Road To The Cup – Week 8 Top-10 as of 7/16/17 This week’s Twilight report provides some solid evidence that we’re not always the hard-edged competitors we’re often made out to be. This from John Casler. “It was a cold night in July and the wind was 12-13 out of the Nor’East … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 7 Top-10 as of 7/9/17 Eight boats showed up for the final race of Twilight Series 1, which is a pretty solid turnout. In addition to the usual suspects, the eight included old friends Kim & Phil Rotner, who apparently finally got around to putting their boat … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 6 Top-10 as of 7/1/17 Five boats showed up on Thursday evening to do beer can battle under cloudy skies and a south-southwesterly in the range of 12-13 knots. Five boats started, but just two finished, which in one case was due to a breakdown. The other two … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 19 Top-10 as of 10/2/16 Let’s start with a shout-out to our friend Susie Schneider, who broke her foot last week. We have no specifics on when or how this happened, but it’s an immense drag that prevented her from serving as PRO for the Laser Masters this weekend. … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 18 Top-10 as of 9/25/16 The Fall Series continued with Day 2 on Saturday under fall conditions featuring sunny skies and a crisp cool northeasterly that wound its way to the east in the early afternoon. The Rhodes were the only fleet to show up and there were … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 16 Top-10 as of 9/11/16 The Fall Series kicked off under overcast skies and a light easterly as some pre-frontal crud spent most of the day parked over our heads. It finally cleared out around 4pm with a freshening breeze, but by then the boats were heading in. … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 15 Top-10 as of 9/4/16 Heartfelt wishes go out to old friend and CYC Race Committee Chair Judy Adam. Judy stepped awkwardly off a deck and fractured her femur. She had to undergo surgery and now is concentrating on laying low and healing fast. As most of you … Read more
I told you last week that there would be no RTTC this week, but I lied. Actually I didn’t think I’d have the time and needed to leave my options open. But here you go. Let’s start with nationals. Two boats from Fleet 5 made the trek to Chicago, 1217 and 982, but several … Read more
Five boats made it out for the final Twilight of our short season on Thursday night, and providing a synopsis, as he has all season (and for years) is our man on the scene, John Casler. “The wind was out of the Southwest at 7-9, with gusts significantly higher. The course was out to … Read more
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, … Read more