April 2016 Newsletter
The April 2016 Newsletter is out, featuring: Greetings from the Prez Short Tacks Fleet Profile (Beanie Eissner) IT’S ALL ABOUT THE START A Labor of Love Ask Anything Grab a PDF copy here.
March 2016 Newsletter
The March 2016 Newsletter is available! Click here to download the PDF version. Contents include: Greetings From The Prez Short Tacks Fleet Profile “Letting it Go” Scuttlebutt
Greeting from the Prez – October 2014
This was first published in the October 2010 Newsletter. What a phenomenal year we have had in Fleet 5! So much has happened. Fleet parties, East Coast Championships on our doorstep in Gloucester, Race Week, the National Championships nearby in Hingham, Speed Tips day with Jud Smith and of course our legendary fleet parties. On…
Short Tacks – October 2014
This was first published in the October 2010 Newsletter. RACE WEEK Race Week lived up to it’s reputation for the best sailing of the season. Jennifer & Steve Uhl hosted the fleet to a wonderful party with a million dollar view. As usual, the event was packed. This year we were even treated to a…
Speed Tips from Jud Smith
This was first published in the October 2010 Newsletter. In spite of races being cancelled due to a lack of wind, Jud Smith treated the fleet to a comprehensive de-brief. Thank you to Jud and to JP Zonnenberg for lending out his inflatable as an observation platform. Some of Jud’s observations included: In General Establish…
New Fleet 5 Web Site
This was first published in the October 2010 Newsletter. Did you know we launched a new version of the fleet’s web site in April? Since then we’ve had at least 1,035 visitors for a total of almost 1,364 sessions and 4,276 page views, including about 250 folks using smartphones and tablets. That’s a huge improvement…
Greeting from the Prez – May 2014
This was first published in the May 2014 Newsletter. We have the first weekend of racing in the books! With 10 boats on the line, the Rhodes fleet had a strong showing. We are ready for Season 2014! Fleet Website Nat Taylor has been hard at work renovating our fleet web site. The new site…
Meet Dru Slattery
This was first published in the May 2014 Newsletter. By Christina Pandapas Fleet 5’s talent meter went up quite a few notches when Dru Slattery bought #1090 a couple of years ago. In addition to representing the U.S. on the international match-racing circuit, at one point ranking 4th in the world and 1st in the…
Greeting from the Prez – February 2014
This was first published in the February 2014 Newsletter. The sailing season seems a long way off when you still have most of the ski season ahead of you and it is 10 degrees outside, but the fleet officers and the Marblehead Racing Association board are well into their 2014 race planning already! At our…
Short Tacks – February 2014
This was first published in the February 2014 Newsletter. 2013 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS The 2013 Rhodes 19 National Championship was held in October in New Orleans at the new Southern Yacht Club. This was the first time that the regatta has been held at the club since Hurricane Katrina. Fleet 5’s own Charlie Pendleton, Elise Mazareas…