Block Island Race Week - Serious competition at a hot vacation spot



10:06 PM Thu 12 May 2011 GMT
'Malcom Clarke’s J/44 DIOGENES2 crashes upwind in Monday’s Around the Island Race - Block Island Race Week' &copy Rolex / Dan Nerney
Block Island Race Week - June is just around the corner and competitors are again preparing for Block Island Race Week presented by Rolex. The regatta which has been returning biennially to one of New England's most beloved island getaways since 1965 will be held at the Storm Trysail Club. The five-day regatta, scheduled for June 20-24, has just announced that it will be hosting the J/109 East Coast Championship along with the previously announced 2011 IRC East Coast Championship and the J/122 National Championship. Along with these high-caliber featured competitions, the regatta will also include the debut of the ...


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by Barby MacGowan





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