Road To The Cup – Week 16 Top-10 as of 9/11/16   The Fall Series kicked off under overcast skies and a light easterly as some pre-frontal crud spent most of the day parked over our heads.  It finally cleared out around 4pm with a freshening breeze, but by then the boats were heading in.  … Read more

Road To The Cup – Week 15 Top-10 as of 9/4/16   Heartfelt wishes go out to old friend and CYC Race Committee Chair Judy Adam.  Judy stepped awkwardly off a deck and fractured her femur.  She had to undergo surgery and now is concentrating on laying low and healing fast.  As most of you … Read more

I told you last week that there would be no RTTC this week, but I lied.  Actually I didn’t think I’d have the time and needed to leave my options open.  But here you go.   Let’s start with nationals.  Two boats from Fleet 5 made the trek to Chicago, 1217 and 982, but several … Read more

Five boats made it out for the final Twilight of our short season on Thursday night, and providing a synopsis, as he has all season (and for years) is our man on the scene, John Casler.   “The wind was out of the Southwest at 7-9, with gusts significantly higher.  The course was out to … Read more

Let’s first pause to remember the legendary Joe Duplin, who passed away on August 7th at the age of 82 (obit here).  I don’t know quite where to start.  Joe was a lot of things to a lot of people – US Navy vet, Star world champion, Rolex Yachtsman of the Year, Olympic sailing coach, … Read more

Top-10 as of 8/1/16   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!  I’m not sure how many years in a row these guys have opened their home to us during Race Week, but as always, … Read more

After several washouts, we finally got in a Twilight on Thursday night to launch Series 2.  Here is the account from our man on the scene, John Casler.  “Beautiful night with moderate air, but with lots of holes.  Close to a dead downwind start, with the course out to the Archer Rock nun off Children’s, … Read more

Top-10 as of 7/17/16   We lost yet another Twilight this week.  This from our man on the scene, John Casler.  “The forecast was for serious thunderstorms, but for later in the evening, and it looked toSteve Uhl, Walter Colsman and me that there was a window to get a race in in blustery but … Read more

Road To The Cup – Week 7 Top-10 as of 7/10/16   We had an impressive turnout of 7-8 boats for Twilights on Thursday night, including Carl & Isabella Renny sailing on old partner Pete Kaznoski’s boat, and the unanticipated and thoroughly anticlimactic return to Twilights of Team Pandapas, who hadn’t made that scene for … Read more

Road To The Cup – Week 6 Top-10 as of 7/3/16   I’d like to take a moment to remember Elise Caswell, who passed away unexpectedly last week.  Elise was the free-est of free spirits and just a sweet, gentle soul.  She and husband Steve Caswell were active fleet members through the 90s when they … Read more