New York Yacht Club Race Week - Perfect day for a distance race

12:05 AM Fri 23 Jul 2010 GMT

'Andrew Weiss’ CHRISTOPHER DRAGON wins the distance race in IRC 4 and leads the overall standings in that class - New York Yacht Club Race Week' &copy Rolex/Daniel Forster

New York Yacht Club Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex. In contrast to yesterday's overcast skies and light rain, today's sunshine and vigorous winds brought smiles to the sailors onboard 35 boats competing in New York Yacht Club's (NYYC) seventh biennial Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex. It was a perfect day for NYYC's Race Committee to send the fleet, all sailing under the IRC handicap rating, on a distance race starting in Newport Harbor, then out on Rhode Island Sound toward Block Island and finally finishing on Narragansett Bay near Quonset Point. With a steady 10-12 knots ...

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