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The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta goes out for another year of competitive keelboat racing. Head to the website and fill out the school interest form to get your team on the list. We'll see you at Columbia Yacht Club this fall! buff.ly/YTiJUZh

💨 Catching up with Erica Lush This newsworthy Storm Trysail Club member continues to make waves in her ambitious solo offshore racing campaign. March marked a major milestone with her first solo regatta and a successful offshore training block buff.ly/9hijpHH

A real Throwback Thursday from the Block Island Race archives. As reported by the New York Times back in 1945, members of the Storm Trysail Club who had served in the war came together on Memorial Day weekend. buff.ly/X15NwY5

It's May! Now is the time to get your name on the start list for the 78th edition of the famous Block Island Race. 4️⃣ 3️⃣ boats so far will be joining us this Memorial Day Weekend to kick off the season. Join us! buff.ly/snxosSj

The Block Island Race kicks off the summer season here in the Northeast every year. The scratch sheet is looking competitive for the 2025 race 👀 SCOWLING DRAGON, Michael Hennessy's Class40 is here to start a season they'd hoped to begin last year! 📷 Billy Black

Who will beat 25 hours and 55 minutes corrected for the 2025 BI Race? Steven Levy and his J/121 EAGLE are back to vie for the top spot but of course so is ZIG ZAG, Andrew Clark's J/121 as well as SKYE the Farr 395 owned by Ty Anderson. 📷 Rick Bannerot

The Double Handed Race is currently slated to be a dual between Marc Berkowitz and his Sabre 386 ECLIPSE who will face off with Adam Zakka and WIZARD a J/99. Both are returning from the 2024 race. 📷 Rick Bannerot of Eclipse

Racing around the Plum Island Course? GADZOOKS that SOUND'S GREAT! ⛵ Gadzooks ⚓ Geoffrey Beringer ▶️ C&C 38 ⛵ Sound's Great ⚓ Barry Lenoble ▶️ Jeanneau 409 Good luck to the both of you! 📷 Rick Bannerot of the Gadzooks crew working hard in the 2022 BI Race

She Qualified! Our own, Erica Lush (@lushsailing), has officially qualified for the 2025 Solitaire du Figaro!

⛵ BLITZEN ⚓ John Storck Jr ▶️ J/130SD ⛵ DIRE WOLF ⚓ Constantine Baris ▶️ J/122 ⛵CHRISTOPHER DRAGON XII ⚓ Andrew & Linda Weiss ▶️ Italia 11.98 ⛵ TACKTILE ⚓ Jeffrey Wilson ▶️ Sabre 42CB ⛵ CATHEXIS ⚓ Bryan & Kara Schapperle ▶️ X382

Look for these boats on the BI Race starting line this Friday! ⛵ THIN MAN ⚓ Todd Aven & Todd Diffee ▶️ J/99 ⛵ LOKI ⚓ David Rosow ▶️ J/122 ⛵ ZAMMERMOOS ⚓ David Fass ▶️ Swan 42 ⛵ TOUCH OF GREY ⚓ Trevor Roach ▶️ J/121 ⛵ SQUEEZEPLAY ⚓ Gregg Brinegar ▶️ IMX 40

It's not a BI Race without the Academies! Back on the water for this run are ⬇️ ⛵ Cool Breeze - USCGA ▶️ Mills 43 ⛵ Hunter - United States Merchant Marine Academy ▶️ Mills 41 ⛵ Stormy Petrel - US Coast Guard Academy ▶️ USCG Leadership 44 📷 Steve Cloutier

Have a great race weekend to all participants! See the full scratch sheet at the link: buff.ly/DHSQRdT

At a recently held Storm Trysail Club Safety at Sea Seminar at SUNY Maritime, Ann Myer was honored with the first-ever STC Seamanship Burgee, a new award recognizing extraordinary acts of seamanship, rescue, and safety. Article here: buff.ly/m57IE8m

Feature Friday ✨ Today's feature goes to Mike Filimon, Connor O'Neil, Sam Cushing and Will Snyder of PARTY TREE. Mike says "There are plenty of reasons I sail as a sport but my favorites are the people and the stories. BIRW never disappoints on both counts.

This year marks 60 years of great racing out around the 1BI! A whopping 1️⃣7️⃣0️⃣ boats will head to the Block for a week of fun and competitive racing. There are 3️⃣3️⃣ boats who've declared themselves as Storm Trysail Club members. Can we expect a STC podium sweep? 🥇 🥈 🥉

🌊 Storm Trysail Skippers Take on the Bermuda One-Two! ⛵🇧🇲 Three of Storm Trysail’s members are going SOLO starting tomorrow in the 635-mile Bermuda One-Two Race: ⚓ Erica Lush Lush Sailing ⚓ Josh Reisberg @Abilynsailing ⚓ William McKeige

⛵ And they're off! The 40th Annapolis-to-Newport Race began Saturday after a dramatic rainstorm cleared just in time for the start. 📸: Willy Keyworth 📍 Follow the race in real time: buff.ly/sumd5bc 📰 Read the full story: buff.ly/IBSqmLx #A2N2025

STC Member Chris Lewis and QUIBIT had a great weekend at the 171st NYYC Annual Regatta in Newport. They netted 4th for the Around the Island race in 2024 and this year they upped their ante with an impressive 2nd. 👏 It was a 4th overall for the weekend of racing for QUBIT