Nationals: Winning Tips from the 2019 Champs Boats begin arriving in Marblehead for the 2021 Rhodes 19 Nationals today and no doubt skippers and crews are already getting their heads in the game – looking at the forecast, talking through what they know about local conditions, and sizing up the competition. To help all the…
Road to the Cup Update Fleet 5ers, I absent mindedly failed to include in this week’s racing summary the annual ‘Around Misery Island Race.’ My apologies. The race will be on Saturday August 21 with a 1st gun at 1PM. All of the details are in the attached SIs and Course chart. -kp SI_Around-Misery-Race_2021.docx
Road To The Cup – Week 12 Top 10 as of 8/15/21 Finally, the dog got a bone. After close to two months, we got in a very needed twilight race. Eleven boats turned up for what looked like a spectacular evening to sail, with clear skies and a nice southerly. Here is…
Good morning, everyone – Here’s what Accuweather conditions look like for this evening’s race – – – 5pm Sunny 89º SW 9 mph 7pm Clear 84º SW 9 mph The good news: For the first time in many a Thursday evening, I believe t’storms in our area will not…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…