Road To The Cup – Week 9 Top 10 as of 7/24/22 Six boats braved the threat of thunderstorms to make it out for the last Twilight before the Race Week break. This week’s update is from Steve Uhl. “Just six boats made it out for twilights, perhaps some scared away by the forecast … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 7 Top 10 as of 7/10/22 Eleven teams showed up on Thursday night excited to race in a little pressure, and they were rewarded with SE 10-15, a stiff current and modest surfing conditions. Several teams made their Twilight debuts, most noteworthy of whom was John Casler, who finally … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 6 Top 10 as of 7/3/22 Happy July 4th! Ten teams showed up for the holiday week Twilight and were treated to picture-perfect conditions. Amazingly, due to an equipment failure, John Casler was not among them – again. This week’s report is from Steve Uhl, who won by a … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 5 Top 10 as of 6/26/22 Five teams showed up for our second Twilight of the season. That’s two Twilights in a row – I guess it’s finally summer. Our writeup this week is from Steve Uhl. “Second week in a row brought a healthy Southeasterly, with … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 4 Top 10 as of 6/19/22 Before we start, I’d like to pause to remember Bob Jensen, who died on May 20th in Bozeman Montana. Widely considered the patriarch of Chicago’s Fleet 12, Bob was a prince of a man and highly regarded by all who knew him. Bob stopped sailing several … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 3 – East Coasts Edition Top 10 as of 6/13/22 Our East Coasts were held in the Manchester this past weekend, hosted by the fine folks of the Manchester Yacht Club, and what a nice job they did! Huge thanks to old friend Charlie Thomas, who couldn’t have been more gracious … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 2 Top 10 as of 6/5/22 Thursday’s Twilight was cancelled about midday due to a dreary forecast of cold, rain and fog. RO David Graham expressed concern in a morning email, and frankly seemed unexcited to run a race for just one fleet in those conditions. We polled several of the usual Twilight suspects, and only one was game to give it a … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 1 Top 10 as of 5/29/22 There was no Twilight racing this week. PRO Dave Graham made the sensible decision to cancel after learning the CYC waterfront would close at 7:30 and therefore not be available for an emergency. That early closure, by the way, would have made it tough for CYC Twilighters to get in without what forever will be known as ‘pulling a … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 0 2022 Preview – 5/22/22 Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it’s that time again. And if you ask me, it couldn’t have come soon enough. As usual, winter was a slog, and also as usual, spring proved longer and chillier than I’d like. But that’s all behind us now and it won’t be long … Read more
ROAD TO THE CUP – HOLIDAY EDITION DECEMBER 2021 Dear Santa, It’s me again. Before I start droning on about how good I’ve been (though I have), and all of the stuff I’m going to ask you for (a lot), I have something I need to say. Our entire fleet is shaken and profoundly saddened … Read more