Road to the Cup

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 … Read more

*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 … Read more

*Road To The Cup – Week 9* *Top-10 as of 7/19/15* A 2015 season-high seven boats showed up to do beer-can battle last Thursday on a beautiful evening in a dying sea breeze. Our report this week is stitched together from the accounts of three participants –*Steve Uhl*, *John Casler* and *Kent Hallawell*. The course … Read more

*Road To The Cup – Week 8* *Top-10 as of 7/12/15* In case you didn’t know, Race Week starts next Monday. Next Monday!! Of course, our fleet won’t start until Thursday but Monday is the official kick-off of this 125+ year old event, starting with three days of Junior Race Week. If you’ve noticed an … Read more

*Road To The Cup – Week 7 – Independence Day Edition* *Top-10 as of 7/4/15* Not a lot to report this week with no MRA racing. There was a Twilight race on Thursday night, which is reported to us this week by *Steve Uhl*. Poor Steve was forced to rush over late to CYC for … Read more

*Road To The Cup – Week 6* *Top-10 as of 6/27/15* The mailbag this week was virtually overflowing with positive feedback about *Charlie Pendleton’s* two-week guest stint authoring this publication. In fact, the consensus view was that he actually added a little class to the rag. Well done, Charlie. One generous reader even went so … Read more

*Road To The Cup – Week 6 (Father’s Day Edition)* *Top-10 as of 6/21/15* (With Kim traveling, this week’s Road To The Cup is brought to you by Charlie Pendleton.) It was back to our regularly scheduled programming this week and the results are tightening up a bit for the cup. There have been a … Read more

*Road To The Cup – Week 5 (East Coasts Edition)* *Top-10 as of 6/15/15* (With Kim traveling, this week’s Road To The Cup is brought to you by Charlie Pendleton.) We had a lot of racing activity this week between the Twilight Series, regular MRA Saturday and of course, the East Coast Champs. *Twilight Series*: … Read more

*Road To The Cup – Week 3* *Top-10 as of 6/7/15* In the mailbag this week, my observations of last week’s racing provoked some interesting comments, the most insightful of which came from a noted college coach and is paraphrased below: “That stuff you noticed about ducking boats – blowing the jib – check out … Read more