Annapolis to Newport 2011 fleet facing major choices

6:48 PM Mon 6 Jun 2011 GMT

'Annapolis to Newport 2011' &copy Mark Duehmig

Annapolis to Newport 2011's remaining fleet is let with a major strategic choice facing the navigators and tacticians which is, 'Should we go inside or outside of Block?' It happens to be that the traditional choice is to go inside (west) of Block Island only on a flood tide and never ever to go there on an ebb. At midnight Sunday, Varuna, Aurora and Decision were close together, 56 nm from the finish. Varuna was doing a horizon job on the rest of IRC II. Varuna tacked onto starboard heading for the Long Island shore, perhaps signaling an intent to ...

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by Chip Thayer