim, New York, NY, USA, 5-5-4-1-3-3;21

IRC Zero (IRC - 7 Boats)
1. Magic Glove, Ker 50, Colm Barrington, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, Ireland, 1-1-1-1-1-1;6
2. Sjambok, RP45, Michael Brennan, Potomac, MD, USA, 3-4-3-2-2-2;16
3. Devocean, Swan 45, Stephen De Voe, Stamford, CT, USA, 2-3-5-4-3-3;20

IRC1/NYYC Swan 42 (IRC - 8 Boats)
1. Tsunami, NYYC Swan 42, Preben Ostberg/John Aras/Bud Dailey , Rockville, MD, USA, 3-3-1-2-5-2;16
2. Arethusa, NYYC Swan 42, Phil Lotz, New Canaan, CT, USA, 2-1-6-3-2-3;17
3. Bandit, NYYC Swan 42, Andrew Fisher, Greenwich, CT, USA, 4-6-2-1-4-1;18

IRC2 (IRC - 10 Boats)
1. Cracker , ker 11.3, Hunt Lawerence, New York, NY, USA, 2-1-1-1-2-1;8
2. Jackknife, J 133, Andrew Hall, Southport, Lancs, UK, 4-4-4-8-1-2;23
3. Yellow Jacket, Farr 40, Bulman, Scholz, D'Amato , Bethesda, MD, USA, 3-7-2-4-4-7;27

IRC3 (IRC - 10 Boats)
1. Sarah, X-41, Gregory Manning, Warwick, RI, USA, 7-2-4-1-1-1;16
2. Avalanche, Farr 395, Craig Albrecht, Sea Cliff, NY, USA, 1-5-1-2/RDG-5-5;19
3. Coyote, Farr 395, William Clemens, Riverside, CT, USA, 3-1-2-6-8-3;23

IRC4 (IRC - 14 Boats)
1. Tumbleweed III, J 122, Jim Johnstone, Newport , RI, USA, 1-1-1-1-2-10;16
2. Christopher Dragon, J 122, Andrew Weiss, Greenwich, CT, USA, 2-6-2-2-1-4;17
3. Partnership, J 122, David Tortorello, Fairfield, CT, USA, 3-3-4-4-3-8;25

IRC5 (IRC - 14 Boats)
1. Cabady, Taylor 42, Randall/Matt Baldwin, Ridgefield, CT, USA, 3-4-2-5/SCP-1-1;16
2. Lora Ann, Schumacher, Richard du Moulin, Larchmont, NY, USA, 7-3-1-3-4-2;20
3. Troubador, Express 37, Schumacher, Mort Weintraub, Larchmont, NY, USA, 2-12/SCP-5-4-2-3;28

J-44 (One Design - 6 Boats)
1. Challenge IV, J 44, Jeffrey Willis, Huntington, NY, USA, 2-2-2-1-1-1-1-[2];8
2. Gold Digger, J 44, James D. Bishop, New York, NY, USA, 1-3-5-2-4-2-2-[5];14
3. Resolute, J 44, Don & Rick Rave, Huntington Bay, NY, USA, 3-1-1-4-3-4-3-[4];15

J-120 (One Design - 6 Boats)
1. Flying Jenny V, J 120, David and Sandra Askew, Annapolis, MD, USA, 4-4-1-1-1-1-2-[4];10
2. Windborn, J 120, Richard Born, Lutherville, MD, USA, 3-2-2-2-2-3-1-[3];12
3. k2, J 120, Luis Gonzalez, Grand Isle, VT, USA, 1-3-3-3-6-2-3-[6];15

Beneteau 36.7 (One Design - 7 Boats)
1. Quokka, Beneteau First 36.7, Tom Peelen, Dartmouth , MA, USA, 2-3-5-1-4-2-1-[5];13
2. Team Aegis, Beneteau First 36.7, Jim Kershaw, Leesburg, VA, USA, 5-5-1-3-3-1-2-[5];15
3. Volition, Beneteau First 36.7, Curt Schwab, Washington, DC, USA, 1-1-6-4-5-4-6-[6];21

J-109 (One Design - 19 Boats)
1. Taste Like Chicken, J 109, Stephen Tedeski, St. Petersburg, FL, USA, 2-3-3-4-3-2-1-[4];14
2. Storm, J 109, Rick Lyall, Wilton, CT, USA, 9-5-1-10-2-1-2-[10];20
3. Jibber Jabber, J/109, David Jannetti, Southampton, NY, USA – 4-1-6-2-1-8-8-[8];22

J-105 (One Design - 24 Boats)
1. Savasana, J 105, Brian Keane, Weston, MA, USA, 1-3-2-1-8-13-1-[13];16
2. Kincsem, J 105, Joerg Esdorn, Rye, NY, USA, 6-7-3-18-1-1-2-[18];20
3. Andiamo, J 105, Paul Strauch, Douglaston, NY, USA, 3-2-9-7-3-5-7-[9];27

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