Thursday Evening Twilight Race – – –

Good morning, everyone –   Here we go with a peek at the conditions for this evening’s Twilight race – – –   5pm Mostly Sunny 84º   S 7 mph   7pm Partly Cloudy 81º   SW 6 mph   Tides (and therefore currents) at Marblehead for later today will be high at 2:50 … Read more

Road To The Cup – Week 13 – Nationals Edition

Road To The Cup – Week 13 – Nationals Edition Top 10 as of 8/22/21 As you know, there was no twilight racing Thursday night, nor was there MRA. Instead we enjoyed Nationals week, which included a week of measuring, launching, making new friends, some great racing (including the practice race on Tuesday), and two … Read more

ROAD TO THE CUP – WEEK 13 – NATIONALS EDITION

Road To The Cup – Week 13 – Nationals Edition Top 10 as of 8/22/21     As you know, there was no twilight racing Thursday night, nor was there MRA.  Instead we enjoyed Nationals week, which included a week of measuring, launching, making new friends, some great racing (including the practice race on Tuesday), … Read more

Around Miserys Race

All racing for the weekend has been cancelled and the Around Miserys race has been rescheduled for Sunday, September 12th, warning at 1 PM  

Nationals: Winning Tips from the 2019 Champs

Nationals: Winning Tips from the 2019 Champs Boats begin arriving in Marblehead for the 2021 Rhodes 19 Nationals today and no doubt skippers and crews are already getting their heads in the game – looking at the forecast, talking through what they know about local conditions, and sizing up the competition. To help all the … Read more

Road to The Cup Update

Road to the Cup Update Fleet 5ers, I absent mindedly failed to include in this week’s racing summary the annual ‘Around Misery Island Race.’  My apologies.  The race will be on Saturday August 21 with a 1st gun at 1PM.  All of the details are in the attached SIs and Course chart.  -kp  SI_Around-Misery-Race_2021.docx

Road To The Cup – Week 12

Road To The Cup – Week 12 Top 10 as of 8/15/21 Finally, the dog got a bone. After close to two months, we got in a very needed twilight race. Eleven boats turned up for what looked like a spectacular evening to sail, with clear skies and a nice southerly. Here is the report … Read more

ROAD TO THE CUP – WEEK 12

  Road To The Cup – Week 12 Top 10 as of 8/15/21   Finally, the dog got a bone.  After close to two months, we got in a very needed twilight race. Eleven boats turned up for what looked like a spectacular evening to sail, with clear skies and a nice southerly.  Here is … Read more

This Evening’s Twilight Race

Good morning, everyone –   Here’s what Accuweather conditions look like for this evening’s race – – –   5pm Sunny 89º   SW 9 mph   7pm Clear 84º   SW 9 mph   The good news: For the first time in many a Thursday evening, I believe t’storms in our area will not … Read more

Road To The Cup – Week 11 Top 10 as of 8/8/21 We’re cursed. Yes another Thursday night has slipped past without a race. Here is the sad story, this week from Steve Uhl. “Seven eager boats showed up to race twilight, hoping to break the streak of five(??) cancellations. Though it was a dreary … Read more