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New Fleet 5 Web Site
This was first published in the October 2010 Newsletter. Did you know we launched a new version of the fleet’s web site in April? Since then we’ve had at least 1,035 visitors for a total of almost 1,364 sessions and 4,276 page views, including about 250 folks using smartphones and tablets. That’s a huge improvement…
Greeting from the Prez – August 2009
This was first published in the August 2009 Newsletter. What happened to the season? The summer series is finished and after the PHRF break the Labor Day regatta is next up. Social Update: First, an update on the social calendar just to prove that there is much more to our season than sailing around the…
Welcome – January 2010
This was first published in the January 2010 Newsletter. Fleet 5 welcomes new member Joan Thayer and John Read. Joan comes to us from the Sonar fleet, and anyone who has spent any time around Marblehead sailing knows that she is the moving force behind the very successful annual Women’s Sailing Conference held each spring…
Greeting from the Prez – April 2004
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January Newsletter
Greetings From The Prez Happy New Year! Happy. New. Year. I say that every year, with sincerity, as New Year’s provides us opportunity to pause and reflect on the past year’s events and to look forward to those to come, but there is an undeniable gravity to the phrase this year. 2020 was an incredibly…