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First sailed in 1954 and open to ORCi and PHRF boats in Spinnaker, Non-Spinnaker, Double-Handed, Plus One and One-Design classes, the Edlu is a classic tune-up for the Block Island Race and Block Island Race Week. The spinnaker course is 32 nm from the Larchmont Breakwater to Gong 11B off Eaton’s Neck and back. The non-spinnaker course is approximately 20 nm.

The first of six unique and challenging races hosted by this adventurous club, this event starts at Halfway Rock, just south of Prudence Island.

The ‘round the world marathon makes its only stop in North America. Visit the Ocean Live Park, with free admission every day and fun for the entire family. With up-close racing, tours of team bases, kids’ activities, free Try Sailing! on a Sail Newport J/22 (all ages), an interactive ocean hologram exhibit on ocean stewardship, music, food, entertainment, cocktail cafes and more, the City by the Sea’s the place to be!

  With a course of approximately 140 nautical miles Essex Yacht Club’s spring classic offers legitimate ocean challenges in an overnight race. Register at YachtScoring.com.

Hosted by Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club in Oyster Bay, New York, this event has a pursuit format, with boats’ handicap times applied at the start.

Ideal 18 racing in the Connecticut River at Essex The inaugural Eastern Connecticut Women’s Invitation Ideal 18 Regatta will be held Saturday, May 20, hosted by the Essex Corinthian Yacht Club in Essex, CT. The regatta is open to boats of the Ideal 18 class owned by or chartered to a recognized yacht club. This is a non-spinnaker regatta. Both the Essex Corinthian and Essex Yacht Clubs will have Ideal 18s available for charter. Both Skipper and…

First held in 1946, this Storm Trysail Club event is a qualifier for the North Ocean Racing Trophy (ORC), the Double Handed Ocean Racing Trophy (ORC), the New England Lighthouse Series (PHRF) and the Gulf Stream Series (ORC). It’s also a qualifier for the Caper, Sagola and Windigo trophies awarded by the YRA of Long Island Sound and the “Tuna Trophy” for the best combined ORC scores in the Edlu and Storm Trysail Block Island Race.