Block Island Race Week - A special race around a special island

1:00 AM Fri 24 Jun 2011 GMT

'Leader IRC2 Class after 4 races. Finished first in all four races. Ptarmigan - Block Island Race Week 2011' &copy Rolex/Daniel Forster

Block Island Race Week. After yesterday's 'no blow' for zero races, today's 12-15 knots of breeze brought big smiles to the faces of more than 1,000 sailors competing in the Storm Trysail Club's (STC) biennial Block Island Race Week XXIV presented by Rolex. Forecasted heavy rain did not hit until late afternoon, and that was well after the fleet of 134 boats was safely back at the docks after enjoying an 18.2 nautical mile Around-the-Island Race. As spectators traveled to different vantage points around the tiny island of only 21 square miles, it couldn't be denied that the biggest boats ...

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by Barby MacGowan