Block Island Sailing Info

06/12/2025

There's a fun band playing at Kittens during Race Week!

08/27/2024

There is nothing better than a nice pursuit style race around the island followed by a party at the Beachead

The Regatta is open to all sailing vessels with a PHRF Rating. The boats will be scored in two classes: Spinnaker, and Cruising.

Prizes will be awarded to the top three finishers in each class.

Sign up for the Annual 'Around the Island Pursuit Race' today!

https://www.regattanetwork.com/event/27811

01/15/2024

After eight days of competition, US Sailing declared winners in five of the Olympic sailing disciplines at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Sailing. Having already secured country qualification in 2023, Women’s iQFOiL athlete Dominique Stater and 49er team Ian Barrows and Hans Henken are fully con...

01/15/2024

12/13/2023

Maiden only has 72nm to go before she crosses the Ocean Globe Race Leg 2 finish line! Sailing at 9.2knots, Skipper Heather Thomas and the rest of our all-female crew are roughly 7 hours from arrival 🇳🇿

05/17/2023

Smooth…!

05/16/2023

05/11/2023

Here's a good brief on doing Pursuit Races from UK Sailmakers.

Pursuit racing is a variant of PHRF racing where boats start in reverse order, with start times pre-determined by their ratings and the course length.