2020 Hands-On Safety-at-Sea Seminar Announced

The Storm Trysail Club to conduct a one-day Hands-On Safety-at-Sea Seminar on May 16, 2020

Storm Trysail Foundation’s Annual Legacy Fundraising Dinner Honoring “Carina” Raises $110,000+

The event was held on November 15th at Indian Harbor Yacht Club, the original home of Carina when she was commissioned by the Nye family.

Seamanship & Sailing Legacy Awards Dinner was held on Saturday, March 18, 2017

Storm Trysail Foundation Benefit and Awards Dinner. Congratulations To The 2017 Storm Trysail Foundation Awards Winners, the crew of High Noon and Peter “Luigi” Reggio.

2017 Hands-on Safety-at-Sea Seminar – Bigger and Better

The Storm Trysail Club, with the support of the Storm Trysail Foundation, will be hosting our fourth Hands-On Safety-at-Sea Seminar on May 20, 2017, at the campus of the State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College at Fort Schuyler in the Bronx, New York.

Juniors Learn Big Boat Safety and Skills in 2016 Annapolis Safety at Sea

– As the first week of summer program sailing started throughout the region, 18 students from throughout the Chesapeake and as far away as New York came to Annapolis YC to learn about Big Boat safety and skills at the Junior Safety at Sea Seminar.

Storm Trysail’s Hands On Safety at Sea Seminar Had Over 250 Attendees

The Storm Trysail Foundation held it’s Hand’s on Safety-at-Sea Seminar at SUNY Maritime College on Saturday, April 18th.

Hands-on Safety At Sea Seminar Wrap Up 2018

Storm Trysail’s Annual Hands-On Seminar was held Saturday, May 20, at the SUNY Maritime College at Fort Schuyler in the Bronx, NY. This is the fifth such Seminar and we continue to evolve the concept of a one day seminar to achieve World Sailing certification.

2019 Hands-On Safety At Sea Seminar

The Storm Trysail Foundation hosted its annual US Sailing-sanctioned Hands-On Safety-at-Sea Seminar on Saturday May 18, 2019, at SUNY Maritime College in the Bronx, New York

Margaritaville is Block Island Race Week

Legendary musician Jimmy Buffett made a surprise appearance at the final awards party for Block Island Race Week, presented by Margaritaville which was fabulous way for the participants to end the week.

Bucket List Checked for many Newcomers

We caught up with many newcomers to the fleet this year to learn what drew them to Block Island.

Mount Gay Race 4 Recap

The day may have started foggy but the penultimate day of the 2019 Race Week was far from slow with 2 races on 3 circles completed.

Linc and the Entourage

For this skipper and revolving cast of characters, the annual pilgrimage to Race Week means more than the races themselves

The 74th Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race & The Fickle Finger of Fate

For the 65 boats that started the 74th Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race, the wind gods proved to be capricious. Competitors found themselves to be racing in big breeze one minute, and no breeze the next.

73rd Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race – A Study in Contrasts

80 boats crossed the starting line in big breeze to begin the 73rd edition of the 186 nm Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race.

Long Range Planning Committee Report

At the 2020 Annual Meeting, Gary Jobson offered his report from the Long Rane Planning Committee,

Commodore Evans’ 2020 Annual Meeting Remarks

Our beloved sport of ocean racing and big boat racing in general — if you haven’t heard from Dick Neville yet — faces significant challenges, particularly in participation.  These challenges, however, also […]

NOR Posted for the 75th Block Island Race

The NOR is posted and registration is open on Yacht Scoring for the 2020 Block Island Race which will begin on Friday, May 22.

72nd Block Island Race: “One never knows, do one?”

With the planned start of the 72nd edition of the Block Island Race on May 26 off of Stamford, CT, conflicting weather models had navigators and skippers scratching their heads as they planned their strategies.