New York Yacht Club Race Week to host Rolex US-IRC Nationals

12:32 AM Wed 21 Jul 2010 GMT

'The crew of BIG BOOTY prepares at Newport Shipyard. New York Yacht Club Race Week' &copy Rolex/Dan Nerney

New York Yacht Club Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex. While many sailors in the One Design portion of New York Yacht Club (NYYC) Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex head back to the office today, some are busy planning their strategy for the second 'half' of the regatta, due to start on Wednesday. Four days of racing will take place on Rhode Island Sound and be purely IRC-rated. The best performing boat among the 35 entered will take the Rolex US-IRC National Championship title and its skipper will be presented with a specially engraved Rolex timepiece at ...

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by Barby MacGowan