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6/28 1600 - The Awards for the Newport end of the race were held with
about 50 people in attendance. Double Handed leg, Combined Corrected and
specific awards were given. The highlight of the event was Louis Meyer taking
home the Seamanship Award, Juan A Periz Bermuda 12- Sportsmanship Award
(nominated by the skippers) and the Arthur B Hanson Medal by US SAILING for
rescue at sea during the first leg of the race. Scowling Dragon being first boat
to finish in Newport won a number of awards as well as first time entrant Groupe
5 Will McKeige took home a group of awards. Joe Cooper took a bunch of pictures
of the awards being given. Those pictures as well as the rest from this year's
race are posted in the Photo Gallery.
I would like to thank all the participants in this year's race for making this
year's race another memorable one.
6/26 1500 The final results for the 2025 edition of the race are posted.
6/26 1230 Strummer called (with a different cell phone). They were becalmed a couple of days ago, broken head, broken cook top, Louis' iPhone bit the dust, couldn't communicate so they decided to retire. Also being today's wedding anniversary might have played a role in the decision. Anyway, all is well and they are in Stonington Harbor. They will be going to the Awards.
6/26 0925 Windswept finish. Last boat to finish.
6/26 0600 Windswept We are doing 8 knots over the ground with 25 miles to
go. Mr. Computer says 3 hours to R2.
Strummer looks like he is headed home to Connecticut.
6/25 1816 Windswept Well, just after writing you, the wind has gone to zero. I believe it is part of the predicted change from West to East, but now there is zilch! What we do have is a giant swarm of biting flies that seem to have come from Matha's Vinyard. Having no insect spray, we are battling them with simple green! We are considering abandoning ship in the life raft. These suckers are biting us through our clothing!
6/25 1532 Fathom finished. Fathom had to be towed again this time into
the Newport Yacht Club. That lightning strike has been quite the issue for
Fathom.
Windswept We should be finishing early tomorrow morning. It all depends
on the wind of course. Right now, we can hold Newport on this tack. I should be
within telephone range by about 20:00 and will text you when I am.
6/25 0700 Windswept We just passed the 100 mile mark. The wind is steady from the SW at about 10 knots. See you all soon.
6/25 0232 Chicama finished. Next boat Fathom due in about 1300.
6/24 2018 Flying Turtle finished.
Fathom called. Two days ago he tried the motor and ran it for an hour but
it wouldn't shut down! Also the Irridium Go doesn't seem to be working. More
lightning gremlins.
6/24 1900 Chicama All good on chicama. Great ride today nice friendly breeze. We are 58nm away from finish line. Our current ETA is 3am. Hope to see u at the line!! Right!!
6/24 1614 Windswept This has been a good day. Finally some wind that we
can work with! We are sailing along with a 10 knot SW breeze making about 6
knots through the water and for the first time in days, we have a favorable
current. We are approximately 190 miles from the finish. If nothing changes,
and it undoubtedly will, we should get in around midnight on Wednesday. The seas
are flat due to the recent lack of wind, so it is some very pleasant sailing. We
are down to our last couple of cans of Dinty Moore, so we really need to finish
in the next day or so.
Flying Turtle expected to finish around 8pm.
6/24 Noon Windswept It is Tuesday noon. We are making about 3 knots over the ground with a following 5-6 knot breeze. We should break 200 miles to go by mid afternoon.
6/24 1018 Young American finished.
Fathom earlier was floundering due to lack of wind but is moving again.
6/23 2218 Abilyn finished.
6/23 2045 Chicama Wind 7.5 going 5.5. All is good on chicama. Moral is
super high, 1022 to be exact.
2047 Alchemy finished.
6/23 1845 Groupe 5 finish.
Fathom called. Real slow going. Waiting for the evening wind pickup.
6/23 0700 Windswept Boat and Crew are fine. Very rough conditions, double
reefed main and jib. Doing 6.6 to 7 knots through the water, 2.5 to 4 over the
bottom. Wind SW up to 22 knots in gusts. Very lumpy seas. SOG and VMG have been
improving over the past four to six hours. Hope to exit stream this afternoon.
Full cloud cover but no rain. More when conditions improve.
Groupe 5 Trying to get in for dinner but still some sloppy
waves so we’ll see
Young American All good on YA.
Chicama All good on Chicama. We had an amazing Sail all night. Very
little sea. Perfect A3 conditions.
Alchemy All good on Alchemy
6/22 1900 Windswept All is well aboard Windswept. We are enjoying a light
SW breeze with a very calm sea state and blue skies. It would be perfect sailing
if we were making a bit more progress towards the finish line! We should be
passing through the GS later tonight.
Chicama All good on chicama. After challenging conditions all day we
finally got enough air to beat the Gulf Stream
6/22 1038 Scowling Dragon just finished doing 14 knots. Next to finish is a group of three boats in about 28 hours: Groupe 5, Alchemy, Abilyn.
6/22 0800 - Windswept Beautiful sunrise over a calm ocean this morning.
Fish and birds are all around. Big fish chase small fish out of the water and
the birds try to grab the small fish. Big fish look like some sort of bill fish,
small marlin perhaps. Maybe I will get out my fishing pole. The boat is finally
moving. A nice SW breeze is filling in, currently about 8 knots. This calm spell
cost us at least 18 hours :(. Hopefully the wind holds. If so, we will be able
to get back on course and reach the GS by sunset. Keep you fingers crossed. The
barometer continues to rise which is a bit concerning.
Chicama All good on chicama. Slow early morning. Roy, I must have missed
a txt.
Young American All good on Young American. Gulf Stream might take us to
England at this rate. Transat boats might have some competition.
Groupe 5 All good on g5
Abilyn I’ll jump in too. All good on Abilyn. Moving fast in the
right direction.
Alchemy Good on Alchemy also
6/22 0002 - Tony texted me that the Norwegin Jewel cruise ship took good care of him and he is fine now. He is flying home today.
6/21 2015 - Windswept We are moving again after about 14 hours of calm
winds. We have a very light (5 knot) westerly and are making about 2 knots over
the ground. Unlike several false starts today, this one feels real.
Fathom called, all is well and moving.
6/21 1600 - Windswept Howdy, No wind nor hints of wind! I did get the
roller furler repaired. The calm weather was appreciated as I was leaning out
over the bow drilling holes and handling small, irreplaceable parts! Now I am
anxious to get the show on the road again. I managed to download GRIB files over
Sailmail. Of course, they proved to be totally inaccurate as Grib files tend to
be. Just a waiting game at this end. Later.
Chicama All good on chicama. Trying out all the sails today. Nothing
really fit well!
6/21 1300 - Humble Pi - Tony Leigh has been taken off Humble Pi by a
Cruise Ship for a medical procedure. Brian will be heading back to Annapolis.
Alchemy All well on Alchemy in light winds in the Gulf Stream.
6/21 1245 - II Tender Hi Roy - shredded my light air foresail in the
squally stuff. Unfortunately a lot of stitching and gluing on new fibre just
created Frankensail, which couldn’t hold a shape. Have made the difficult
decision to retire from the race. All well otherwise, see you back in Newport.
Abilyn Day 3 message: Light air and loving it. Abilyn doing 5 knots BSP
in 4.5 knots of breeze.
6/21 0930 - Humble Pi Flat as a mill pond out here, 0-3 knots of wind and counter current. We're motoring at 6 knots.
6/21 0700 - Strummer All good on Strummer winds lighter and seas down.
Now slow but comfortable. - louis meyer
Alchemy All good on Alchemy
Scowling Dragon Yeah we had gusts to 35 yesterday afternoon, the wind
dropped pretty quickly after we passed the front. All good here this morning.
Well and truly out of the stream so seastate is nicer and have decent pressure.
Windswept Good Morning, Rough night of thunderstorms, confused seas, and
gusty winds have given way to a very light NE wind of 2-5 knots. The left over
swell makes maintaining headway, particularly in the desired direction very
difficult. The tack point on the roller furler failed sometime during the
evening resulting in severe strain to the jib bolt rope. This has been
temporarily repaired with a lashing. A more permanent work around is being
considered. After all, I need to make some use of the 100 pounds of tools that I
lug around. For now, we are waiting for a favor from Aeolis! Rick
Young American All good on YA
Abilyn All good here.
Humble Pi has retired but they are doing OK.
Alchemy All well on Alchemy except that there’s no wind as predicted.
6/20 1900 - Strummer All good on Strummer but hard on the wind since we
left and very tiring. - louis meyer
II Tender . Just checking in. All good and getting ready to come into the
stream in a few hours. Wind 18 knots from 250, had the kite up to blast north
but now down to jib to make course. Hoping to use the light airs tomorrow for
some sail and running gear repairs.
Chicama All good on chicama. Good evening. Nice day of sailing chicama.
Seas have been a challenge for the last 3-4 hours
Abilyn Same (refers to Chicama). Making things even more challenging for
us was keeping the big no 1 genoa up all day even in breeze as high as 21 knots.
We knew it would only last a few hours and had to suck it up. Breeze down
to 13 knots now.
Scowling Dragon All good here on scowling dragon, it's been a pretty full
on day with gusts up to 35kts as we approached the front. Past it now and sea
state and wind has moderated massively, pretty calm upwind sailing
across the stream now.
Young American All good on YA
6/20 0700 - Humble Pi All is well. As you can see from yellow brick, the
group is pretty close together. Josh is on us like he’s taped to our transom.
The stalking has gotten so bad that Tony issued restraining order. It would be
great if this wind lasted another three days. But alas, all good things must
end. Have a great flight home.
Strummer All good on Strummer - louis meyer
Scowling Dragon Couldn't hear anyone else on the radio this morning. All
good here on the scowling dragon
Fathom called to say he bailed out of east of the Rhumb Line and is now
west of it. Nice 12 kts, nice seas and moving right along at just under 7 kts.
Abilyn In response to Brian’s post, Neptune has denied humble pi’s
request for a restraining order and allowed me to pass :-)
Windswept Clear skies, diminishing waves. The wind has shifted to the SW
and lightened to about 12 knots true.
All is well with vessel and crew. Still carrying a favorable current. Making an
occasional 7.8 knots over the ground.
No other boats seen or heard on VHF 72. Rick
6/19 1900 - Strummer All good on Strummer. Auto pilot now working - louis
meyer.
Chicama All good on chicama. Took a more conservative approach to start.
Enjoying the nice 11-12knts breeze.
Abilyn We be illin’ here on Abilyn.
Humble Pi Tony did the radio rounds for class 1 and 2. In case they don’t
get a txt out to you, humble pi, alchemy, chicama, scowling dragon, and
groupe 5 were on station and chatted. I separately reached out to
young American but didn’t hear back. Great sunset out here tonight.
Dragon Everything all good on Dragon. A little more breeze left than
forecast. Happy and cruising right along. Talked with Humble Pi. They confirmed
that the sea temperature is not 31 degrees C unlike our instruments say.
Something funny on board. Heard chatter between Humble Pi, Alchemy, Abilyn,
Groupe 5 and they are all good. Just settling in for the evening and hope the
breeze holds.
Windswept Hello all; It has been a glorious day of sailing, The wind is
West at 12-16 knots. The sea state is manageable. Just had diner of brown rice
with a can of vegtable soup thrown in for good measure. Chicama was the last AIS
signal that we saw. She flickered out about half an hour ago, some 8 miles
ahead. We are cranking along at about 6.5 knots which is decent for Windswept.
Fathom is a bit to windward of us and Strummer is a little behind. We are healed
over enough to make writing this a bit tough, so I will wrap it up. Good night,
Rick
II Tender Approaching dusk over the ocean so checking in. Comfortable
first day reaching a little, with 10-13 knots from 270 and orderly sea. Lost
some time de-powered while fixing a spliced furler, but now all set and turning
to think of approach for the night. That can wait until after dinne. R Hamilton
Kelly
Young American All good on YA
6/19 0800 - A few of us had breakfast put on by Brenda and Ell
1200 - Class 1 started some under spinnaker. Classes 2 & 3 started
together at 1210 with screaming coming from Abilyn. Alan Oatley drove Eric and I
out to the starting line as the Race Committee Boat. They had a nice NW wind
10-15, lighter in the harbour and especially in the Cut. Once out of the Cut the
winds nicely picked up out of the NW. Some boats were under spinnaker. Alan
drove us out past the Cut to see some of the boats. I beleive there were people
on the shore at the Cut which should have been a nice spot for picture taking.
The can be followed on the webrowser verion of ybTracking or the app on both
Apple and Android phones.
12 boats started. We picked up II Tender for this leg and obioiusly lost Mini829
(which for now can still be seen on the traker page.
6/18 1500 - Propane tanks refilled and Ice was brought in for those that needed blocks. Customs visit before the Skipper's Meeting - Weather Briefing by Ken McKinley. Then we talked about the start and the finish in Newport. Afterward their last meal. Some went to the White Horse Restaurant and others went to a dinner at a residence. Start is tomorrow 1100 EDT.
6/17 1730 - Awards were held. Madam Quinell Francis joined us again to
hand out the trophies. Commodore Lacey Rance also joined us to hand out the
trophies. Pictures were taken of the single-handed skippers for the website.
Following was the Gombey Dancers then dinner by Brenda and friends.
6/17 1300 - 5 people went to the Bermuda Radio tour at 10am and 5 went for the 1pm tour.
6/16 1830 - 23 people went to Wahoo's Restaurant for dinner split between
4 tables. Nice time. Even ice creame afterwards for some of us.
Earlier 4 people went to the Brewery Tour.
6/15 1900 - About a dozen people participated in the open grill. The Dinghy Club rented a wonderful grill and the skippers cooked their own food and of course there was plenty of gab.
6/14 1900 - 19 people enjoyed Brenda's Fish Dinner. We were very happy for the meal and there was plenty of talk about everything under the sun but especially the trip down. Eric even graced us with his presence. Several people have gone back to show others and revist.
6/14 1100 - 8 of us enjoyed a tour of the recently cleaned out Fort Albert by Patrick Paley. It was truley impressive to go down the multiple levels and tunnels of the fort with it's deep moat.
6/14 0700 - All the chickens are in the hen house! Strummer arrived safe and sound but desiring a shower! The rescue was in very difficult conditions but it went well. There were many situations where it could have gone bad.
6/13 2000 - Tonight the St George's Dinghy & Sports Club put on a Happy Hour followed by Gozlings giving a brief on Gozling history and seven different rums he had to sample. Afterwards the rums were sampled followed by plenty of gab.
6/13 1435 Strummer -Rain squalls this morning, but lovely light wind sailing since - louis meyer. Expect to arrive in Bermuda early Saturday morning. He's going to miss the Gosling's Rum tasting.
6/13 0407 Windswept finish time approximately. That is the last boat to finish. Strummer is due in Saturday morning with Alex from Mini829. Strummer has withdrawn from the race.
6/12 1800 - Ten of us went to the Swizzle Inn for our traditional Skipper's Arrival Party. Nine of us arrived via taxi however Brian Gray drove his scooter (brave soul). I hope the other groups on the upper porch with us didn't mind the loudness.
6/12 1300 Fathom finished drifting over the finish line. His motor wont start so we have arraigned a tow from a club member to bring him in. Fathom was put broadside on the outside of the pier.
6/12 0936 Draft results have been
posted. Seen menu on the left.
Strummer texted that Alex is helping so Strummer is no longer racing and
that all is good.
6/11 2253 Strummer texted All good on Strummer.
6/11 1121 Chicama finished.
1134 Flying Turtle finished.
6/11 0830 Fathom called. He is doing fine. His diesel will not start. Has not been in communication with anyone. Although he thinks he may have been hit by lightning and my not be in good working order.
6/11 0624 Strummer texted Alex has been sleeping for the last 12 hours. Plan to clean up Boat, which is a complete mess, and start heading to Bermuda. Eperb taken off, Alex did not have PLB. OK, just woke up. Need to get Boat sorted out and then we're heading to Bermuda. They are on their way.
6/11 0508 Alchemy finished.
6/11 0434 Young American hailed us with his finish time. Alchemy is not far behind YA.
6/11 0430 Long night with light winds as the High has settled in over Bermuda wind backing to the South East and the boats having to tack to get to the finish.
6/10 2210 Abilyn finished.
6/10 1850 Humble Pi texted Hi Roy. 6:50 check in. All is well. 45 miles out but it's a full beat to the finish line. Chicama is next to me and will provide for some good action. I hope!!
6/10 1708 Groupe 5 finished!
6/10 1537 Strummer texted us that Alex from the Mini829 is safe onboard Strummer and in time for Cocktails.
6/10 0946 Humble Pi texted Hi Roy. All is well.
6/10 0912 Dragon finished! First to finish!
Fathom - was contacted and all is well. Some minor damages. Can't wait to get
in!
6/10 0815 Dragon hailed that he is 30 minutes to finish.
6/10 0730 Young American texted All is well on YA. Saw what happened to
mini 829. Such a bummer.
Chicama texted Good to hear about the mini (that Strummer is redirected
there). All good on chicama. Nice coffee with sunrise. I had forgotten that
aspect sailing. Also small sails damage.
Groupe 5 texted Caught my main halyard cover right before it went up the
mast, mostly fixed. Everything is drying out.
Strummer texted that Rough conditions and auto pilot stopped working, but
on my way. His speed is slow due to conditios.
6/10 0625 Mini829 - Strummer has been contacted and is heading to Mini829 to pick him up.
6/10 0500 Dragon texted that he expects to finish around 0730.
Mini829 contacted us that he was dismasted. Rig is fully cut away. No
immediate danger. Alex is fine. Looking at options. The Coast Guard has been
notified about 0520.
6/9 1930 Humble Pi texted It's beautiful out here. I'm having a great
time! I'm checking in, everything is okay.I'm happy for you.
Chicama texted Nice sunny day. Helps with battery state! And the moral!
It been 18-25 most of the day. See state is difficult. SlowS you down.
Young American texted All is well aboard YA. Had to deal with patching
some stitching tears on the main but they seem to be holding well.
Abilyn texted All good on Abilyn. Just waiting for some buffalo chicken
Mac & cheese to hydrate.
6/9 Strummer texted Lots of squalls. Now 18 kn apparent wind, Sailing
close hold. Starting to see patches of blue sky.
Groupe 5 texted All good on g5, seems to have finally calmed down.
Hovering around 20 after a sizable squall with 30s a few hours ago.
Young American texted All good on YA. 18-22 knots calmer sea state and
clear blue skies.
Alchemy texted All good on Alchemy.
6/9 1238 Abilyn texted All good on Abilyn. Had a moment of zen this
morning. Very grateful and humbled to be out here doing this.
Strummer texted Tough going all morning. Several squalls came through.
Now hard on the wind, heading to Bermuda with high teens apparent. Single reef
in the main. Boat moving nicely, but very wet down below. Tiring but getting a
lot of sleep so generally doing well
.6/9 1000 Groupe 5 texted All good on g5.
6/9 0825 Alchemy texted All good on Alchemy. Still trying to figure out the boat’s crossovers for these variable conditions!
6/9 0637 - Strummer texted All good on strummer
6/9 0545 - Alchemy texted I saw nothing more than 21.5 to the west.
Young American texted 20-23 knots on my end nothing crazy. All is well but a
bit more humid below.
Chicama texted That sum up the night. Humid and in 20ish.
Dragon texted Very gusty until 0300 or so. Was high 20s gusting to
low / mid 30s. Now it's high teens. Partly overcast. Ses state still lumpy. Lost
my pilot for a while around 0430. Turns out the compass and bracket had popped
off the bulkhead with all the slamming. Worked through a few ideas and ended up
super gluing it back in place. Miraculously didn't glue myself to the boat.
6/8 2200 - Humble Pi texted God evening Roy. Sorry for the late check in.
My wind instruments broke during a squall. I've been hand steering until I can
get up the mast. A mast climb u not happen until Bermuda. It's hard to gauge but
I suspect I've had gusts in the 30's Otherwise all is well.
Strummer texted All good on strummer.
6/8 1931 - Alchemy text All good on Alchemy.
Groupe 5 text All good on g5. Seeing high 20s low 30s after the squalls,
thankfully reaching this wouldn’t be fun on the nose.
Abilyn texted Heard from Alex. All good on the mini.
Groupe 5 text Even a bit more now, I think there’s a good sized squall
about to hit. 30-38 now. Will report changes.
Dragon text that I'm in it and it is sustained. 25 to 30 with
gusts to 35.
Chickama text Chicama all good. The last squal was a good one. Mid 35
6/8 1834 - Young America texted All good on Young American!
Dragon texted All good on Dragon. Been through 5 small convection events
this afternoon. Rain, some lightening. Sitting one out as I type this. Maybe 25
peak in one or two of them. The rest were high teens.
Abilyn texted all good on Abilyn. Glad somebody flipped the breeze on
switch finally.
6/8 1613 - Dragon texted Finally exited the stream. Further south than the files. Mercator had the north wall nailed. It's lumpy out here. Lots of slamming. Water over the deck. It's also blowing 20. Then it's definitely a sail. This edition has a tremendous amount of close hauled sailing.
6/8 0900 - Groupe 5 all good here on g5.
Alchemy text all good on Alchemy besides tired from that looong still
period.
Young American text All good on YA.
6/8 0800 - Dragon texted Long night. After trucking along on a starboard
reach yesterday afternoon and evening, it went patchy and light around 1 AM.
Flopped over onto Port for several hours. Went light again around 0600
this AM and now back on starboard. The Mercator forecast has been spot-on for
the stream and I hit the north wall around 0400 ish. Temps went
from 21 C to 28 c. Super choppy, making typing difficult.
Otherwise all good.
Strummer texted Coffee. Bacon. Pancakes with butter and maple
syrup. And a nice east wind. Just need some sunshine.
Abilyn texted Not a faboulous night. Newport or Lng ISland sound after
these breeze dies. All is well on Abilyn. Trying to catch up with everybody else
after a windless night in teh worng neck of the ocean. Heard from Mini829
on sat. He says all is well.
6/8 0000 - Strummer texted nice and easy.
Groupe 5 texted Seeing some pretty exciting weather for tomorrow. If we get
through this light, looks like an endless line of squalls, lots of cape. To
which Abilyn replied Anything but this.
6/7 2035 - Chicama text All good here. I must have missed the vhf call.
Alchemy texted Good evening everyone. My vhf relay with dragon wasn’t
very good. Just wanted to say all good on board Alchemy. Happy GS crossing!
6/7 1915 - Fathom called to say he hasn't heard from anyone. Wind around
10 kts, 8-10 ft seas. Very sloppy. Need more wind.
Abilyn texted that he heard from Murray and Adrian (weakly). Seems like
all is well.
Dragon texted that he heard a broken transmission from Alchemy.
Humble Pi texted I think I'm out of range for the other boat right now.
But the wind is a steady 15 and the fog is as thick as pea soup. I don't like
pea soup. But I do like pork and beans and think I'll have that for dinner.
Everything is well here and I hope you are too. I'll check in later.
6/7 1824 - Strummer texted Just picked up light west wind. Drifted for hours. Just picked up light west wind
6/7 1500 - Chicama - All is good on chicama. The pack is
approaching the GS!
Strummer - No wind. Just drifting through fog
6/7 1439 - Abilyn - Forgot to report coms from this morning. Spoke to
dragon. But could not hail anybody from class 2. Heard from Alex via sat. He
says he’s going back though his batteries very quickly and is using his
autopilot sparingly.
All is well on Abilyn. Just trying to push through the light stuff.
Expect to be back in bigger breeze within a few hours.
6/7 0700 - Dragon - Alchemy relayed through Josh. Spoke with Flying Turtle. All good on board. The usual long night getting to the shelf. Fishing boat traffic was relatively limited. Fog cleared around 1800 hours. Mostly cloud cover but the moon peeked out occasionally. Got one shower around 0300. We were on starboard until 0100 when the wind dropped out and then shifted about 100 degrees. Tacked to port and am now sailing into the low. The fleet ended up a bit further east than I was expecting.
6/7 0509 - Strummer - Slow going
6/6 2054 - Dragon - Heard from Alchemy, Humble Pi, and Flying Turtle in Class 1. All are doing well. Lots of concersarion about the wind farm and the fog. Conditions are reasonble out here. Fleet is headed a bit, hard on the wind and being forced east a bit. 14 knots. The fog has lifted and visibility is 6 miles or so. Light chop on the surface. Will check back later tonight.
6/6 1909 - Humble Pi reports all class1 checked in without issue
6/6 1611 - Abilyn says All well on Abilyn, btw. Just passing the
exclusion zone. Soon will be at the next wind farm. Steady 11-13 knots out here.
Close reaching.
1800 Heard from Chicama and young American. Everybody doing well
and in good spirits. Trying to find others. No response from Alex on the Mini.
Alex txted me on sat phone. All is well.
6 June 1700 - My first scare. Strummer was heading West, quite a contrast to the rest of the fleet. He said the fog came in thick and decided to head west to avoid the the Wind Farms. He is headed SE now.
6 June - The day started with breakfast at the Newport Yacht Club; eggs,
bacon, cereal, bagels, fruit salad, etc. There was no wind come time for the
warning for class 1 at 1050 so we postponed. Fortunately the wind came in from
the SE and we were able to start the boats. Class 1 started at 1120, Class
2 at 1130 and Class 3 at 1140. Some of the boats had trouble getting past Castle
Hill but some how Abylin scooted out ahead of everyone for a while but then
Scowling Dragon started stretching its legs and is now in the lead.
Thanks to those on the Race Committee Boat: Peter Jencks, Caryn Cummings, Jane
Fontaine, guest past B12 skipper John Drozdal, and me.
5 June - Skipper's Meeting was at 1400 today. Ken McKinnely gave the weather brief and Frank Bohlen followed up with the Gulf Stream brief. I followed up with the particulars of the race.
30 May - Two new files again from Frank Bohlen: an update to the Weather & Gulf Stream links and Note #2 on the Gulf Stream on 29 May.
18 May - Two new files from Frank Bohlen: an update to the Gulf Stream Primer and Note #1 on the Gulf Stream on 8 May.
9 May - I have been informed that Susan Oatley has passed away recently. Susan was the wife of Brian Oatley who ran the Bermuda One-Two for the St George's Dinghy & Sports Club and passed away at the end of 2013.
22 April - Just posted the slides from Frank Bohlen's pitch on weather and the Gulf Stream at the 1 March Skippers' Forum.
14 March - Juan Perez is unable to do this year's race due to health reasons however he had purchased a brand new life raft last year and wants to sell it hopefully someone that will be doing the race this year. Also, John Drozdal's 1987 Warwick Cardinal 46 is posted.
1 March - 21 people participated iin the Skippers' Forum/Shore Party held at the Newport YC. After intorductions Frank Bohlen again gave us a brief on both weather and the Gulf Stream stressing that the skippers start looking at the data NOW! Frank has provided this list of web links and will provide his slides after he cleans them up. He is expecting to provide updates to the Gulf Stream leading up to the race and at the Skipper's Meeting.
3 February - The March Newsletter has been posted to the website.
10 January - Amendment #1 to the Notice of Race has been posted.
5 January - Our second entrant and first new entrant; Timothy Brewer on Fathom a Little Harbor 42.
1 January - We have our fist registration for 2025; Josh Reisberg. This will be Josh's third race.
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Potential Skippers for 2025 - The following have told me (that I remembered) are planning on doing the 2025 race: Adrien Blanc on Young American with Peter Becker on return, Peter Bourke on his Class 40, Jeff Daudert on his C&C 121, Pat Dionne on Chicama, Glenn Greener on his Brendan Dobroth design 1990 45’ sloop, Michael Hennessy on his new Class 40, Rick McCally, Louis Meyer, Juan Perez on his new to him C&C 29-2, Josh Reisberg, Theodore Rice on his Pacific Seacraft 34 named Rhapsody, Michael Schum on his new boat Karelia a Nauticat 39, John Youngblood in his Little Harbort 52.
23 November 2024 - The Notice of Race (NOR) and Calendar have been published and available for downloading. Online registration opens on 1 January 2025.
2 November 2024 - Twenty 22 people participated in the Fall Skippers'
Forum/Shore Party. After introductions, our sponsors (Joe Cooper for
Quantum and himself and Daniel Martinez for New England Yacht Rigging) gave
little briefs. Jon Bixby, Skipper's Representative, talked about a couple
of safety events that will be held next spring: Cruising Couples Safety Class
and Man Over Board (using a dummy that weighs around what a human weighs) hands
on experience. More information will be forth coming. Our guest speaker
was Sheila McCurdy on getting a boat ready for offshore. Sheila has had an
amazing offshore sailing career. You can download her slide pitch
here. Thank you Sheila.
The Notice of Race should be published later this month and Registration will be
opened on 1 January 2015.
Afterwards everyone partook of the food the club put out for us.
7 October 2024 - The October Newsletter is now published on the website.
18 April 2024 - Ted Singsen and I were able to get tickets for Cole
Brauer's first talk after her second place in the Global Solo Challenge in First
Light. This was the first of two talks held by the Mystic Seaport Museum Talk
Series on this day. Cole talked about her getting into sailing, the Bermuda
One-Two and of course the Global Solo Challenge.
7 March 2024 - Last year's Bermuda One-Two Skipper finished the Global Solo Challenge today in 2nd place. The whole Bermuda One-Two community congratulates Cole in an amazing feat; she became the first US female to sail solo, nonstop, around the world, by the three great capes.
15 February - The March 2024 Newsletter is now posted.
26 January - Cole Brauer on First Light rounds Cape Horn and now is back in the Atlantic in the Global Solo Challenge.
15 January - Past skipper Mike Stevens passed along to me that his crew member for Mike's two Bermuda One-Two races, Andrew Conn, has recently passed away. "My memory of Andy will always be linked to our time on the boat and the things that happened to us. Our friend Russ passed away a few years back and his boat went to Pete and Jeannie Conn who renamed it “Gratitude”. They in turn gave it to Andy. He was intending to do the 1-2 himself and was working on the boat. I am sorry he did not make it to the starting line because it was something he needed to do."
1 January - Registration is now open for both the New Englnad Solo/Twin and the Offshore 160.
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4 November - About 30 people participated in the November 2023 Skipper's
Forum/Shore Party at the Newport Yacht Club. Wonderful seeing past participants
(for example John Drozdal, last raced in 2011, and Marge) as well as several
potential future skippers.
After introductions of everyone there, our guest speaker was Chief Warrant
Officer DJ Holcomb from the Coast Guard stationed here at Castle Hill. Chief
Holcomb was peppered with many questions especially about PLBs and EPIRBs. Chief
Holcomb later provided this link to NOAA's SARSAT website with a breakdown of
how the system works.
https://www.sarsat.noaa.gov/about-sarsat/
Roy Greenwald promoted the 2nd annual running of the Northeast Ocean Race
Symposium which will be held 16 March 2024 at Bentley University again. More
information will be disseminated as it becomes available.
Joe Cooper gave his 90+ seconds of thoughts on the shorthanded community.
3 October - The October Newsletter is now available on the website.
18 August - One of those pesky Morris Justine 36's for sale. Corvus
7 August - Another Express 37 for sale with plenty of offshore racing experience.
7 July - The dates have been finalized for the 2025 Bermuda One-Two. Singlehanded leg start on 6 June and the return doublehanded leg start on 19 June 2025. Mark your calendars and start getting ready.