East Coasts at Block Island: 3 down 2 to go Block Island Race Week mid-point: In the J/105 Class, Paul Beaudin’s loulou posted a 1-5-1 to leapfrog from second into first. Loulou now has the low score of 20 points and leads previous leader James MacDonald’s Distant Passion by 3 […]

Big Breeze at Block on Day 2 Tuesday had the breeze up at the East Coasts at Block Island. The classic Around The Island Race was sailed. Bruce Stone showed his San Fran form to take the gun followed by Andrew Kennedy’s Bat 4 from Annapolis and Paul Beaudin’s loulou […]

East Coast Championship at BIRW Starts With Stiff Competition Day one had beautiful weather for sailboat racing with 12-16 knots of wind and sunny skies. Three races had the 16-boat J/105 fleet working hard all day. Race 1 had loulou first around the top mark followed by Eclipse, back with […]

Tenacious Takes Top Honors in J/105 Fleet at AYC Annual Regatta Brothers Carl and Scott Gitchell used to argue so much aboard the J/105 they co-own their crew took to calling them “The Bickersomes.” Age and maturity have mellowed the brothers over the years, and things are less contentious on […]