Fleet 5ers,
I absent mindedly failed to include in this week’s racing summary the annual ‘Around Misery Island Race.’ My apologies. The race will be on Saturday August 21 with a 1st gun at 1PM. All of the details are in the attached SIs and Course chart. -kp
Road To The Cup – Week 4 Top 10 as of 6/16/19 Happy Father’s Day! Eight teams exchanged a bunch of emails on Thursday, lamenting the crappy weather, analyzing the unfavorable forecast (one model said 25 with gusts to 38 at game time) and debating whether or not to sail. CYC’s David Graham mercifully ended…
Road To The Cup – Week 2 Top 10 as of 6/6/21 Before we start, I’d like to pause to remember Larry Robbins, a long time Fleet member during the 80s and 90s when he raced with Joel Speare, and enthusiastic ‘friend of the fleet’ ever since. Larry died peacefully last week after several years…
Road To The Cup – Week 11 Top-10 as of 8/5/1 We’re pretty sure no one sailed last Sunday’s morning series as we were all getting ready to go bob around waiting for the wind to fill in for the final day of RW. Seven boats made it out Thursday night for the resumption of…
We have a few items from the mailbag this week. First, you may recall that *Charlie Pendleton & Ben Richardson* were racing for the EYC in the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup (www.nyyc.org/yachting/invitational-cup/2015-invitational-cup) on a boat skippered by *Bill Lynn*. You’ll be pleased to know that they did EYC and Fleet 5 proud, finishing…
Top 10 as of 7/9/23 Thursday proved to be yet another perfect night for racing, featuring sunny skies, warm temps and nice sea breeze. The evening also featured one of the first general recalls I can remember on a Thursday night. Here is our summary from Steve Uhl. “Nine boats made it out for a…
Road To The Cup – Week 0 2018 Preview –5/20/18 It’s that time again. Anticipation, wrapped in optimism with a pinch of the edgy apprehension that drives us all to achieve. This weekend kicks off our 2018 season and annual battle for the Nick Nichols Trophy, aka “The Cup,” and to quote my Brother Jim…
