{"id":157,"date":"2009-06-27T13:09:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-27T13:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=157"},"modified":"2009-06-27T13:09:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-27T13:09:00","slug":"block-island-race-week-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=157","title":{"rendered":"BLOCK ISLAND RACE WEEK 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SkYbTHHATtI\/AAAAAAAABYY\/2TtQrwVIN6M\/s1600-h\/DSC_2422.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SkYbTHHATtI\/AAAAAAAABYY\/2TtQrwVIN6M\/s320\/DSC_2422.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351995222316306130\" \/><\/a>Sailing on &#8220;Laura-Ann&#8221; belonging to Rich duMoulin for Block Island Race Week, re-united me with many old friends and classmates. My first race week since 1967 when I raced with Halsey Herreshoff on &#8220;Alerion&#8221; built to his design.<\/p>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre\"> <\/span>The Island was overrun with sailors seeking Mount Gay Rum and wind. Conditions were varied and shifty which kept the race committee and competitors on their toes. <\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre\"> <\/span>We ended the week in second place in class easily beaten by a sistership &#8220;Troubador&#8221;, only beating her in the first and last races of the week. I will keep a fond memory of this race week largely as a result of the warm welcome from Rich and his wife Ann.<\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre\"> <\/span><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SkYbK95RizI\/AAAAAAAABYQ\/PpNh3lFBrr4\/s1600-h\/IMGP2569.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SkYbK95RizI\/AAAAAAAABYQ\/PpNh3lFBrr4\/s320\/IMGP2569.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351995082403842866\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SkYbKj-hNAI\/AAAAAAAABYI\/8pddV8CKz3M\/s1600-h\/IMGP2474.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SkYbKj-hNAI\/AAAAAAAABYI\/8pddV8CKz3M\/s320\/IMGP2474.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351995075446518786\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SkYbKd1L6qI\/AAAAAAAABYA\/0hdBU_XuLkA\/s1600-h\/IMGP2465.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SkYbKd1L6qI\/AAAAAAAABYA\/0hdBU_XuLkA\/s320\/IMGP2465.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351995073796762274\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SkYbKJocaOI\/AAAAAAAABX4\/XcaZgSOoPno\/s1600-h\/DSC_2433.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SkYbKJocaOI\/AAAAAAAABX4\/XcaZgSOoPno\/s320\/DSC_2433.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351995068374608098\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SkYbJwSJCbI\/AAAAAAAABXw\/h3PIdgg6Iko\/s1600-h\/DSC_2487.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SkYbJwSJCbI\/AAAAAAAABXw\/h3PIdgg6Iko\/s320\/DSC_2487.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351995061570177458\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sailing on &#8220;Laura-Ann&#8221; belonging to Rich duMoulin for Block Island Race Week, re-united me with many old friends and classmates. My first race week since 1967 when I raced with Halsey Herreshoff on &#8220;Alerion&#8221; built to his design. The Island was overrun with sailors seeking Mount Gay Rum and wind. Conditions were varied and shifty &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=157\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BLOCK ISLAND RACE WEEK 2009<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[236,237,235],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-block-island-race-week","category-express-37","category-rich-dumoulin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}