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
Top-10 as of 8/1/16 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! I’m not sure how many years in a row these guys have opened their home to us during Race Week, but as always, … Read more
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, … Read more
Top-10 as of 7/17/16 We lost yet another Twilight this week. This from our man on the scene, John Casler. “The forecast was for serious thunderstorms, but for later in the evening, and it looked toSteve Uhl, Walter Colsman and me that there was a window to get a race in in blustery but … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 7 Top-10 as of 7/10/16 We had an impressive turnout of 7-8 boats for Twilights on Thursday night, including Carl & Isabella Renny sailing on old partner Pete Kaznoski’s boat, and the unanticipated and thoroughly anticlimactic return to Twilights of Team Pandapas, who hadn’t made that scene for … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 6 Top-10 as of 7/3/16 I’d like to take a moment to remember Elise Caswell, who passed away unexpectedly last week. Elise was the free-est of free spirits and just a sweet, gentle soul. She and husband Steve Caswell were active fleet members through the 90s when they … Read more
Top-10 as of 6/26/16 Before I get started, please note that NOOD Registration is open. You can register right now by clicking here. Four boats made it out for Twilights, to do beer-can battle in conditions that included 2-3 knots from the east with gusts to 15 from the south and alternatively gusts … Read more
The Commodores’ Cup was held last Sunday under sunny skies and and absolutely smoking northwesterly that was solidly in the low 20s with gusts in the 30s. The breeze built throughout the regatta and the RC eventually called it after just one full round robin versus the intended format of a triple round robin with … Read more