This Evening’s Race

Good morning again –   Gangways to floats in Marblehead Harbor are presently in the “Up” position due to storm surge.   Wind at 11:00 AM was NNW at 20, gusting to 25.   Please stay tuned for further report(s) as the day progresses – – –                                                               Dave Graham

This Evening’s Race

Good morning, all –   If the weather for this evening improves, as “advertised” by Accuweather below, we should be racing.   Please be aware that the Rhodes-19 “Warning” will be at 5:30 PM, with their “Start” at 5:36 PM and the Town Class “Start” at 5:39 PM. This new time-frame (now set for the … Read more

Road To The Cup – Week 14

Road To The Cup – Week 14 Top 10 as of 8/29/21 Nine boats made it out for an absolutely picture-perfect Thursday night. Take a look. Sure, it was a little light, but hey, it’s a Thursday night. Anyway, here is our report, this week from Walter Colsman, with an assist from John Casler. “A … Read more

ROAD TO THE CUP – WEEK 14

Road To The Cup – Week 14 Top 10 as of 8/29/21   Nine boats made it out for an absolutely picture-perfect Thursday night.  Take a look.     Sure, it was a little light, but hey, it’s a Thursday night.  Anyway, here is our report, this week from Walter Colsman, with an assist from … Read more

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