2020 Preview –5/18/20 So here we are, a week before what would have been the Spring Series, and the traditional kick-off to the RTTC. If this were a normal year, I’d be bubbling with optimism, droning on about the upcoming season, previewing each of series and giving you a Cup scoring refresher. But this is … Read more
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 could be, perhaps, that his boat was not right, That his spreaders were short or his sails too tight. … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 15 Top-10 for 2019 Six boats showed up for the final Twilight of the season. Here is this week’s summary from John Casler’s. “The 2019 Twilight season finished with yet another in a string of beautiful evenings. The wind leading up to the start was out of the SE … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 14 Top-10 as of 8/25/19 First off, congratulations to our new national champions Chris & Debbie Schreiber, who sailing with their son Chris, just smoked the fleet. They were shot out of a cannon, over eight races putting up a line of 2-7-1-1-3-2-2-3 for 14 points. There are some … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 12 Top-10 as of 8/11/19 Just five boats showed up for Twilights on Thursday evening, which is their gain and our loss, as it sounds like it was a perfect night for sailing. We have dueling reports this week: one from John Casler and the other from Jim Taylor, … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 11 Top-10 as of 8/4/19 Six boats showed up to sail a very nice Thursday evening that was both competitive and devoid of any mark-rounding drama. Here’s John Casler’s report. “The wind was light out of the NW for most of this fairly long race, the first round of … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 10 – Race Week Edition Top-10 as of 7/29/19 As you know, there was no twilight racing Thursday night due to Race Week. Instead we were treated to Jennifer & Steve Uhl’s gracious hospitality – again! That, by the way is a direct quote from the last several year’s … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 9 Top 10 as of 7/21/19 Twilight Series 2 kicked off with a bang on Thursday, with 7 boats showing up, including Team Lane / Heffernan in their Twilight debut. By all accounts, it was a beautiful evening featuring a light, shifty northeasterly that got lighter as the race … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 8 Top 10 as of 7/14/19 Eight teams showed up for the final race of Twilight Series 1, which thankfully happened despite yet another threat of thunderstorms. You’ll recall that three consecutive Thursdays were washouts due to weather, and then no race last week due to the holiday. So … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 7 Top 10 as of 7/7/19 There was no Twilight race this week in deference to the 4th of July holiday. The final race of Series 1 will be Thursday July 11th. Steve Uhl leads with 3 points, followed by Team Taylor in 2nd with 6 points and John … Read more