Annual Calendar

Be at Essex YC - Fri. May 16th @ 9:00AM EDT

The Sam Wetherill Overnight Race

Be at Dock - Sat. May 24th @ 8:00AM EDT

Pursuit race to BI - non spinnaker.

Friday

• 6:00pm Skippers Meeting - Get official start times and sailing instructions

Saturday

• 9:00am Start - Newport. The first boat will start at 9:00am, and the rest will follow based on handicap.
• 6:00pm Finish – New Harbor, Block Island - If you can't finish by 6:00pm give up, turn on your engine and come in for beer.

Sunday

• 10:00am Bloody Mary Contest (virgin of course) - Back by popular demand. Bring your own concoction. What you do with the mixes after the judges taste them is up to you.
• 3:00pm Hors d'oeuvres - On the dock. Be ready to present your best hors d'oeuvres for judging in taste and presentation. Partaking requires participation!
• 4:00pm Awards - On the dock.

Monday

• Leave as you so desire or continue to enjoy the island. Be sure to check with your dock
  mates in case any of them want to leave early.

Be at Dock - Fri. Jun 13th @ 9:00AM EDT

The Around-the-Island Race or middle distance race (scored separately) on Friday

The warning signal for the first race is 1100 each day

The traditional Two-Day Series on Saturday and Sunday, for boats racing in ORC,
One-Design classes, Classics (Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker), Multihulls, PHRF Navigators
(Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker).
● Racing may consist of the following:
﹣ Drop mark races on Rhode Island Sound or Narragansett Bay;
﹣ Navigator style races using marks designated on the South Bay Race Chart or in the sailing instructions;

Be at Dock - Sat. Jun 14th @ 9:00AM EDT

The Around-the-Island Race or middle distance race (scored separately) on Friday

The warning signal for the first race is 1100 each day

The traditional Two-Day Series on Saturday and Sunday, for boats racing in ORC,
One-Design classes, Classics (Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker), Multihulls, PHRF Navigators
(Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker).
● Racing may consist of the following:
﹣ Drop mark races on Rhode Island Sound or Narragansett Bay;
﹣ Navigator style races using marks designated on the South Bay Race Chart or in the sailing instructions;

Be at Dock - Fri. Jul 25th @ 10:30AM EDT

New England Solo Twin Regatta

Thurs @ 1600-2000 Check-in by representative(s) of each entering boat, Newport YC
Fri  @ 0800 Deadline for registering any changes in crew list and Breakfast
Fri  @ 0900 Skippers’ Meeting, Newport Yacht Club (mandatory attendance)
Fri @ 1155 Warning signal for the first class start
Sat @ 1700 Awards Reception, Newport YC (approximate time)

Be at Stamford YC - Fri. Aug 29th @ 10:00AM EDT

First signal will be at 1200 Friday with the start at Flashing Red Bell "32" (The Cows) off Stamford Harbor.

Labor Day weekend's Vineyard Race is a classic American yachting event. This 238-mile course stretches from Shippan Point through the swirling currents of Plum Gut past Block Island, and on to the light tower at the entrance to Buzzard's Bay. Once reached, sailors return by leaving Block Island to starboard en route to the finish in Stamford Harbor.

Begun in 1932, it has attracted the finest sailors and fastest boats for nearly 80 years, and its intricacies and challenges bring them back time after time. Those who are successful nearly always credit local knowledge of these tricky waters and a good deal of luck.

The Vineyard Race was described in Yachting Magazine as, "The greatest distance races of the world have several things in common - a challenging course, competitive fleets and an interesting array of famous yachts. By those standards, the Stamford Yacht Club's Vineyard Race rates close to the top. Like a miniature Fastnet, the Vineyard has a combination of coastal cruising, where currents play a big role, a stretch of ocean sailing, and a mark to round - the Buzzards Bay tower - before returning."