Road
To The Cup – Week 7
7/7/24
What You Need To Know
- The final Twilight of Series 1 will be Thursday evening, first gun at 7PM.
- Fleet 5’s popular On-the-Water Clinic will be this Saturday July 13th. Details below. So there will be no MRA start for R19s (Series 2 – Day 4).
- If you haven’t registered yet for Race Week, do it
here.
Last Week’s Racing
There was no twilight racing this past week.
Out on the MRA line, there also was no racing, though not for lack of trying. The forecast was for a south wind around 11 kt, with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 9am. That’s where we started. The fog rolled in mid-morning,
socking in the harbor, and the radar showed a big green and yellow blob heading our way and expected to arrive around noon. MRA hoisted AP at 10am, saying that the earliest they’d drop it was 1pm, suggesting first gun at 2pm. Conditions seemingly improved
a bit as the morning wore on, with bits of blue sky poking through every now and then. But the radar also showed more blobs headed our way, so not an easy call. At 11:30, they cancelled the Townies and at 11:50, they cancelled everyone else.
These kinds of situations are never an easy. They are tough calls and I’m glad I don’t have to make them. Holding out until 1PM meant a lot of waiting around for everyone – race committee volunteers and sailors. And there was no guarantee
AP would even come down at 1. If it did, with all fleets on the consolidated line, under the best of scenarios, our first gun would have been no earlier than 2:30. And with thunderstorms a lingering possibility, there is a pretty good probability we’d have
gotten in just one race. Worth it? Making the decision at noon to blow it off salvaged a good part of everyone’s day. Of course, as it turned out, the storms never came and we had a nice sailing day, as demonstrated by
Team AMV and Marine Regnault sailing around all afternoon. But hey, that’s sailboat racing. I tip my hat to the folks doing their best to make the right call.
By the way, as you know, the fleet is holding its clinic on Saturday, so will not participate in MRA Series 2 Day 4. So with two days of that series sailed, we have just one more, which won’t be until Saturday July 20th, which
is the weekend before RW.
So, in Cup competition, with no racing this week, there were no changes to the standings.
Steve Uhl hangs onto his lead heading into week 7. The top 10 are listed below.
The final Twilight of Series 1 will be Thursday evening, first gun at 7PM. There will be no MRA start for R19s on Saturday July 13th (Series 2 – Day 4), which is the day of our summer clinic. The clinic starts Saturday at 1PM on Archers,
and will be followed by a chalk talk on Sunday morning at 9 at CYC. More details below.
Other News, Notices & Miscellaneous Scuttlebutt
Fleet 5 On-The-Water Clinic – Saturday July 13 (1pm on the water) – Sunday July 14 (Debrief – 9am CYC Harbor Room) – Back by popular demand is the Fleet 5 clinic.
Stan Schreyer will run us through an afternoon of drills, practice races and coaching on Saturday July 13. Be on the water in the Archers Rock area at 1pm. The debrief will happen at 9am Sunday July 14 in the CYC Harbor Room. Fleet members who don’t
sail on Saturday should still attend the debrief. Questions, contact Joe Fava
– Joseph.c.fava@gmail.com, or 617-880-9807.
Race Week Registration – The Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta, will be Thursday through Sunday, July 25-28. Your MRA fee covers the entry fee, but you do have to register, which you can do
here.
Nationals Registration –Nationals will be held this August 22-25 in Hingham Bay, sponsored by Fleet 46 and the Hingham and Hull Yacht Clubs. Register and pick up the NOR
here.
If You Spin, Send It In (aka Road to the Pie) – Obviously, there were no infractions this week, so the standings remain unchanged.
Looking for Used Spinnakers – U. Mass Dartmouth needs a Rhodes 19 spinnaker or two. If you one kicking around that you’d be willing to donate, contact
Bump Wilcox at Bump@newwaveyachts.com.
Boat for Sale – David Zingg is selling 1435, previously race out of Edgartown and Cape Ann. Lots of recent repairs, sails and trailer, but needs a keel job. Asking $5900. Email
davidzinggkites@gmail.com.
Mail Bag
No mail this week.
Complaints Department
Got Gripes?Don’t be shy. Unload at
kpandapas@comcast.net. The buck stops here.
-kp