Ed note: we have to say a big thank you to Karen Ryan for letting us pull photos off her Facebook page. She's awesome. Check out the full galleries here.
What a week! The 50th anniversary of Block Island ended with 167 boats in 15 classes duking it out in one of the more successful weeks in recent memory, with four days of great windward-leeward sailing in 10-18 knot winds (not to mention a great 'Round the Island Race with 20-30 knot winds).
"This is probably the best race week we've had in the past 10 editions," said Principal Race Officer Dick Neville. "We've rarely had five full days of racing. It might be the best race week ever."
Among the Bay boats competing, Bill Sweetser's Rush placed second in the J/109 fleet, who were competing in their North American Championship. 
The J/105s were holding their East Coast Championships, and Don Santa and Andrew Kennedy both did well in the 17-boat fleet, coming in eighth and ninth, respectively.
In IRC 1, Charlie Morris's TP 52 Corsair, crewed entirely by Midshipmen, came in fifth in the six-boat fleet. The other IRC boat, Paul Milo's Orion, did well, coming in 8th place in IRC 2. Ranger, the Farr 40 crewed by Mids in PHRF 1, came in third place, with Kevin McNeil's Farr 30 Seabiscuit just on top of them in second. 
In PHRF 2, Stephen Bowes's Apparition did well, placing fifth in the 14-boat fleet, while Glenn Doncaster's Nanuq came in 10th after a few disappointing finishes later in the week. Ed Tracey and Tim Polk's Omega 36 Incommunicado nailed it in PHRF 3 with a second place win.
In the Cruising Spinnaker class, Ted Ruegg's Invictus, a Jeanneau Sun Fast 3600, came in second while Azzurra, Earl Schubert's Grand Soleil 46, came in fourth. Eleven boats made the class home for the week.
Nice work, everybody! For full results, please click here.
