Fleet 5 & Fall Sailing

What You Need To Know Last Week’s Racing Out on the MRA line, crickets – again.  MRA sent this out at 5:37pm on Friday.  “Due to a lack of participation, and also the worsening weather forecast, we are canceling the MRA races tomorrow, 2023 Sep 23.  Thank you.”  The weather forecast piece of that refers to…

Road To The Cup – Week 6 6/28/20 Happy 4th of July. There was no racing this week, and not a lot to report on the racing front.  The Governor moved the Phase 3 transition out a week from June 29 to July 6, most likely to collect more data.  Given the resurgence in other…

Road To The Cup – Week 15 Top-10 as of 9/4/16   Heartfelt wishes go out to old friend and CYC Race Committee Chair Judy Adam.  Judy stepped awkwardly off a deck and fractured her femur.  She had to undergo surgery and now is concentrating on laying low and healing fast.  As most of you…

Road To The Cup – Week 8 7/12/20 There was no racing this week, but there will be next week – finally. The hardworking folks at MRA have been burning the midnight oil combing through the guidance, with its myriad of definitions, cross references and subtle distinctions. In the end, this boiled down to a…

Road To The Cup – Week 10 Top 10 as of 8/1/21 Well, it happened again. The weather didn’t accommodate. Twilight PRO David Graham was out in front of this one, sending out a weather email in the morning, with the intention of running races despite the forecast of rain and 15+. (That, by the…

Road To The Cup – Week 8 Top-10 as of 7/15/18 No one showed up for Sunday morning racing last Sunday, as reported by John Casler who wrote in a cryptic email header line, “No R-19s at the Sunday morning race.” Hmm – probably due to a combination of light air and the David J….