Block Island Race Week day 3 a loss but also a gain

10:55 PM Wed 22 Jun 2011 GMT

'J-105 ECLIPSE leads after three races - Block Island Race Week 2011' &copy Rolex/Daniel Forster

At the Storm Trysail Club's (STC) biennial Block Island Race Week XXIV presented by Rolex it didn't matter that the sun wasn't out, just that there was a slight promise the wind would blow on the third day. ? The Race Committee sent the event's fleet of 134 boats off to sail in 14 classes on Block Island Sound but the wind failed to deliver and the competitors returned ashore to wait for further instructions. At 1:00 the Committee decided it best to cancel racing altogether for the day. 'Between the lack of wind and a squall getting ready to ...

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