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- Registration
- Boats Entered
- Notice of Race
- Registration
- Boats Entered
- Notice of Race
PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE
| Day | Date | Time | Event |
| Friday | June 11 | 0830-1000 | Registration (weigh-ins if necessary) |
| 1200 | Course signals for Around the Island Race | ||
| 1600-1800 | Registration (weigh-ins if necessary) | ||
| 1800 | Cocktails & Daily Awards party | ||
| Saturday | June 12 | 0800-0900 | Registration (weigh-ins if necessary) |
| 1100 | Course signals for all courses | ||
| 1800 | Annual Regatta cocktails | ||
| 1900 | Annual Regatta Dinner (casual dress) | ||
| Sunday | June 13 | 1100 | Course signals for all courses |
| TBD | Rolex Awards Ceremony (after racing) |
244 days until this event
Block Island Race Week (BIRW) will be the location for the 2027 J/109 North American Championship. This is an iconic East Coast sailing regatta organized by the Storm Trysail Club. Race Week includes multiple races per day, lots of shoreside activities, and a Round the Island Race.
- Registration
- Declare Crew with World Sailing Classifications
- Scratch Sheet
- Declare Sails
- Class Party Skippers RSVP with Crew Count
- Class Party Volunteers (2 per boat)
There will also be a J/109 Class Party! Thanks to NORDLYS owner Bob Schwartz, we will have a class party scheduled one night at his rental house.
Class Party Details – Tuesday 22 June @ 6pm
Directions to Bob Schwartz’s house – 1078 West Beach Road for Party:
Go North on Corn Neck Road (the main North – South road) about 2 miles or so from the Salt Pond. Make a left on West Beach Road. There is a sign for the island transfer station at the intersection of West Beach Road and Corn Neck. The driveway is about a quarter of a mile down West Beach Road on the left and has a sign for Crews Hideout. Pull into the driveway. It is okay to park on the grass. The address is 1078 West Beach Road.
The first Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac was held in 1898 as an informal race of five boats, and Vanenna won in 51 hours. It was six years later before the second Mac ran in 1904, after which it was then held intermittently until after World War I. Since 1921, the Mac has been a highly-anticipated annual event not only by the Chicago Yacht Club immediate family but is also revered by the extended racing community and by the City of Chicago.
The Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac is a 333 statute mile (289.4 nautical miles) course starting just off Navy Pier and ending at Mackinac Island, Michigan. It is the oldest annual freshwater distance race in the world. The boats cross the finish line between the lighthouse on Round Island and Windermere Point on Mackinac Island. Recently the race has had about 330 yachts of various sizes and sections including a cruising class, multi-hull, double handed, and many one design sections. The race is by invitation only.
Fleet 11 Offshore Championship Event
297 days until this event
East Coast Regatta Series & East Coast Championship
Thursday
- 1200-1800 Check-In at assigned Safe Harbor marina
Friday
- 1200 First Warning Signal
- 1800 SHNEB Coastal New England Dinner will be held on The Point at Safe
Harbor New England Boatworks overlooking Narragansett Bay. Transportation to & from hotels
reserved for Safe Harbor Race Weekend and other local marinas will be available, if needed, for
guests traveling to and from Safe Harbor New England Boatworks on Friday evening.
Saturday
- 1200 First Warning Signal
- 1800 SHNSY Talk of the Town Crew Party and dinner will be held at Safe
Harbor Newport Shipyard in the heart of downtown Newport featuring live music and local
crew favorite fare.
Sunday
- 1200 First Warning Signal
- 1600 Prize-Giving location will be detailed in the Sailing Instructions.
