The Twenty Hundred Club will hold its 2019 annual business meeting at IYRS, 449 Thames Street, Newport on Tuesday 5 November at 7pm. Pizza and refreshments will be served. Attendees are kindly requested to RSVP by clicking the following link rsvp@twentyhundredclub.org to open a pre-formatted message with your email reply. Your participation is a great help to the board and to the quality of our racing and social program — hope to see you there!
We can use their parking lot (we will have passes to give out) and the meeting will be held in the John Mecray Aquidneck Mill Building on the fourth floor in the Edward W. Kane and James Gubelmann IYRS Maritime Library. We thought this would be a perfect location for such a historic sailing club since this is the only library of its kind in Rhode Island, its collection includes marine-related books, periodicals, historic yachting trophies, nautical artwork, and other artifacts related to Newport’s and New England’s maritime heritage. More information about the IYRS campus can be found here: https://www.iyrs.edu/about/campus.
The Twenty Hundred Club is rolling out an enhanced race administration system for 2019 with the following features.
Membership & Race Entry done online via the Shop (no change)
Scratch Sheet automatically populated online using Shop orders (introduced in 2018)
Automatic personalized email reminder sent 7 days before a race. The email contains a link directing the Skipper to a page where
Race participation is confirmed, or withdraw from race
Option to change Class (Spinnaker/Cruising)
Option to update PHRF value
Scratch sheet set to final the day before the race , locking it from further changes
New scoring system built into website publishes finish results in near real time through the use of a phone on the finish boat – final results will be posted shortly after the committee boat docks and finish times are verified
Race Results include additional columns for time behind the previous boat finishing and time behind the first boat finished. An option is provided to display results without the Twenty Hundred Club penalty.
The new system should improve scratch sheet accuracy and provide race results in a more timely manner. The 2018 Block Island race results are scored using the new system and may be viewed at this link.
We’ve prepared an update to our race summary document. This PDF is suitable to forward around to fellow racers and friends who might be considering joining the club and our racing program. We really do offer a wonderfully unique and interesting season of races and a quick read will reaffirm that! Thanks for your continuing support.
Results for this past weekend’s Cuttyhunk race are now posted here: Cuttyhunk Race Results Great weather and an excellent turnout this year! Next event is Block Island in four weekends!
Permanent link to this article: https://twentyhundredclub.org/cuttyhunk-results-posted-2/
An amended SI for Cuttyhunk is now posted. Please note there will only be two starts. http://twentyhundredclub.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Amended-Cuttyhunk_SI_2018.pdf
Permanent link to this article: https://twentyhundredclub.org/cuttyhunk-si-amended/
ALL RACERS: Please note that amendment #1 to the Around Aquidneck SI has been posted. This amendment updates the finish line. It is available here: http://twentyhundredclub.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Around_Aquidneck_Island_SI_2018_w_Amendment1.pdf
Permanent link to this article: https://twentyhundredclub.org/amendment-1-posted-for-around-aquidneck/
We are just a few days away from our first race for the 2018 season! The NOR and SI are also available for download here: http://twentyhundredclub.org/race-page/. We have 40 boats currently registered for the Around Aquidneck Island race this Saturday. Please take a moment to review the preliminary scratch sheet. The scratch sheet will be finalized …
We had a new non-spin record for the AAC on Friday October 27th: Bill Kneller and the Vento crew got around in 4:20 corrected, setting a new all-time fastest non-spin rounding. Full results at this link. Also, the agenda for Wednesday’s Annual Business Meeting is now posted posted at this link. Please recall it will …
There were two more attempts yesterday, but neither boat could get around the course fast enough to unseat Tamanoa from the top spot. Full results at this link
Permanent link to this article: https://twentyhundredclub.org/two-more-aac-attempts-yesterday-october-20th/
Today, Gregg, Marcus and the Tamanoa team went around the island and set a solid corrected time of 3:43:41, enough to assume the mantle of “Fastest Rounding” so far this Fall. Seems likely there will be more before the end of the year. Please note that Gregg reports that the waterway under the Sakonnet bridge …
Yesterday, Thursday October 5th, Brooke Mastrorio and the URSA crew made a run at the challenge for 2017 — our first of the season. Great job guys. Please note that removal of the old Sakonnet bridge will potentially impact transits through that area Monday through Saturdays for a part of October and November. Do check …
Join your Twenty Hundred Club friends for drinks, dinner, and fun at Hotel Viking on Saturday 4 April to kick off the 2020 season. Drinks start at 6:00pm with dinner served at 7:00pm. Tickets offered on the Twenty Hundred Club online shop.
Twenty Hundred Club Spring Race Around Aquidneck Island Scratch sheet link Results Link See the Race Page for details Party at Tiverton YC after the race.
Twenty Hundred Club Race to Cuttyhunk – Race out on Saturday 20 July, party, then return on Sunday 21 July. Scratch sheet link Results Link See the Race Page for details
Twenty Hundred Club Race to Block Island Scratch sheet link Results Link See the Race Page for details Purchase tickets at this link for party on the lawn by the Oar on Saturday after the race.