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Download March 2018 Newsletter Greetings From the Prez Preparing for the 2018 Sailing Season Spring Boat Prep
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This was first published in the May 2010 Newsletter. by Jerry Blouin Are you an ant or a grasshopper? The ant had his boat measured at Parker’s. Oh, there were problems, but they were fixed in plenty of time for Nationals. His friend the grasshopper, on the other hand, frittered his time away until August…
May 2023 Newsletter
Greetings From the Prez Well, it’s just about show time. People are filing in and the orchestra is tuning. Opening day is on May 27th, which will be here before you know it. I love opening day. Like the pageantry of opening day at Fenway, when the grass looks greener and the uniforms whiter, the…
Road To The Cup – Week 3
*Road To The Cup – Week 3* *Top-10 as of 6/7/15* In the mailbag this week, my observations of last week’s racing provoked some interesting comments, the most insightful of which came from a noted college coach and is paraphrased below: “That stuff you noticed about ducking boats – blowing the jib – check out…
Update from The Pres – Spring 2020
The good news is that the weather is starting to warm up, which means that sailing season, the only one that really matters in any year, is getting tantalizingly close. The bad news is that Covid-19 has affected all of our lives so dramatically and fundamentally, and that it has tragically ended so many. No…
January 2024 Newsletter
Greetings From the Prez Well, here we go again! Today begins yet another action-packed, fun filled Fleet 5 season. For Christina and me, there have been a lot of them. To the best my recollection, 2024 marks our 30th year in Fleet 5. Can you imagine that? Of course, that pales in comparison to guys like Mike Lane, Jim Taylor or…