Spring 2020 through Spring 2021

Regatta not held due to COVID-19 pandemic

Fall 2019

Notes

The two days, Thursday & Friday, leading up to the start on Saturday had high winds and sea states especially at New Harbor where winds were regularly at 40 knots gusting to 50 out of the North East. The predictions for Saturday were for decreasing winds and sea state so we delayed the start by 3 hours to noon on Saturday. The winds were out of the North and North West all the way to Block Island. Initially winds gusting to around 20 kts and calming down to 10-12 knots by the fleet reached the 1BI buoy. The waves had a long period and were not a problem at all. Up to 1BI the boats were sailing on beam reach to broad reach but after 1BI the sail was dead down wind where most boats were poling out. Pulling into Payne’s Dock went smooth.

Two boats sailed single-handed; Windswept and Highlander (both Bermuda One-Two skippers).

15 boats started out of 22 registered however 16 boats made it to Block Island since Bamboozler sailed directly to BI from their home port.

Sunday was a nice sunny day with the high in the mid 60s. A bunch of boats left for home today leaving 9 boats to leave on Monday.

Monday ended up being extremely light out of the N so we (Floating Point) motored all the way to Newport in cloudy conditions until arriving in Newport into sunny clear skies.

Bloody Mary Contest

Small turnout

1. Pau Hana
2. Persistence
3. Floating Point

Hors d’Oeuvre Contest

Small turnout also

Taste

1. Vento Solare
2. Persistence

Presentation

1. Floating Point
2. Pau Hana

Cliff Mitchell Trophy

For the closest (to third) fourth-place finish: Ursa Major, David Saunders

John E. Rebello Team Trophy

HPV (Highlander, Persistance, Vento Solare)

Race Results

Class 1
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1	1	15:28	Finisterrre	Freedom 32	Michael Chapman	188
2	2	15:29	Windswept	Pearson 33	Rick McCally	221
3	3	15:35	Pau Hana	Catalina 36 MK II	David Wilson	175
4	4	15:38	Ursa Major	S2 11.0 A	David Saunders	190
5	5	15:39	Mojo	Beneteau First 325	Tom Stocker	175
6	6	15:45	Persistance	C&C 34	Brandon Somers	176
7	9	15:49	Blue Skies	Catalina 320	Pat Tomey	203
RET			Invictas	J/24	Chris Sheldon	193
Class 2
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1	8	15:49	Highlander	Tartan 3500	Jonathan Bixby	159
2	11	15:53	Warrior	Jenneau Sun Fast 35	Phillippe Perut	131
3	13	16:07	Scappre	Catalina 42	David LeBlanc	111
DNS			Voyager	Cal 33-2	Wayne Morris	168
DNS			Whalayed	Express 35	John Whaley	135
DNS			Gone With The Wind	Pearson 36Mk2	Paul Kenney	156
Class 3
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1	7	15:47	Goat Rodeo	Seaquest 36	Todd Johnston	75
2	10	15:51	Double Black	C&C 40-2	Adam Marks	119
3	11	15:53	Floating Point	Frers 40	Brian Clayton	111
4	12	16:03	Vento Solare	J/109	Bill Kneller	75
DNS			Coconut	Beneteau 367	Will Pearson	93
DNS			Bamboozler	Beneteau 40.7	Rob Hoyt	83
Class 4
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1	14	16:32	Paradise Found	Jeauneau 54	Tom Malott	86
DNS			Manana	Nimbol 30	John Limos	174
DNS			Event Horizon	J-40	Owen Harren	107

Spring 2019

Notes

There was very light NE, creeper, wind that filled in from the right (Jamestown side) as a SW for the during of the race. 16 boats finished out of 17 starting. Amadeus V, Jay Turchetta, was the first boat to finish at 2:02 pm. Sea Lark (O’Day 30), William O’Connell, was the last boat to finish at 5:45 pm. The weather was pretty nice; warm, sun out very nice sailing.

Sunday initially was mild and breezy out of the SW and sunny. Activities were all held outside at Payne’s Dock as usual. Again several boats decided to head back on Sunday due to various work reasons.

Again we had a tremendous turnout for the Bloody Mary contest (9 entries) as well as the hors d’oeuvre contest (8 entries). Brian Clayton was again the MC at the Awards.

The trip back on Monday was in a NE breeze starting out around 12 kts and sunny. We motored all the of the way to Newport.

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

Bloody Mary Contest

Great turnout with 9 entries.

1. High Energy
2. Vixen
3. Vento Solare

Hors d’Oeuvre Contest

Again we had an amazing turnout of about 8 entries.

Taste

1. Persistence
2. Caroler
3. Jambo

Presentation

1. Floating Point
2. Whaylayed
3. Pula

Cliff Mitchell Trophy

For the closest (to third) fourth-place finish: Vento Solare – Bill Kneller

John E. Rebello Team Trophy

EGYC (Mojo, Vixen, Coconut)

Race Results

Class 1
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1	9	14:30	Mojo	Beneteau First 325	John Whaley	135
2	13	15:13	Calypso	Cal33-2 SD	Marc Cohen	177
3	15	16:30	Pula	Beneteau 343	Rovert Francis	192
4	16	17:45	Sea Lark	O'Day 30	William O'Connell	203
		DNF	Pula	Beneteau 343	Rovert Francis	192
Class 2
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1	5	14:13	High Energy	Diva 39	Ed Adams	131
2	8	14:21	Vixen	Jeanneau 37	James Del Bonis	126
3	10	14:38	Whalayed	Express 35	John Whaley	135
4	11	14:44	Persistance	C&C 34	Kate Wilson	173
5	12	14:56	Floating Point	Frers 40	Roy Guay	111
6	14	15:30	Caroler	Custome 58' Yawl	Jay Everson	98
Class 3
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1	1	14:02	Amadeus V	Xp 38	Jay Turchetta	54
2	2	14:08	Coconut	Beneteau 36.7	Bill Pearson	93
3	3	14:11	Bamboozler	Beneteau First 40.7	Rob Hoyt	67
4	4	14:12	Vento Solare	J/109	Bill Kneller	85
5	6	14:13	Ursa	J/109	Brooke Mastrorio	67
6	7	14:16	Jambo	Beneteau First 40	Mark Coleman	72

Non-Racers

Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant
Nepenthe	Grand Banks 46	Bob Read
T-Shirt Time	45' Power	William Lopes

Fall 2018

Notes

There was light NE wind veering to SE during the race. Some started on Port and some started on Starboard but all by Castle Hill were on Port tack all the way to the finish. 22 boats finished out of 23 starting. Amadeus V, Jay Turchetta, was the first boat to finish at 2:08 pm. Surprise (Pearson Triton), Michael Garretson, was the last boat to finish at 4:14 pm. The weather was pretty nice; warm, sun out off and on and very nice sailing.

Sunday initially was mild and breezy out of the SW and cloudy initially. The sun came out with the dying breeze in the afternoon. Activities were all held outside at Payne’s Dock as usual. Again several boats decided to head back on Sunday due to the semi dire forecast for Monday.

Again we had a tremendous turnout for the Bloody Mary contest (7 entries) as well as the hors d’oeuvre contest (8 entries). Brian Clayton was again the MC at the Awards.

The trip back on Monday was in a NE breeze starting out around 15-19 kts and started gradually calming between 1BI and Pt Judith dying to 5 knots when we reached Beavertail. There was no sunshine and it was rather chilly. However we sailed all the way to Beavertail then powered the rest of the way.

It was a very good weekend out on the Block. I was in shorts on Sunday!

Bloody Mary Contest

Great turnout also with 7 entries.

1. Floating Point
2. Whalayed
3. Invictus

Hors d’Oeuvre Contest

Again we had an amazing turnout of about 8 entries.

Taste

1. Persistence
2. Kaylarah
3. Whalayed

Presentation

1. Pau Hana
2. Floating Point
3. BI RI

Cliff Mitchell Trophy

For the closest (to third) fourth-place finish: Drift Away – Bob Kemp

John E. Rebello Team Trophy

Race To The Oar (Amadeus, Persistence, Kestral)

Race Results

Class 1
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1	5	14:23	Windswept	Pearson 33	Rick McCally	218
2	6	14:24	Luna	Albin Nova	Chris Brown & Samira Hakki	187
3	13	14:36	Persistance	C&C 34	Brandon Somers	173
4	14	14:42	Invictus	J-24	Chris Sheldon	193
5	16	14:43:15	Nepenthe	Pearson 39 Yawl	Bob Read	157
6	18	14:43:51	Pau Hana	Catalina 36 MkII	David Wilson	175
7	19	14:44:36	Highlander	Tartan 3500	Jonathan Bixby	161
DNS			Pula	Beneteau 343	Robert Francis	192
Class 2
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1	3	14:14	The Party Tree	J/80	Conor O'Neil	132
2	7	14:27	Voyager	Cal 33-2	Wayne Morris	168
3	8	14:30	Whaleyed	Express 35	John Whaley	135
4	11	14:34	Drift Away	Catalina 400	Bob Kemp	141
5	17	14:43	Scappare	Catalina 42	David LeBlanc	120
6	21	14:46	Warrior	Jeanneau Sun Fast 35	Phillipe Perut	123
Class 3
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1	1	14:08	Amadeus V	Xp 38	Jay Turchetta	54
2	2	14:12	Coconut	Beneteau 36.7	William Pearson	93
3	4	14:16	Salacia	J/120	Mark Nannini	62
4	9	14:30	Pieces of Eight	J/105	Honah Israelit	108
5	10	14:34	Kaylaarah	C&C 37+	Gary Russell	109
6	15	14:43	Floating Point	Frers 39	Roy Guay	111
Class 4
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1	12	14:36	Event Horizon	J/40	Owne Harren	107
2	20	14:45	Kestrel	Catalina 30	Mark Franklin	210
3	22	15:55	Oceana	Beneteau 430	Scott Karn	141
4	23	16:14	Surprise	Pearson Triton	Michael Garretson	294
DNF			Paradise Found	Jeanneau 54	Tom Malott	86
DNS			Treehouse	Nonsuch 26	Dean Welshman	246

Non-Racers

Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant
T-Shirt Time	45' Power	William Lopes
Westerly	Nordic Tug 37	Wes Shuttleworth

Spring 2018

Notes

We had a very light turnout this year. 12 boats signed up and 1 dropped out before the skipper’s meeting. 11 boats started for Block Island on a nice day. The winds were light out of the SSW initially building the nearer one got to Block Island where the wind was around 20 kts. Unfortunately for some of us (read that Floating Point) the wind died along the coast of Connecticut. 2 boats finished on motor.

Sunday morning the rain started and the wind built to 20-30 out of the NE which at Payne’s is uncomfortable. This lasted to around midnight Sunday and slowly decreased to no wind around 1130 Monday. All of the boats actually stayed till Monday. Floating Point motored all the way to Newport.

Cliff Payne let us use his upstairs room for our activities so a bad day turned out very nice. Brian Clayton presided over the Contests and Awards.

Bloody Mary Contest

1. Whalayed
2. Kaylarah
3. Vixen

Hors d’Oeuvre Contest

Taste

1. High Energy
2. Vento Solare
3. Whalayed

Presentation

1. Quantum
2. Floating Point
3. Whalayed

Cliff Mitchell Trophy

For the closest (to third) fourth-place finish: Floating Point – Roy Guay

John E. Rebello Team Trophy

The Attack of the Solar Divas (Vento Solare, High Energy, Whalayed)

Race Results

Class 1
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1	6	14:42	Whalayed	Express 35	John Whaley	135
2	8		Mischief	Jeanneau 349	Bill Dussinger	152
		DNF	Pula	Beneteau 343	Rovert Francis	192
		DNF	Sea Lark	O'Day 30	William O'Connell	203
Class 2
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1	2	14:17	High Energy	Diva 39	Ed Adams	131
2	5	14:31	Vixen	Jeanneau 37	James Del Bonis	126
3	7	14:55	Quantum	Hanse 385	Samuel Adleman	117
4	9	15:39	Floating Point	Frers 40	Roy Guay	111
Class 3
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1	1	14:15	Coconut	Beneteau 36.7	Bill Pearson	93
2	3	14:23	Vento Solare	J/109	Bill Kneller	85
3	4	14:29	Kaylarah	C&C 37+	Gary Russell	109
		DNC	Next Wave	Farr 395	Stephen Clarke & Diane Robinson	53

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

Spring 2017

Notes

We had a very light turnout this year. 12 boats signed up 2 of which were power. Only 8 boats started for Block Island on a nice but light air day. 3 boats finished on motor. No problem docking!

Judy Mitchell again met us at the dock this time on Sunday morning.

Saturday and Sunday were beautiful weather days with shorts being worn here and there.Most of the boats actually stayed till Monday which was not a wonderful day; rain and wind out of the NE made going home fairly miserable. Floating Point took 6 hours. Bertha took 3 hours but was beat up in the process.

Bloody Mary Contest

1. Coconut
2. Pau Hana
3. Whayled

Hors d’Oeuvre Contest

Taste

1. Pau Hana
2. Coconut
3. Whalayed

Presentation

1. Vento Solare
2. Dark Star
3. Whalayed

Cliff Mitchell Trophy

For the closest (to third) fourth-place finish: Pau Hana – David Wilson

John E. Rebello Team Trophy

No words (Pau Hana, Whalayed, Vento Solare)

Pau Hana was the last boat to finish, but since it was the only boat to finish in it’s class was thus 1st

Race Results

Class 1
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1		16:17	Pau Hana	Catalina 36	David Wilson	178
		DNF	Sea Lark	O'Day 30	William O'Connell	203
		DNF	Empty Nest	Beneteau 343	Robert Francis	192
		DNS	Sound Connections	Pearson 30	David Hilbern	212
Class 2
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1		15:25	Dark Star	C&C 34	Mark Gervais	166
3		15:37	Whalayed	Express 35	John Whaley	135
		DNS	Voyager	Cal 33-2	Wayne Morris	168
Class 3
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1		15:02	Coconut	Beneteau 36.7	Bill Pearson	93
2		15:12	Vento Solare	J/109	Bill Kneller	85
3		15:32	Siren	R/P 56	Will Hubbard	-57
		DNF	Floating Point	Frers 40	Roy Guay	111

Non-Racers

Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant
T-Shirt Time	45' Power	William Lopes
Bertha	Jarvis Newman 36	Peter Jencks