Road To The Cup – Week 19 Top-10 as of 9/27/15 Before we get started, I’d like to pause and remember Karen Finocchio’s mom Louise Hansen Finocchio, who passed away last week. There probably are not many of us who knew Louise personally, which by all accounts is profoundly our loss. But anyone who has spent more than a…
We have a few items from the mailbag this week. First, you may recall that *Charlie Pendleton & Ben Richardson* were racing for the EYC in the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup (www.nyyc.org/yachting/invitational-cup/2015-invitational-cup) on a boat skippered by *Bill Lynn*. You’ll be pleased to know that they did EYC and Fleet 5 proud, finishing…
*Road To The Cup – Week 17* *Top-10 as of 9/13/15* I have been delinquent in failing to report the sad news of *Bill Lampe’s* passing this spring. Anyone who’s been around the class for a while and attended a Nationals or two would have had a hard time not getting to know Bill, who…
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…
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…
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…
*Road To The Cup – Week 13* *Top-10 as of 8/16/15* There was a lot of nationals stuff in the mailbag this week. For starters, you can pick up your info package at www.r19nationals.com/content/pdf/R19WelcomePacket.pdf and the NOR at www.r19nationals.com/notice-of-race. The complete schedule is in the info package but the quick & dirty looks like this….
*Road To The Cup – Week 12* *Top-10 as of 8/9/15* Not a lot in the mailbag this week, other than a couple of emails expressing solidarity with last weeks rules rant. You guys in fact are being particularly quiet in this calm before the nationals storm! Very uncharacteristic! Four boats showed up Thursday night…
Road To The Cup – Week 11 Top-10 as of 8/2/14 The dominant theme in the mailbag this week was rules and exoneration after committing a foul (nothing like a street brawl to get people digging for their rule books). I guess the issue is that we don’t seem to be spinning as much as…
*Road To The Cup – Week 10 – Extended Race Week Edition* *Top-10 as of 7/27/14* 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! These guys went completely over-the-top with prosecco, sangria, lanterns – I mean…