Rich du Moulin, Chair ST Foundation and STC Seamanship Committee, reports on an interesting expansion of STC’s ongoing safety at sea initiatives. Since 1997 when we started Junior SAS and […]
Month: March 2025
Grandmasters Start Season At The Texas Shootout
The STC Grandmasters Team started its season-long quest for the Peter Wilson Trophy, emblematic of the national grandmasters championship, on the road in Kemah, TX, sailing on Galveston Bay. STC […]
Tracking Back by Popular Demand for the Block Island Race and other updates
Great news—Block Island Race will once again feature tracking! Thanks to our friends at Sebago and Raymarine, the highly requested YB Tracker is back, allowing friends and family to follow […]
Block Island Race Week Memories: Can we use your home for a Signal Boat?
Ray Redniss is not only a former STC Commodore, but he is a longstanding BIRW PRO. Weasked Ray for one outstanding memory from his many Race Weeks. When we got […]
Block Island Race Week Memories: “Calling Dr. Willi Faraguli!”
In BIRW’s early years, the event was smaller, it operated out of Champlin’s circle, and mostly everyone knew each other. Those were the days before carbon fiber, high-tech sails, and […]
Block Island Race Week Memories: Flagpole Kerfuffle on Block Island
As we get ready for 60 years of Block Island Race Week, we take a walk down memory lane.