Aug 11 2020
There is a great picture of Vento Solare from the 2019 Ida Lewis Distance Race on the lead in to the North Sails News with an article How to Improve Your Tacks. It is posted below for your reading pleasure. HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR TACKS Prioritizing Your Upwind Technique Can Make Or Break Your Race …
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May 06 2020
When “Plan A” fell apart with the Navy Marina restricting boat access until 1 June, we had to find another way to go sailing. A little sleuthing in Newport found that there were slips available for the month of May in downtown Newport. On Tuesday 5 May, Spirit and Vento Solare had a pleasurable sail on …
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Apr 20 2020
The 2020 season was shaping up nicely with boat preps, but the whole Covid 19 situation has really messed up the sailing schedule. The 2020 Season schedule has been updated and is covered at the bottom of this post. In this post: Thanks to those who helped Spring Preps! Launch & Delivery to Newport Complete …
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PHRF Narragansett Bay Annual Meeting (Zoom) @ Home at ComputerWed. January 27th, 2021 @ 6:30 PMRegistered: No, Zoom Meeting Link Be at Home at Computer - Wed January 27th @ 6:30PMEvent Website: PHRF-NB
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Avoiding Thunderstorms on Narragansett Bay @ Home at the ComputerWed. February 24th, 2021 @ 7:00 PMRecurring dates 2/24, 3/3, 3/10 Registered: Yes Fees Paid: Paid Be at Home at the Computer - Wed February 24th @ 7:00PMEvent Website: Sail Newport & Mark ThorntonRegistration: Link
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Avoiding Thunderstorms on Narragansett Bay @ Home at the ComputerWed. March 3rd, 2021 @ 7:00 PMRecurring dates 2/24, 3/3, 3/10 Registered: Yes Fees Paid: Paid Be at Home at the Computer - Wed March 3rd @ 7:00PMEvent Website: Sail Newport & Mark ThorntonRegistration: Link
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Avoiding Thunderstorms on Narragansett Bay @ Home at the ComputerWed. March 10th, 2021 @ 7:00 PMRecurring dates 2/24, 3/3, 3/10 Registered: Yes Fees Paid: Paid Be at Home at the Computer - Wed March 10th @ 7:00PMEvent Website: Sail Newport & Mark ThorntonRegistration: Link
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Crew Practice @ Navy Marina Slip A49Tue. April 27th, 2021 @ 5:00 PMBe at Navy Marina Slip A49 - Tue April 27th @ 5:00PM
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Around Aquidneck Island Challenge Around Aquidneck Island Challenge @ Navy Marina Slip A49Mon. October 12th, 2020 @ 10:00 AM Those without base access please meet 9:45 am at the Pass & ID parking lot to be driven on base.The Twenty Hundred Club Around Aquidneck Island Challenge is run annually whenever we want, as many times as we want. This is based on PHRF corrected time and allows a spinnaker and non-spinnaker run. We will start and finish at the Newport bridge and use one design sails with a PHRF rating of 75 Spinnaker, 94 Non-Spinnaker. We will select the class based on crew available. Bring your own lunch & beverages and please bring masks. Boats may start by any of the designated marks and need to finish there. The challenge excludes time through the Tiverton basin. A log is kept to record the time when certain marks of the course are passed. We will start & stop at Newport Bridge. Expected elapsed time is about 5 hours. Be at Navy Marina Slip A49 - Mon October 12th @ 10:00AMEvent Website: Twenty Hundred ClubRace Results: Best Non-Spin time 2020 5:12:15 (4:27:07 corrected)
| 10/12/2020 | Best Non-Spin time 2020 5:12:15 (4:27:07 corrected) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New York YC Annual Regatta New York YC Annual Regatta @ Navy Marina Slip A49Sat. October 3rd, 2020 @ 9:00 AM Andrew & JV please meet Gardner 8:45 am at the Pass & ID parking lot to be driven on base.Everyone please bring your own lunch & beverages. We are on the Blue circle in ORC3 class (Pennant 3) using OD jib and 120 sqm spinnaker. The warning signal for the first race is 1100 each day. The traditional Two-Day Series on Saturday and Sunday. We are on a three boat team with Spirit (PHRF Spin) & Epiphany (PHRF Non-spin) for the Great Corinthian Trophy. Racing may consist of the following:
Registered: Yes Fees Paid: Paid $350 Due 9/25/2020, Waiver Form, Payment Link, Scratch Sheet, Notice of Race, Waiver Status, COVID-19 Release, COVID-19 Release Status, Sailing Instructions Be at Navy Marina Slip A49 - Sun October 4th @ 9:00AMEvent Website: New York YCRace Results: 3,3,6,6 of 6 Series Results: 5 of 6
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New York YC Annual Regatta Around the Island New York YC Annual Regatta Around the Island @ Navy Marina Slip A49Fri. October 2nd, 2020 @ 11:45 AMTim, Andrew & JV please meet Mary 11:30 am at the Pass & ID parking lot to be driven on base.Everyone please bring your own lunch & beverages. The Around-the-Island Race or middle distance race (scored separately) on Friday. The warning signal for the race is 1100. We are on a two boat team with Leading Edge for the Rolex Cup on Friday. We are on the Blue circle in ORC3 class (Pennant 5) using OD jib and 120 sqm spinnaker. Current max ebb @ start with transition between 1500-1530 Registered: Yes Fees Paid: Paid $350 Due 9/25/2020, Waiver Form, Payment Link, Scratch Sheet, Notice of Race, Waiver Status, COVID-19 Release, COVID-19 Release Status, NOR Addendum #1, Sailing Instructions Be at Navy Marina Slip A49 - Fri October 2nd @ 11:45AMEvent Website: New York YCRace Results: 3 of 6
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JYC Fall Series #4 JYC Fall Series #4 @ Navy Marina Slip A49Sun. September 27th, 2020 @ 12:30 PM Caitlin please meet Roland 12:15 pm at the Pass & ID parking lot to be driven on base.Be at Navy Marina Slip A49 - Sun September 27th @ 12:30PMEvent Website: Jamestown YCRace Results: 6 of 8
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Around Prudence Twenty Hundred Club Race Around Prudence Twenty Hundred Club Race @ Navy Marina Slip A49Sat. September 19th, 2020 @ 8:15 AM Andrew, Conor & Matt please meet Roland 8:00 am at the Pass & ID parking lot to be driven on base.Please bring your own lunch & beverages. We'll celebrate at the dock after the race. Twenty Hundred Club Fall Race around Prudence - start/finish near Pine Hill Point West of Prudence Island Spin A Warning Signal 1015, Start 1020 Tides ~ transition to slack @ start, then ebb (max ~ 1400) The Details! Registered: Yes Fees Paid: Yes Uniform: white shirts & blue vests Payment Link, Notice of Race, Scratch Sheet, Sailing Instructions, RaceQs Replay Be at Navy Marina Slip A49 - Sat September 19th @ 8:15AMEvent Website: Twenty Hundred ClubRace Results: 7 of 10
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