January Newsletter

Road To The Cup – Week 16 Top-10 as of 9/9/18 There were informal, unscored Twilight races scheduled for both Tuesday and Thursday.  To our knowledge, no R19s sailed on Tuesday and according to John Casler, Thursday was a washout.  In his usual concise way, he summarized the situation in with this.  “A few minutes…

Top-10 as of 8/27/23 What You Need To Know Last Week’s Racing Six teams showed up for Thursday’s twilight, which featured spectacular conditions, including clear skies and a fresh, mid-teens breeze. Unfortunately, the evening also featured a collision that resulted in a broken mast. Here is a summary from Steve Uhl. “Beautiful evening with breeze…

After several washouts, we finally got in a Twilight on Thursday night to launch Series 2.  Here is the account from our man on the scene, John Casler.  “Beautiful night with moderate air, but with lots of holes.  Close to a dead downwind start, with the course out to the Archer Rock nun off Children’s,…

Reminder that Fleet 5 will be hosting a rules clinic tonight at CYC.  The discussion will be led Matt Lindblad and Greg Wilkinson, sailing coaches at MIT and BC. The bar opens at 7pm and the event starts promptly at 7:30. Please bring or download a copy of the rules!  You can download a copy…

Let’s first pause to remember the legendary Joe Duplin, who passed away on August 7th at the age of 82 (obit here).  I don’t know quite where to start.  Joe was a lot of things to a lot of people – US Navy vet, Star world champion, Rolex Yachtsman of the Year, Olympic sailing coach,…

Fleet 5 Invites You to Join Us For The 2021 Fleet 5 Spring Clinic   How To Win the Big One   A Moderated Panel with: Jud Smith & Tomas Hornos   Everyone wins a race now and then, and a few of us might be lucky enough to occasionally win the day.  But winning…