STANFORD ANTIGUA SAILING WEEK JOINS US-IRC GULFSTREAM SERIES

Nick Lykiardopulo's Ker 55 Aera won the inaugural Gulf Stream Series. Lykiardopulo is a member of the Storm Trysail Club and the Royal Ocean Racing Club. Aera's Captain, Jez Fanstone, accepted the Gulf Stream Trophy from Sir John Vereker, Governor of Bermuda, at the Centennial
Bermuda Race prizegiving. Tapio Saavalaine's Grand Soleil 37 Kalevala II
placed second, and Jim Swartz' Swan 601 Moneypenny came third.
Racing the 2007 Gulf Stream Series will be scored under the IRC endorsed rating system either in specific fleets, divisions or classes and events may be dual scored along with other systems such as the CSA in the Caribbean. Racing will be by individual entry and by two-boat teams
representing nations, yacht clubs, or other sailing associations for the
Gulf Stream Trophy and the Gulf Stream Team Trophy.

The Notice of Series and entry information will be available on the USIRC
web site: http://www.us-irc.org/

The series will be scored based upon the results of completed events as
follows:

GROUP (1) Medium Distance Races
Each competitor shall complete one race of the following races,
Ft. Lauderdale to Key West Race OR the Storm Trysail Club Block
Island Race OR Stamford Yacht Club's Vineyard Race.

GROUP (2) Long Distance Races
Each competitor shall complete one race of the following races:
Pineapple Cup Montego Bay Race OR The Annapolis to Newport Race
OR The Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race

GROUP (3) Southern Events
Each competitor shall complete two of the following series:
Acura Key West 2007 OR Acura Miami Grand Prix 2007 OR
International Rolex Regatta, St Thomas OR The BVI Spring Regatta and
Sailing Festival OR St Maarten Heineken Regatta OR Stanford Antigua
Sailing Week

GROUP (4) East Coast Around the Buoy Races
Each competitor shall complete two of the following series:
American Yacht Club's Spring Series OR New York Yacht Club's 153rd
Annual Regatta presented by Rolex OR Storm Trysail Club Block Island
Race Week presented by Rolex OR Storm Trysail Club IRC East Coast
Championship.

Each FLEET in Groups 1 & 2 and each CLASS in Groups 3 & 4 events
must start with a minimum of 5 yachts with IRC endorsed certificates if
the event is to qualify for the series. Yachts finishing more than the
minimum number of events in any group may discard their worst
score(s) in that group.

Each yacht's individual score in the distance races, Groups 1 & 2, will be
determined by her finish position in the endorsed certificate IRC fleet
divided by the number of starters in that fleet. Each yacht's individual
score in other regattas, Groups 3 & 4, will be her overall finish position
within the IRC Endorsed yachts within her class divided by the number
of IRC Endorsed yacht starters in that class. Each yacht's score for the
Gulf Stream Series will be the sum of its points of its qualifying events.
Each team's scores will be the sum of each yacht’s individual qualifying
scores. The lowest score wins.

Starting in January 2007, Gulf Stream Series racing will include:
Ft. Lauderdale to Key West Race January 10 2007
http://www.keywestrace.org/
Acura Key West 2007 January 15-19 2007
http://www.premiere-racing.com/
Pineapple Cup Montego Bay Race February 16 2007
http://www.montegobayrace.com/
St Maarten Heineken Regatta March 2-4 2007
http://www.heinekenregatta.com/
Acura Miami Grand Prix 2007 March 8-11 2007
http://www.premiere-racing.com/
International Rolex Regatta, St Thomas March 23-25 2007
http://www.rolexcupregatta.com/
The BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival March 26 - April 1 2007
http://www.bvispringregatta.org/
American Yacht Club Spring Series April 28-29 & May 5-6 2007
http://www.americanyc.com/
Stanford Antigua Sailing Week April 29-May 4 2007
http://www.sailingweek.com/
Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race May 25 2007
http://www.stormtrysail.org/
Annapolis to Newport Race June 1 2007
http://www.annapolisyc.org/newport07
New York Yacht Club’s 153rd Annual Regatta presented by Rolex
June 8-10 2007
http://www.nyyc.org/
Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week XXII presented by Rolex
June 17-22 2007
http://www.stormtrysail.org/
Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race July 8th 2007
http://www.marbleheadtohalifax.com/
Stamford Yacht Club Vineyard Race August 31 2007
http://www.stamfordyc.com/
Storm Trysail Club IRC East Coast Championship, Annapolis
November 2-4 2007
http://www.stormtrysail.org/

Contact:
Barry Carroll
Executive Director
US-IRC
http://www.us-irc.org/
P: +1(401) 816-0421
F: +1(401) 816-0425
E: barry@us-irc.org

Talbot Wilson
Talbot Wilson & Associates, Inc.
P: +1 (850)432-8170
F: +1 (850)432-8050
C:+1 (850)217-7138
E: talbot@talbotwilson.com

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