Fall 2017

Notes

There was no wind and pea soup fog! We delayed one hour and fortunately the fog cleared however we had light winds to Pt. Judith and 10-15 kts after that to the finish (not exactly great conditions for Floating Point who carried the beer keg (and ice), grill, trophies, shirts, speaker, etc.). We started out on Port tack and stayed on Port for quite a while but as we approached Pt. Judith the wind went right and we had to tack to make Pt. Judith and the finish. 14 boats finished out of 21 starting. Coconut, William Pearson, was the first boat to finish at 3:45 pm. Gypsea, Debra Lambert, was the last boat to finish at 6:37 pm. The weather was pretty nice; warm, sun out off and on and very nice sailing.

Sunday was very breezy but mild again with a short rain shower around noon so the activities were all held outside at Payne’s Dock. Again several boats decided to head back on Sunday due to the dire forecast for Monday however, again, the boats had serious wind and rain getting back. At least the wind was from behind!

We had a tremendous turnout for the Bloody Mary contest (8 entries) as well as the hors d’oeuvre contest (10 entries). Brian Clayton was again the MC at the Awards.

We, Floating Point, were the last to leave Payne’s on Monday. Everyone was leaving early due to the prediction of heavy winds later in the day and rain also. The wind was out of the SW for the whole trip about 11 to 19 kts. Didn’t really start raining until we got to Castle Hill and that was just a shower. So the trip back was very comfortable.

It was a very good weekend out on the Block. I was in shorts and sandals the whole time!

Bloody Mary Contest

Great turnout also with 8 entries.

1. Suhr la Mer
2. Summer Winds
3. Oceana Bow

Honorable Mention: Pau Hana!

Hors d’Oeuvre Contest

Again we had an amazing turnout of about 10 entries.

Taste

1. Dark & Porky
2. Coconut
3. Gypsea

Presentation

1. Landing at Block Island
2. Scallop/Shrimp Cheesecake
3. Floating Crabs

Cliff Mitchell Trophy

For the closest (to third) fourth-place finish: Pieces of Eight – Jonah Israelit

John E. Rebello Team Trophy

Team HPV (High Energy, Persistence, Vento Solare) won after using a tie breaker

Race Results

Class 1
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1	9	16:44	Persistance	C&C 34	Brandon Somers	176
2	10	16:54	Pau Hana	Catalina 36 MK II	David Wilson	178
3	12	17:11	Windswept	Pearson 33	Rick McCally	218
DNF			Suhr la Mer	Hunter 280	James Suhr	239
DNF			Blue Skies	O'Day 322	Pat Tomey	196
Class 2
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1	2	15:50	High Energy	Diva 39	Ed Adams	128
2	8	16:40	Checkmate	Frers 33	Michael Lachance	138
3	11	17:02	Scappare	Catalina 42	David LeBlanc	120
Class 3
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1	1	15:45	Coconut	Beneteau 36.7	William Pearson	85
2	3	16:03	Illusion	Grand Soleil	Ralh Racca	88
3	4	16:12	Vento Solare	J/109	Bill Kneller	85
4	5	16:13	Pieces of Eight	J/105	Honah Israelit	112
5	6	16:26	Kaylaarah	C&C 37+	Gary Russell	109
6	7	16:38	Floating Point	Frers 39	Roy Guay	111
DNF			Rendezvous II	Oceanis 461	Michael Mason	111
Class 4
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1	13	18:00	Kestrel	Catalina 30	Mark Franklin	210
2	14	18:37	Gypsea	Endeavor 32	Debra Lambert	237
DNF			Oceana	Beneteau 430	Scott Karn	141
DNF			Summer Winds	Beneteau 45	Tom Malott	120
DNF			Empty Nest	Beneteau 343	Robert Francis	192

Non-Racers

Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant
T-Shirt Time	45' Power	William Lopes