The 2013 New England 100 will be held out of Sail Newport in Newport, RI on August 17 and 18th.
link to Notice of Race and other info
Goal is to sail approximatley 100 miles over the 2 days.
We may be experimenting with a raid style course one of the days.
Over the last few years we've had 15-20 boats with mostly F18s and a few open boats. We hope to have more of both this year!
We've also invited the newly formed Marstrom 32 fleet in Newport hoping that they will participate.
Please email me for more info Todd dot Riccardi at gmail dot com
Looks like fun. This is a curiosity question.
If the M32s are invited should the NOR say
All Multihulls 32' and under
or are the M32s the only multihulls invited that are greater than 22' in length (no Farriers, Corsairs, etc.)?
Thanks Tom. I'm aware of this. I'm trying to limit it from boats over 22' besides the M32s and the M32s haven't responded if they will participate or not.
Nothing against the Corsairs, we have sailed with them before but they are significantly slower and we don't have the resources to handle doing multiple courses for the slower boats. The Corsair fleet also has a regatta the following weekend in Newport that is similar to this but our fleet will be up in Canada.
If the M32s do come and someone needs a crew, sign me up!
Racing starts tomorrow, will you be there?
We'll try to post updates here throughout racing for those of you who need something to look at between AC madness.
Mike
So...
AP until 11:00, had to make some adjustments on the fly (took out a harbor lap, changed to a reaching start to avoid another race circle).
Wind started as a light northerly, and is in the middle of a major swing south at the moment (as forecast). The fleet is drifting toward Brenton Reef, with the plan to round Acquidneck Island to port. Time will tell...
Mike
R4, first to round is boat 281 at 12:25:40...
Mike
Wind has clocked all the way around to SSW, still barely five knots. We're at G1 waiting for someone to beat the 1330 time limit...
Mike
Whew, just made it...
At G1 (sail / time):
281 1321
94 1323
1273 1326
11 1327
885 2910
Wind is filling nicely, we're now committed to round the island. 16 starters, 14 still racing...
Mike
281: Bob Merrick / Tyler Burd
94: John Giuliano
1273: Bob Tomassone
11: Mike Easton / Tripp Burd
885: Jessica Teunis / Sam Carter
Will fill in missing crew info with results later.
Mike
Thanks Mike.
At Halfway Rock, no sign of the fleet. Wind is southerly, howling at 6 knots...
Mike
Looks like a long evening.
Just north of Dyer Island, the entire remaining fleet (14 boats) is in sight, and still pretty condensed. We stopped some stragglers earlier.
Long way to go, against the current for about another hour, and the wind is coming straight up the bay at them.
Mike
Sea breeze building to about 8 and they're starting to move faster...
Mike
Finish line is set at Rose Island, breeze back down to about five knots. Leaders in sight, still well north of the bridge.
Looks like it will be a beautiful sunset, at least...
Mike
Finishers!!!
94 18:16:06
281 18:16:40
11 18:16:59
1034 18:17:35
1563 18:18:22
Start time was 1105
Mike
Two more to go...
Last finisher #100 at 18:32:25...
Mike
Fun day on the water. The results don't really speak to the sailing, I think everyone was in the lead at one point! We lost a few boats after G1 while gybing downwind in the river, then stayed close to shore in the doldrums near Dyer Island and got a magic puff that took us to the front of the fleet on a double wire spin reach. We were leading the F18 fleet for a while after passing bridge #2 but just couldn't keep it together on the long beat home to the finish. Got passed by 2 boats right at the finish which was a bummer, mostly because we didn't know where the finish was. We were less than 2 minutes out of 5th and the entire fleet finished within 17 minutes after a 7 hour, 40 mile race! All in all a good weekend, and much thanks to the entire New England fleet for hosting us and continuing to share their knowledge. Also a huge round of applause to Mike for lending his excellent PRO skills to the task.
Thanks. I think the funny thing was, no one believed me Saturday night when I said we were out at the marks taking times all day long...
I agree, Todd and his crew did a great job pulling this together.
I do miss the old format with the H16 fleet, but I think this is a good alternative, and certainly alleviates the road crew hastles.
Mike