Spring 2023

Cancelled due to organizer (Brian Clayton) undergoing treatment for colorectal cancer.

Fall 2022

Notes

Early Saturday morning was quite cool with temps in the high 40s F, cloudy and even a little rain early. The breeze was initially 10-15 knots from the NW, forecast to shift W. Around Point Judith as the sun came out things got light and shifty, varying between W and SW and maybe 5-12 knots.

The beautiful custom 58′ yawl Caroler was kind enough to carry the grill out for us. They were too kind to say so, but there’s little doubt it was the extra weight of the grill that led them to motor in 😉

Weather on the island was beautifully sunny for the most part, although cooler than typical with temps in the low 50s F overnight, maybe reaching 60 during the days. Saturday night was breezy, around 20 knots from the NNW which made for rough sleeping from the waves at Paynes. Sunday afternoon the wind was W, 10-15 knots. Sunday night was much calmer. Monday was again sunny, with a SW wind, 10-15 knots, gusts of 20.

Bloody Mary Contest

1. Pau Hana
2. Caroler
3. Persistence
4. Dark Star

Hors d’Oeuvre Contest

Taste

1. Persistence
2. Goat Rodeo
3. Aurora

Presentation

1. Pau Hana
2. Dark Star
3. Coconut

Race Results

Class 1
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1	1	13:25	Aurora	Sabre 28	Kate Soule	256
2	3	13:38	Windswept	Pearson 33	Rick McCally	218
3	9	14:33	Salty Beach	Laguna Windrose 24	Brian Clayton	278
4		DNS	Mischief	Cape Dory 28	Henry duPont	255
Class 2
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1	2	13:31	Mutinous Dogs	Tartan Ten	Marc Holdaway	154
2	6	14:03	Dark Star	C&C 34	Ben Johnston	166
3	7	14:08	Persistence	C&C 34	Kate Somers	173
4	8	14:11	Pau Hana	Catalina 36 MkII	David Wilson	177
5		DNS	Pula	Beneteau 343	Robert Francis	192
Class 3
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1	4	13:40	Goat Rodeo	Seaquest 36	Todd Johnston	75
2	5	13:51	Coconut	Beneteau First 36.7	Tom D'Albora	93
3		DNF	Caroler	Custom 58' Yawl	Jay Everson	98

Non-Racers

Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant
Nepenthe	Power (GB36)	Bob Read

Spring 2022

Notes

Saturday was unusual conditions with dense fog, but steady breeze 15-20 knots from the southwest. The rest of the weekend was beautifully sunny and warm!

Bloody Mary

Unfortunately, boat names were not recorded, but here are the descriptive results based on serving cups

Place	Description
1	Blue
2	Clear w/ meat
3	Red
4	Short

Hors d'Oeuvre Contest

Taste

Place	Boat	Description
1	SoCoWe	Bruschetta
2	Coconut	Prosciutto and fig
3	Dark Star	Kielbasa

Presentation

Place	Boat	Description
1	Persistence	Sourdough bread bowl with spinach artichoke dip
2	Vento Solare	Spinach artichoke tortilla chips
3	Hawksbill	Eclairs

John E. Rebello Team Trophy

Random Partners (Dark Star and Vento Solare): 3 points

Other Teams

EGYC Gold (Coconut, SoCoWe): 4 points

Make It To BI (Hawksbill, Persistence): 5 points

Race Results

Class 1
Place	Overall	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1	3	Dark Star	C&C 34	Ben Johnston	166
2	4	Persistence	C&C 34	Brandon Somers	173
3	6	SoCoWe	Cal 22	Frank (Jeb) Barnes	288
Class 2
Place	Overall	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1	1	Coconut	Beneteau 36.7	Tom D'Albora	93
2	2	Vento Solare	J/109	Bill Kneller	94
3	5	Hawksbill	Beneteau First 27SE	David Wilson	109

Non-Racers

Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant
T-Shirt Time	45' Power	William Lopes
Trio	Searay 30 (Power)	Kyle Wishart

Fall 2021

Mark Nannini, Judy Mitchell, and Clif Payne judge the hors d’oeuvre contest

Notes

Windswept sailed single-handed, again.

11 boats started out of 19 registered and all 11 boats made it to Block Island in very fast times with the wind out of the East at 17 to 25 knots. Boats were finishing around 3 hours; within a narrow range of 1213 to 1245.

Sunday was cloudy with the winds still out of the East with the high temps in the mid 60s. The Bloody Mary contest was held at it’s normal time of 1100 but the hors d’oeuvre contest was moved to noon with the awards right after. This was done since everyone was heading back on Sunday due to the NE dire forecast for Monday. Only 3 entries were submitted for the Bloody Mary contest however we had quite a gathering for the hors d’oeuvre contest with Salacia submitting 3 entries. Everyone was gone by 2pm on Sunday.

Bloody Mary Contest

Taste: Vento Solare
Presentation: Salacia
Mimosas: Alliance

Hors d’Oeuvre Contest

Taste

1. Alliance
2. Salacia
3. Floating Point

Presentation

1. Vento Solare
2. Salacia
3. Salacia

Cliff Mitchell Trophy

For the closest (to third) fourth-place finish: Pula, Robert Francis

John E. Rebello Team Trophy

Fly (Cirrus, Pau Hana, Alliance)

Race Results

Class 1
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1	1	12:13	Windswept	Pearson 33	Rick McCally	218
2	2	12:15	Cirrus	Tartan 34C	Robert Queisser	220
3	5	12:21	Mischief	Cape Dory 28	Henry duPont	242
4	8	12:38	Pula	Beneteau 343	Robert Francis	180
5			Laniva	Gulfstar 37	Michael Garreston	190
Class 2
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1	3	12:19	Pau Hana	Catalina 36 MK II	David Wilson	177
2	4	12:20	Larvik	Pearson 10M	Kim Andersen	177
3	6	12:32	Pegasus	Sabre 36	Scott Walker	146
4	7	12:37	Floating Point	Frers 40	Roy Guay	111
DNS			Summer Magic	Beneteau 423	Greg Van	127
DNS			Scappare	Catalina 42	David LeBlanc	128
Class 3
Place	Overall	Finish	Boat Name	Boat Type	Registrant	PHRF
1	9	12:41	Vento Solare	J/109	Bill Kneller	94
2	10	12:44	Alliance	J/122	Eric Irwin	53
3	11	12:45	Salacia	J/120	Mark Nannini	63
DNS			Coconut	Beneteau 367	Will Pearson	93
DNS			Goat Rodeo	Seaquest 36	Todd Johnston	75
DNS			Singularity	J44	Owen Harren	61

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