BLOCK ISLAND RACE IS SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2012
The Block Island Race, a distance race that is a good tune-up for the Bermuda Race, will start on Friday, May 25th. This year’s Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race will include short course addition -- the Plum Island Course (126 nautical miles all in Long Island Sound) --  as a PHRF-class option to the event’s traditional 186 nautical mile course for both IRC and PHRF. Race documents, the first press release and the on-line registration are now available.

FISHERS ISLAND YACHT CLUB & STC WILL HOST A JR. OVERNIGHT RACE
The start will be Friday, August 10, 2012. Click HERE for the race circular with details. Online-entry is now available.

LI SOUND IRC CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL BE HELD SEPTEMBER 15-16, 2012
TThe LI Sound IRC Championships and PHRF Fall Classic will be held September 15-16 and online entry and the NOR are now posted.

VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY WINS THE INTERCOLLEGIATE REGATTA'S VIDEO CONTEST
Villanova University (click to view video), with sophomore Scott Barnhill (Baltimore, Md.) serving as video editor, was declared the winner of the video challenge and will receive a $1,500 donation made out to its sailing team.

THE ROUTE HALIFAX - SAINT-PIERRE RACE 2012
Skippers are invited to register for one of the most challenging international sailing events on the east coast this coming summer.  Route Halifax Saint-Pierre connects eastern Canada and the French islands of St. Pierre et Miquelon. The 350-mile race starts in Halifax on July 8, 2012 and ends at the small French island of Saint-Pierre, which lies just off the coast of Newfoundland.    

2012 GLOBAL OCEAN RACE HAS A SUCCESSFUL MOB RECOVERY
In the closing stages of Leg 2 in the double-handed Global Ocean Race (GOR), a harsh lesson was learnt on Class40 Cessna Citation through quick thinking; instinct and training when Conrad Colman and Sam Goodchild dealt quickly with a Man Over Board (MOB) off the west coast of South Island, New Zealand.

2012 IRC EAST COAST CHAMPIONSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
STC Race Chairman Richard Neville has advised that the IRC East
Coast Championship will be held in Annapolis, MD from October 26-28, 2012. Online-entry is now available.

STC CHESAPEAKE STATION ANNOUNCES THE 2012 DOWN THE BAY RACE
The start of the 62nd running of the Down The Bay Race, from Annapolis to Hampton, will start May 25, 2012. Click HERE for the regatta's web site.

WORLD'S LARGEST COLLEGE REGATTA ORGANZIED BY STORM TRYSAIL FOUNDATION
Maine Maritime Academy wins World’s Largest College Sailing Regatta. The Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta, organized by the Storm Trysail Foundation and hosted by the Larchmont Yacht Club was sailed Oct. 8-9, 2011. Click HERE for the latest press release. Click HERE for the final results.

STC ADOPTS GUIDELINE FOR RENDERING ASSISTANCE
At all STC events, the Storm Trysail Club Safety Guideline for Rendering Assistance will be utilized. Click HERE to view the "Guideline for Rendering Assistance".