Fleet 5 March Newsletter

Road To The Cup – Week 3 6/7/20 As you know, there was no racing again this week. So we have some good news and less-than-good news.  The good news is that the governor announced Saturday that the state would stick to its Phase 2 target date of this Monday.  Great news, right?  That means…

  Road To The Cup – Week 19 9/27/20   You may recall there was some discussion about extending Twilights one more week, and as of last week we hadn’t heard if it was going to happen.  Well it did, and thankfully a few folks got the message in time to sail, as five boats…

Road To The Cup – Week 5 6/20/20 Happy Father’s Day. There was no racing this week.   Thursday night was a picture perfect Twilight night, but of course, without the Twilight.  I miss the Twilights, don’t you?  I miss the orange starting mark near the mouth of the harbor.  I miss the awkward downwind starts…

Road To The Cup – Week 1 Top-10 as of 5/27/18 There were no Twilight this week (more on Twilights below). Out on the MRA line, we kicked off our season with what was to have been the 2-day Spring Series.  New England spring conditions being what they are, like Forest Gump’s box of chocolates,…

Fleet 5 Reminder:  Sunday, July 8: David Smith Trophy The format will be a ‘clini-gatta’, led by our reigning National Champion, Tomas Hornos. Plans include a combination of practice starts, short course races, and individual on the water coaching. This is perfectly timed for our annual ramp-up to Race Week, our toughest event of this…