Competitors in the Storm Trysail Club’s 50th anniversary Block Island Race Week were in near unanimous agreement about the first day of racing – the conditions were idyllic. “It couldn’t […]

NEW SHOREHAM, R.I. (June 21, 2015) – The Storm Trysail Club’s 50th anniversary Block Island Race Week officially kicked off this evening when Commodore Lee Reichert welcomed the some 2,000 […]

NEW SHOREHAM, R.I. (June 21, 2015) – The Storm Trysail Club’s 50th anniversary Block Island Race Week officially kicked off this evening when Commodore Lee Reichert welcomed the some 2,000 […]

NEW SHOREHAM, R.I. (June 9, 2015) – The organizing committee for the Storm Trysail Club’s 50th anniversary Block Island Race Week, scheduled June 21-26, has set out an ambitious sustainability […]

This year’s Race Week will introduce another first for STC. We will be moving towards making the regatta a more environmentally sustainable event. We will be following actions outlined in […]

NEW SHOREHAM, R.I. – The Storm Trysail Club plans to award a new Youth Trophy in honor of longtime club member, the late William Ziegler, III, at its 50th anniversary […]

Registration is open for the 2015 Block Island Race Week Feeder Races. The Storm Trysail Club, in conjunction with American YC and Mystic River Mudhead Sailing Association, will be running […]

NEW SHOREHAM, R.I. – The Storm Trysail Club plans to award a new Youth Trophy in honor of longtime club member, the late William Ziegler, III, at its 50th anniversary […]

NEW SHOREHAM, R.I. (Feb. 24, 2015) – More than 110 competitors have taken advantage of the early entry period for the Storm Trysail Club’s 50th anniversary Block Island Race Week, […]

Registration is now open for the 2015 Block Island Race Week (BIRW), the 50th anniversary of this iconic East Coast sailing regatta organized by the Storm Trysail Club. Race Week […]

BLOCK ISLAND, R.I. (June 28, 2013) – Early on, it looked like yesterday might repeat itself at the Storm Trysail Club’s 25th Anniversary Block Island Race Week, but the thick […]

BLOCK ISLAND, R.I. (June 27, 2013) – In PGA golf, Saturday is called “moving day” because it’s the day where competitors try to set themselves up for the final push […]

BLOCK ISLAND, R.I. (June 26, 2013) – It’s the 25th Anniversary of the Storm Trysail Club’s biennial Block Island Race Week, and it seems that after almost five decades a […]

BLOCK ISLAND, R.I. (June 25, 2013) – More than 1500 sailors embarked on an 18.2 nautical mile Around the Island Race today at the Storm Trysail Club’s 25th Anniversary Block […]

BLOCK ISLAND, R.I. (June 24, 2013) – Saving for a rainy day is a good idea in sailboat racing just as it is in real life. That’s what early leaders […]