Yesterday’s Misery Island Race Postponed

The New Bedford Yacht Club is hosting the East Coast Championship from June 22nd to June 24th.  Late June typically brings the most consistent southwest sea breeze making for great race conditions over the three days of sailing.   The ECC Committee is planning some fun social events with live music and local beer on Saturday night.   If you…

Road To The Cup – Week 5 Top-10 as of 6/24/18 Just four boats showed up for Twilights this week, as enthusiasm dampened on weather concerns. This week’s report is by our man on the scene, John Casler. “The air at the start was light enough that the RC considered cancelling. Along the starting line,…

Road To The Cup – Week 14 Top-10 as of 8/28/22       Let’s start with Nationals.    Fleet 12 and the Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club threw a fantastic event that included great racing, warm hospitality and plenty of socializing.  Regatta Chair John Walter and his team rolled out the red carpet and couldn’t…

  Road To The Cup – Week 16 Top-10 as of 9/9/17   Just eight teams came out to play on Saturday for the first day of CYC Fall Series.  Attendance has never been spectacular after Labor Day, but it was surprising that our eight boats was double the Etchells, which was the only other…

Road To The Cup – Week 12 Top 10 as of 8/15/21 Finally, the dog got a bone. After close to two months, we got in a very needed twilight race. Eleven boats turned up for what looked like a spectacular evening to sail, with clear skies and a nice southerly. Here is the report…

ROAD TO THE CUP – DECEMBER 2019 HOLIDAY EDITION How The Grinch Stole Nationals With apologies to Dr. Seuss Every Fleet 5er liked Nationals a lot, Except for the Grinch, who most assuredly did not. The Grinch hated Nationals!  It always ruined his season. Please don’t ask why.  No one quite knows the reason. It…