May Newsletter

Top 10 as of 6/18/23 Seven Twilight teams were treated this week to one of the nicer Thursday evenings of this early summer. Here is a summary from Steve Uhl. “Despite a dreary week, the weather gods blessed us with a beautiful twilight evening with a light but solid northwesterly that held up nicely through…

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…

Road To The Cup – Week 17 Top-10 for 2018 There were informal, unscored Twilight races scheduled for both Tuesday and Thursday, but to our knowledge, no Rhodes showed up.  We double checked with our man on the scene, John Casler, who sent in this.  “I got some progress made on cleaning the garage floor. …

Attached please find the May 2018 Rhodes 19 Fleet 5 Newsletter! Reminder that Fleet 5 will host a rules clinic on Thursday, May 3 at 7:30 at CYC. The discussion will be led by experts Matt Lindblad and Greg Wilkinson, sailing coaches at MIT and BC. If you haven't done so already, please register (link in…

  Road To The Cup – Week 6 Top-10 as of 7/1/17 Five boats showed up on Thursday evening to do beer can battle under cloudy skies and a south-southwesterly in the range of 12-13 knots.  Five boats started, but just two finished, which in one case was due to a breakdown.  The other two…

  Road To The Cup – Week 17 Top-10 as of 9/24/17   There was no sailing this weekend courtesy of Jose, as the CYC waterfront remained closed into Saturday.  That leaves just one week of sailing before we put the wraps on yet another season.  Where did the summer go?   A few quick…