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 that I think of it, Steve ain’t so bad either and Thornton Uhl also served a drink or two, so I guess graciousness is a Uhl family tradition. Many thanks to all of them for again opening their home to us, and also to Elise Mazareas & Mike Nash for making sure we all got enough to drink.
New Fleet 5 Web Site
This was first published in the October 2010 Newsletter. Did you know we launched a new version of the fleet’s web site in April? Since then we’ve had at least 1,035 visitors for a total of almost 1,364 sessions and 4,276 page views, including about 250 folks using smartphones and tablets. That’s a huge improvement … Read more
Speed Tips from Jud Smith
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 … Read more
Short Tacks – October 2014
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 … Read more
Greeting from the Prez – October 2014
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 … Read more
Tuning Pictures from Jud
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.
Race Week 2014 Wrap Up
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 enough to have Chuck Allen from North Sails on the water taking some photo and video, in addition to photos by Tim Wilkes. Also don’t miss NOOD’s own coverage of the event, which also includes some video.
Race Week Party on 7/24
Don’t miss Fleet 5’s annual Race Week Party, graciously hosted this year by Steve Uhl!
Friday Evening Racing with Greg Wilkinson
Quick, wrap things up at the office and head to Marblehead for Friday Evening Racing!