ROAD TO THE CUP – HOLIDAY EDITION DECEMBER 2022 Dear Santa, It’s me again, and I’m wondering how the hell we got to December so fast. Honestly, it seems like just yesterday we were enjoying the Marblehead summer, racing sailboats, drinking rum and talking with our hands. Yet here we are,…
Okay, Fleet 5, listen up! I know the conventional wisdom is that no one reads beyond the first three sentences of an e-mail, but this one is important, so suck it up! To lead off, Wendy and Peter Frisch have generously offered to host our fall Awards Party on November 10 at #20 Mostyn Street in Swampscott,…
Road To The Cup – Week 19 Top-10 as of 9/27/15 Before we get started, I’d like to pause and remember Karen Finocchio’s mom Louise Hansen Finocchio, who passed away last week. There probably are not many of us who knew Louise personally, which by all accounts is profoundly our loss. But anyone who has spent more than a…
ROAD TO THE CUP – HOLIDAY EDITION DECEMBER 2020 Dear Santa, How are you holding up way up there in the north pole? Crazy year, right? Are you and the missus staying safe? I’ve been thinking a lot about how you get the job done in a COVID world. Must be tough. I assume all…
Road To The Cup – Week 7 Top-10 as of 7/8/18 Out the beer can circuit, we know of one boat that showed up last Sunday morning, which was a drifter. Jocelyn Cook sent in this. “We had a beautiful paddle out this morning to the Sunday morning race with (daughter) Hannah at the helm. …
Have you done work to your boat over the last two years and not been measured yet? You will need to have a current measurement certificate to sail the Nationals. Stefan has generously set aside time this weekend to measure boats before rigs are stepped for the season. If you need to be measured, please reach…