Block Island Race Week XXIII
June 24, 2009 Photos
Courtesy of Dan Nerney & Tim Wilkes

Storm, Rick Lyall's J-109, leads their 13 boat fleet.

Christopher Dragon, Andrew Weiss's J-122, prepares to round the weather mark in their 10 boat one design division
Gold Digger, the J-44 skippered by Storm Trysail's Commodore James Bishop, prepares to round the weather mark
NYYC Swan 42's on a beat as the breeze lightened up for day three of Block Island Race Week
Pearl, Robert Lee's Morris 36, sets their chute in the their PHRF division

Crew work was key as the genoa is dropped while the chute is launched at a weather mark

Roger Sturgeon's STP 65 Rosebud is leading the IRC Zero class after day three
L'Outrage, Bruce Gardner's Beneteau 34, is currently in 2nd place in their ten-boat PHRF division
Norman Schulman's J-44 Charlie V start their spinnaker set in this classic one design class
The bowman on this NYYC Swan 42 walks the tack of the spinnaker up to the pole as they round the weather mark
The beauty of the NYYC Swan 42 is shown as the fleet heads to the weather mark