Road To The Cup – Week 11 Top 10 as of 8/8/21 We’re cursed. Yes another Thursday night has slipped past without a race. Here is the sad story, this week from Steve Uhl. “Seven eager boats showed up to race twilight, hoping to break the streak of five(??) cancellations. Though it was a dreary…
Road To The Cup – Week 10
Road To The Cup – Week 10 Top 10 as of 8/1/21 Well, it happened again. The weather didn’t accommodate. Twilight PRO David Graham was out in front of this one, sending out a weather email in the morning, with the intention of running races despite the forecast of rain and 15+. (That, by the…
Road To The Cup – Week 9 – Race Week Edition
Road To The Cup – Week 9 – Race Week Edition Top 10 as of 7/25/21 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…
Road To The Cup – Week 8
Road To The Cup – Week 8 Top 10 as of 7/18/21 Well, it happened again. Honestly, what more is there to say? We have now lost three straight Twilights due to weather. The last Thursday night we actually raced was June 24th. And now that it’s Race Week, there will be no Twilight this…
Road To The Cup – Week 7
Road To The Cup – Week 7 Top 10 as of 7/11/21 I start today with some very sad news about long-time CYC RC stalwart Jim Whipple. This update from his brother Joe Whipple was circulated among the RC and broader CYC community yesterday. “Unfortunately, Jim has undergone a rapid decline in his condition over…
Road To The Cup – Week 6
Road To The Cup – Week 6 Top 10 as of 7/4/21 Happy 4th. Mother nature conspired against sailboat racing this week, serving up washouts for the BYC Wednesday series, Thursday night Twilights and Saturday MRA, and all with completely different conditions. Wednesday was Armageddon, with an impressive line of thunderstorms rolling through and putting…
Road To The Cup – Week 5
Road To The Cup – Week 5 Top 10 as of 6/27/21 Before we start, I’d like to share this report on the Thayer Cup, sent in by my better half who chaired the event. “A bunch of Fleet 5ers are part of the inaugural Corinthian Yacht Club’s National Women’s Invitational Team Race for the…
Road To The Cup – Week 4
Road To The Cup – Week 4 Top 10 as of 6/20/21 Six boats made it for the Twilight on Thursday night, not to mention a whole gaggle of Townies as they kicked off their season. This week’s report is again from Steve Uhl. “Six boats showed up for a beautiful twilight with a fresh…
Road To The Cup – Week 3
Road To The Cup – Week 3 Top 10 as of 6/3/21 I’m pleased to pass along that Fleet 5 this season will be honoring old friend and long-time fleet member, Eckart Colsman, who passed away last September 6. As you know, Eckart was Walter Colsman’s dad, and he enjoyed Twilights as much as his…
Road To The Cup – Week 2
Road To The Cup – Week 2 Top 10 as of 6/6/21 Before we start, I’d like to pause to remember Larry Robbins, a long time Fleet member during the 80s and 90s when he raced with Joel Speare, and enthusiastic ‘friend of the fleet’ ever since. Larry died peacefully last week after several years…