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Sixth Edition of Ida Lewis Distance Race
Friday, August 20, 2010 Newport, RI
The 2010 edition of the Ida Lewis Distance Race will feature a 177nm and 150nm race course over some of the most storied and beautiful sailing grounds in the world. With a spectacular start off Fort Adams in Narragansett Bay, the race includes turning marks at Castle Hill, Brenton Reef, Block Island, Montauk Point, Martha's Vineyard and Buzzards Tower on its way to a signature champagne finish inside Newport Harbor off the historic Ida Lewis Yacht Club.
The race's sixth edition is scheduled for Friday, August 20 2010, with classes for IRC, PHRF (including Cruising Spinnaker and a new Youth Challenge), One Design (including Club Swan 42) and Double-Handed boats of 28 feet or longer. It is a qualifier for the New England Lighthouse Series (PHRF); the Northern and Double-Handed Ocean Racing Trophies (IRC); and the US-IRC Gulf Stream Series.
Friends and family are invited to the Awards Ceremony on the deck of the Ida Lewis Yacht Club during a Barbecue Fest Saturday evening.
Put the date on your calendar!
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Sponsorship Support from
KVH Industries
Enhances Racing Experience
NEWPORT, R.I. (June 8, 2010)--Fans of the annual Ida Lewis Distance Race, which is scheduled to begins its sixth edition
on August 20 off Newport, R.I., will have a new way to follow the action and a new trophy to cheer for, thanks to KVH Industries. The company, headquartered in Middletown, R.I., and known globally for its mobile communications solutions for commercial, leisure and military markets, has signed on as one of the major “Finish Line” sponsors of the event in support of two new initiatives: the use of Kattack LIVE (not affiliated with KVH Industries) for bringing real-time race tracking to the Ida Lewis Distance Race website and the commissioning of a new perpetual trophy for the PHRF Cruising Spinnaker Class. The trophy will be named after Arent H. Kits van Heyningen, age 94, who is a member of host Ida Lewis Yacht Club and finished third among 17 entrants in the PHRF Racing Class in 2009, sailing with his son, Robert W.B. Kits van Heyningen, aboard his IMX 45 Temptress.
“The tracking initiative supports Ida Lewis Yacht Club’s mission of making this race more exciting for the participants and more engaging for their families, friends and fellow sailors, whether they are in Newport for the event or somewhere else in the world wanting to know what’s going on out on the race course,” said Dirk Johnson, explaining that in the early days of the regatta, state-of-the-art trackingwas a large chart posted at the yacht club with two types of yarn strung between push pins to depict the two different courses offered, one a 177 nm “Montauk” course and the other a 150 nm “Block Island” course Read More
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New Youth Challenge Introduces
Juniors to Offshore Sailing
 NEWPORT, R.I. (March 4, 2010)--Junior sailors from Narragansett Bay and the surrounding region will be able to extend their summer sailing season this year by 150 miles. The Organizing Committee of the Ida Lewis Distance Race has announced the introduction of its Youth Challenge--aimed specifically at introducing junior sailors to offshore sailing--for this year's sixth edition of the race, scheduled to start on Friday, August, 20, 2010.
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