Clockwise from top left: Ken Read (right) with Sara Stone; Eric Irwin and Mary Martin's Alliance; Boudicca at Rhody Regatta, brothers Tristan Mouligne (left) & John Jay Mouligne aboard Samba, Bill Kneller's Vento Solare, Brooke Mastrorio's URSA under sail

© All photos credit Stephen Cloutier except #4 Bill Shea and #6 Photoboat.com Ida Lewis Distance Race starts Friday - 48 teams prepare for 24-hour overnight race
Forty eight sailing teams have entered the Ida Lewis Yacht Club's 18th Ida Lewis Distance Race presented by Bluenose Yacht Sales.