Road To The Cup – Week 13 Top-10 as of 8/19/18 We heard of no R19 action in last Sunday’s morning series. Seven boats showed up for Twilights on Thursday night to find a very solid 15 knot northwesterly, which got everyone salivating after the recent stretch of light air. Unfortunately, it was not to … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 12 Top-10 as of 8/12/18 We heard of no R19 action in last Sunday’s morning series. Seven boats made it out for Thursday night Twilights, but in the end, only five of them actually raced. The forecast was for a light southwesterly with a chance of thunderstorms, and that, … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 11 Top-10 as of 8/5/18 We’re pretty sure no one sailed last Sunday’s morning series as we were all getting ready to go bob around waiting for the wind to fill in for the final day of RW. Seven boats made it out Thursday night for the resumption of … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 10 Race – Week Edition Top-10 as of 7/29/1 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 last year’s RW RTTC. … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 9 Top-10 as of 7/22/18 If anyone showed up for Sunday morning racing, no one mentioned it to me, so moving on. Thursday night featured yet another perfect summer evening, with sunny skies, warm temps, flat water and a light southeasterly. Seven boats came out to play and were … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 8 Top-10 as of 7/15/18 No one showed up for Sunday morning racing last Sunday, as reported by John Casler who wrote in a cryptic email header line, “No R-19s at the Sunday morning race.” Hmm – probably due to a combination of light air and the David J. … Read more
Important Fleet 5 Reminders Porch Socials: The first of our two club porch get togethers will be this Saturday. The goal is to enjoy some cold post-race beverages together, do some clever hand sailing, detail all the brilliant (or not…) maneuvers we pulled off out on the course, and commiserate about what could have been, … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 7 Top-10 as of 7/8/18 Out the beer can circuit, we know of one boat that showed up last Sunday morning, which was a drifter. Jocelyn Cook sent in this. “We had a beautiful paddle out this morning to the Sunday morning race with (daughter) Hannah at the helm. … Read more
Fleet 5 Reminder: Sunday, July 8: David Smith Trophy The format will be a ‘clini-gatta’, led by our reigning National Champion, Tomas Hornos. Plans include a combination of practice starts, short course races, and individual on the water coaching. This is perfectly timed for our annual ramp-up to Race Week, our toughest event of this … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 6 Top-10 as of 7/1/18 Three teams made the trek to New Bedford to compete in our East Coasts Championships, including Dave Nelson, Team Frisch/Hourihan and Jocelyn Cook. That’s a more modest turnout than in years past, but sometimes life gets in the way. Speaking for myself, I’m really … Read more