Thai Hot and Rally Point compete in Stonington to Boothbay Harbor

The inaugural Stonington to Boothbay Harbor Race (aka the Lobster Run) started Sunday morning. Rear Commodore Bob Fleno's Thai Hot and past commodore Tom Lane's Rally Point, both boats crewed by HYC members, are among the contenders. You can follow their progress at http://charthorizon.com/races/2008_stonington_boothbay/htdocs/

As of early Monday morning, Thai Hot, in division A, was about 20 miles from the first mark and making 4.9 kts over the ground. Rally Point, in division C, was about 50 miles from the mark, and making 2.9 kts.

PC Tom Lane is the race chairman, and our own Dave Wilder is the director of marketing. The race is being sponsored by The Corinthians. See http://www.stoningtontoboothbayharbor.com for more information about the race.