2016
01 February 2016
2016 Key West Sailing Regatta 12
Quantum Racing, right, skippered by Doug DeVos of Ada, Mich., is ahead of Spookie after rounding the windward mark Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016 at the Quantum Key West sailing regatta in Key West, Fla. DeVos and his crew were declared the IRC 1-class win, er Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, after IRC1 racing was canceled due to bad weather. Spookie, skippered by Steve Benjamin of Norwalk, Conn., finished in second place, a half-point behind. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Max Ranchi/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
21 January 2016
2016 Key West Sailing Regatta 11
J/70 boats sail a downwind leg at the Quantum Key West Race Week regatta Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, in Key West, Fla. With 54 boats, the J/70 class is the largest of 11 in the 138-boat fleet. Racing off the Florida Keys is set to end Friday, Jan. 22. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
21 January 2016
2016 Key West Sailing Regatta 10
The Maxi 72-class sailboat Bella Mente, second from right, weaves through a pack of J/111-class boats under spinnakers Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, at the Quantum Key West Race Week regatta in Key West, Fla. The five-day regatta features a fleet of 138 boats in 11 different classes. Racing off the Florida Keys is set to end Friday, Jan. 22. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
21 January 2016
2016 Key West Sailing Regatta 09
Spookie, left, skippered by Steve Benjamin, and Quantum Racing, right, helmed by Doug DeVos, race abeam of each other Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, at the Quantum Key West Race Week regatta in Key West, Fla. More than halfway through the five-day regatta, Spookie has a two-and-a-half point lead in the IRC 1 class. Racing off the Florida Keys is to conclude Friday, Jan. 22. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
21 January 2016
2016 Key West Sailing Regatta 08
Tactician Terry Hutchinson records race data on a paper taped to the boom of Bella Mente Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, at the Quantum Key West Race Week sailing regatta in Key West, Fla. Hutchinson and skipper Hap Fauth (at the helm in gray jacket) have Bella Mente in the lead in the Maxi 72 class more than halfway through the five-day regatta that is to end Friday, Jan. 22, off the Florida Keys. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
21 January 2016
2016 Key West Sailing Regatta 07
Bella Mente, skippered by Hap Fauth of Minneapolis rounds the windward mark Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, at the Quantum Key West Race Week regatta in Key West, Fla. Fauth and his crew are at the top of the Maxi 72-class leaderboard more than half way through the five-day regatta that is set to end Friday, Jan. 22. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
21 January 2016
2016 Key West Sailing Regatta 06
Calvi Network (#33), skippered by Italy's Carlo Alberini, leads a pack of J/70-class sailboats Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, at the Quantum Key West Race Week regatta in Key West, Fla. Alberini and his crew are at the top of the J70-class leaderboard more than halfway through the five-day regatta that is set to end Friday, Jan. 22. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
21 January 2016
2016 Key West Sailing Regatta 05
J/70 sailboats round the windward marker buoy Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, at the Quantum Key West Race Week regatta in Key West, Fla. With 54 boats, the J/70 class is the largest of 11 in the 138-boat fleet. Racing off the Florida Keys is set to end Friday, Jan. 22. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
21 January 2016
2016 Key West Sailing Regatta 04
J/70 sailboats cross the starting line Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, at the Quantum Key West Race Week regatta in Key West, Fla. With 54 boats, the J/70 class is the largest of 11 in the 138-boat fleet. Racing off the Florida Keys is set to end Friday, Jan. 22. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
19 January 2016
2016 Key West Sailing Regatta 03
J70 boats race during the first day of the Quantum Key West Race Week sailing regatta Monday, Jan. 18, 2016, off Key West, Fla. With 54 boats, the J70s are the largest class of the 138-vessel fleet. Defending champion, Calvi Network (not shown), owned by Italy's Carlo Alberini, has the lead in the 54-boat class, largest of the 138-vessel fleet. Racing off the Florida Keys is set to continue daily through Friday, Jan. 22. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Sara Proctor/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)