This was first published in the October 2010 Newsletter. In spite of races being cancelled due to a lack of wind, Jud Smith treated the fleet to a comprehensive de-brief. Thank you to Jud and to JP Zonnenberg for lending out his inflatable as an observation platform. Some of Jud’s observations included: In General Establish…
This was first published in the October 2010 Newsletter. RACE WEEK Race Week lived up to it’s reputation for the best sailing of the season. Jennifer & Steve Uhl hosted the fleet to a wonderful party with a million dollar view. As usual, the event was packed. This year we were even treated to a…
This was first published in the October 2010 Newsletter. What a phenomenal year we have had in Fleet 5! So much has happened. Fleet parties, East Coast Championships on our doorstep in Gloucester, Race Week, the National Championships nearby in Hingham, Speed Tips day with Jud Smith and of course our legendary fleet parties. On…
Huge Thanks goes out to Jud Smith, who managed to get some decent photos and deliver a killer tuning clinic, despite the conditions. Here’s the link to photos.
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, and by gracious, I mean completely over-the-top. How many sailing parties have you been to that had a champagne table? Jennifer defines graciousness – nobody does it better. Though now…
Congratulations to David Nelson, Frank Hart and Crew, from Fleet 46 (Hingham), for winning the 125 Marblehead Race Week just edging out Jim and Charlie and overcoming Evan and Pete’s 3x bullets (full results.) It was a grueling 10-race series with punishing conditions including large shifts, wildly varying velocity and steep chop. We were lucky…
Don’t miss Fleet 5’s annual Race Week Party, graciously hosted this year by Steve Uhl!
Quick, wrap things up at the office and head to Marblehead for Friday Evening Racing!
Reminder to mark your calendar for Saturday, August 2nd. Jud Smith has graciously agreed to donate some of his time to help the Fleet sail faster and race better.
This was first published in the May 2014 Newsletter. By Christina Pandapas Fleet 5’s talent meter went up quite a few notches when Dru Slattery bought #1090 a couple of years ago. In addition to representing the U.S. on the international match-racing circuit, at one point ranking 4th in the world and 1st in the…