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Spring Clinic: How To Win the Big One

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Fleet 5 Invites You to Join Us For The2021 Fleet 5 Spring Clinic How To Win the Big One A Moderated Panel with:Jud Smith & Tomas Hornos Everyone wins a race now and then, and a few of us might be lucky enough to occasionally win the day. But winning regattas is a whole different … Read more

Road To The Cup – Week 19

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Road To The Cup – Week 19 9/27/20 You may recall there was some discussion about extending Twilights one more week, and as of last week we hadn’t heard if it was going to happen. Well it did, and thankfully a few folks got the message in time to sail, as five boats showed up … Read more

Spring Seminar, May 8, 7pm, CYC

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https://www.facebook.com/events/456627395074544/ 2019 Rhodes 19 – Fleet 5 Spring Seminar Please join us for: Crewing: Tips and Tricks from some of Fleet 5’s top crews Come hear panelists Christina Pandapas, Pete Kaznoski and Jim Taylor discuss both their in the boat maneuvers and out of the boat strategies for getting their drivers around the race course. … Read more

Road To The Cup – Week 16 – Extended Labor Day Edition

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First things first – I’d like to extend a grateful tip of the hat to *Sloan
& Charlie Pendleton* for hosting our Labor Day party on Saturday night.
They decided to shake things up this time by catering it with Tennessee
barbeque instead of the usual potluck – that was awesome. The event was
reasonably well attended, particularly considering the number of people
away for the long weekend, and most of those in attendance were still going
strong when *Christina* dragged me out sometime after 10PM. Good party!
Many thanks to *Sloan & Charlie*, and to *Elise Mazareas & Mike Nash* for
managing the bar

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Road To The Cup ­ Week 15

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They blew off three at the last Twilight of the season, bringing to an
unceremonious end Twilight Series 2 and lowering the curtain on our 2015
Twilight season. Our scorer spent the weekend getting a little R&R with
his family and I didn’t have the heart to bother him. So we’ll get you the
Twilight results next week.

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Fleet 5 Labor Day Party

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Join Fleet 5 for our traditional Labor Day Party graciously hosted by Sloan and Charlie Pendleton after racing on Saturday the 5th. The Fleet Bar has RSVP’d YES!

Road To The Cup – Week 14 – Nationals Edition

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So let’s get straight to the bottom line. Congratulations to* Dave Nelson
& Frank Hart *sailing with Frank’s son *Colin Hart*. These guys sailed
such a beautifully consistent regatta, putting up just 31 points over 10
races. They finished with a line that included nine single digits,
including two bullets. Their only double-digit finish was an 11. That
level of consistency (which is my performance holy grail) is just
mind-boggling, particularly in the erratic northeasterly condition we
enjoyed for two of our three days. But more important in my view than
winning is winning well – *how* you win really matters, and these guys won
well. Sportsmanship counts for so much, and you’d be hard pressed to find
more respectful, gentlemanly, good-natured sportsman on our racecourse
than *Dave
Nelson & Frank Hart*. That makes this outcome even more pleasing. Really,
*really* well done!

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