Road To The Cup – Week 6 Top 10 as of 6/30/19 The twilight race was cancelled for the third straight week due to fog and a lack of air. Here are a couple of shots that give you a flavor of things. The top one is from Jocelyn Cook, who as you may recall … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 5 Top 10 as of 6/23/19 The twilight race was cancelled for the second straight week due to weather. We got the word in a Thursday afternoon email from El Jefe which went out to a distribution list that included the usual suspects. “There will be no twilight racing … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 4 Top 10 as of 6/16/19 Happy Father’s Day! Eight teams exchanged a bunch of emails on Thursday, lamenting the crappy weather, analyzing the unfavorable forecast (one model said 25 with gusts to 38 at game time) and debating whether or not to sail. CYC’s David Graham mercifully ended … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 3 Top 10 as of 6/9/19 Eight boats made it out Thursday night, doubling the week 1 turnout. Conditions couldn’t have been nicer with clear skies, comfortable temps, flat water and a dying easterly. Making their Twilight debuts were Jim Taylor & Anne Marije Veenland, Tim McCaffery, Walter Colsman … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 2 Top 10 as of 6/1/19 Four boats made it out for the first Twilight of our young season. Sounds like it wasn’t the most festive of evenings, with overcast skies and a dying easterly. Here is the summary, courtesy of Steve Uhl: “A cold overcast day probably scared … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 1 Top 10 as of 5/26/19 There was no Twilight this week. Out on the MRA line, our season kicked off with the Spring Series, which included great conditions for both days. After the spring we’ve had, it was a shocker but most welcome. Day 1 was picture perfect, … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 0 2019 Preview –5/20/19 It’s that time again. I know we didn’t get much of a spring, but that’s all behind us now. The clouds have parted, the sun is shining and the angels are singing. Next weekend kicks off our annual battle for the Nick Nichols Trophy, aka … Read more
Dear Santa, It’s me again, here to tell you that I’ve been good, though I’m curious. How do you keep track of all the people making that claim? It’s got to be hard knowing whose being honest, right? Stretching the truth seems to be all the rage lately – you know, fake news and all … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 17 Top-10 for 2018 There were informal, unscored Twilight races scheduled for both Tuesday and Thursday, but to our knowledge, no Rhodes showed up. We double checked with our man on the scene, John Casler, who sent in this. “I got some progress made on cleaning the garage floor. … Read more
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 … Read more