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PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE
Day | Date | Time | Event |
Friday | June 6 | 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 7 | 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 8 | 1100 | Course signals for all courses |
TBD | Rolex Awards Ceremony (after racing) |
193 days until this event
Save the dates for the 2025 Block Island Race Week (BIRW) and the J/109 Class East Coast Championship. This 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.
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 24 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.
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East Coast Regatta Series Events
- New York YC Annual Regatta
- Safe Harbor Race Weekend Narragansett Bay
Regatta Links:
- Registration
- Scratch Sheet
- Notice of Race
- J/109 Class NOR Addendum
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.