Road To The Cup ­ Week 2

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*Road To The Cup – Week 2* *Top-10 as of 5/31/15* There was no racing on Thursday night due to thunderstorms. This from *John Casler*, our man on the Twilight scene. “Three crews gathered at CYC to watch the well anticipated storm sweep in. There were no boats with sails up in the harbor. It … Read more

Road To The Cup ­ Mother’s Day Edition

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*Road To The Cup – Mother’s Day Edition* *2015 Preview** -5/9/15* You know you’re getting close when you start running into all if the familiar faces. I’ve run into virtually half the fleet in the past two weeks, and that was just at Crosby’s. Add in the fleet meeting, visits to the hardware store, yacht … Read more

New Fleet 5 Web Site

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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

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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

Tuning Pictures from Jud

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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.

Road To The Cup – Week 10 – Extended Race Week Edition

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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.

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