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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
This was first published in the February 2014 Newsletter. Rumor has it that Dave Nelson from the Hingham fleet plans on keeping his boat at Parker’s this year. Dave honed his racing skills at Pleon with the likes of Frank Hart, Mark Crawford, Doug Buell and Jon Cressy all national champions. Dave will be … Read more
This was first published in the February 2014 Newsletter. By Christina Pandapas It was truly astonishing. There were so many Fleet 5ers at Sugarloaf over the holidays I’m surprised the left side of every lift line wasn’t overrun. In fact, next year I’m proposing we all put our sail numbers on our jackets, assemble at … Read more
This piece originally appeared in the May 2012 Fleet 5 newsletter. By Elise Mazareas Elise Mazareas co-owns 1360 with Joe Fava. She is one of Fleet 5’s top crews and can be seen driving every once in a while as well. Elise was an All-American crew at Boston College and was awarder Fleet 5’s Richie … Read more
This first appeared in a newsletter by Charlie Pendleton So, as of press time, we’re at 31 32 boats registered for Race Week. That’s about twice the average we see during an MRA Saturday and it’s going to be a BIG factor on the starting line. I promise you that there will be teams that tell … Read more
This was first published in the October 2010 Newsletter. Well there you have it. Yet another spectacular season is in the books. It seems like just yesterday we were gearing up for the spring clinic, and now here it is, time to think about boat covers, Halloween and football. And what a season it was. … Read more
This was first published in the October 2010 Newsletter. Time To Thank Your Crew Great news! Nominations for the 2010 Outstanding Crew Award, one the fleet’s perpetual trophies have been extended through October 15th. The trophy is awarded annually to that individual who has distinguished him or herself in a crewing capacity this season. Always … Read more