*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 sailed with the Chicago fleet. If there was a more gregarious, personable, fun-loving guy in our class than Bill, I sure didn’t know him. This short piece from Fleet 12 sums it up. “*Bill Lampe*, 69, passed away in his home on May 31, 2015, of complications from diabetes. Bill was the owner of Rhodes 19, PAX, a brand new Stuart Rhodes. He was fleet captain of our Fleet 12, chaired the Nationals here at CCYC in 1993 and was class president from 1999 through 2001. He went to every Nationals he could and in *Rodney Dangerfield* fashion took pride in having the longest streak of finishing last in the Nationals. Participation, not winning was his thing. He sold his boat in 2000 and moved to Colorado with his wife, Mary, whom he had married in 1984. He was a jack-of-all-trades, especially enjoying photography and cooking. He loved to make people laugh and laugh with them.” [image: F5F617FE-31BC-486C-9859-7B66243A4D56.png] What a guy. He is missed.
Road To The Cup – Week 16 – Extended Labor Day Edition
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 well attended, particularly considering the number of people
away for the long weekend, and most of those in attendance were still going
strong when *Christina* dragged me out sometime after 10PM. Good party!
Many thanks to *Sloan & Charlie*, and to *Elise Mazareas & Mike Nash* for
managing the bar
Road To The Cup Week 15
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
Twilight results next week.
Fleet 5 Labor Day Party
Join Fleet 5 for our traditional Labor Day Party graciously hosted by Sloan and Charlie Pendleton after racing on Saturday the 5th. The Fleet Bar has RSVP’d YES!
Road To The Cup – Week 14 – Nationals Edition
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 an 11. That
level of consistency (which is my performance holy grail) is just
mind-boggling, particularly in the erratic northeasterly condition we
enjoyed for two of our three days. But more important in my view than
winning is winning well – *how* you win really matters, and these guys won
well. Sportsmanship counts for so much, and you’d be hard pressed to find
more respectful, gentlemanly, good-natured sportsman on our racecourse
than *Dave
Nelson & Frank Hart*. That makes this outcome even more pleasing. Really,
*really* well done!
Road To The Cup – Week 13
*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. … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 12
*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 … Read more
2015 Nationals Measurement Schedule
Date Time Location Boat/Owner Needed Sat 08/15 09:30 AM CYC Fava Weight Sun 08/16 09:00 AM EYC Sun 08/16 10:30 AM EYC 2435/Cormier Mast Sun 08/16 11:15 AM EYC McNamara Weight Sun 08/16 12:00 PM EYC Shoreman Hull + Weight Sun 08/16 02:00 PM EYC Mon 08/17 Cancelled Tue 08/18 Held Open if needed … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 11
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
*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