Top 10 as of 7/9/23 Thursday proved to be yet another perfect night for racing, featuring sunny skies, warm temps and nice sea breeze. The evening also featured one of the first general recalls I can remember on a Thursday night. Here is our summary from Steve Uhl. “Nine boats made it out for a … Read more
Top 10 as of 7/2/23 Let’s start with last week’s East Coasts. As you may recall, five teams made the trek, including Teams Lane, Dailey, Uhl / Lane, Shoreman / Reynolds and Frisch / Hourihan. Here is a summary, courtesy of Steve Uhl. “Hull and Hingham ran a great event in trying conditions. Day 1 … Read more
Top 10 as of 6/25/23 Just five teams showed up for what proved to be a spectacular evening for Twilights. Here is a quick summary from Steve Uhl. “Another beautiful twilight evening with an easterly that held up pretty much the whole race. Too bad only five boats showed up. We had a nice long … Read more
Top 10 as of 6/18/23 Seven Twilight teams were treated this week to one of the nicer Thursday evenings of this early summer. Here is a summary from Steve Uhl. “Despite a dreary week, the weather gods blessed us with a beautiful twilight evening with a light but solid northwesterly that held up nicely through … Read more
Top 10 as of 6/11/23 Eight teams made it out Thursday night for what proved to be a drifter. Four of those made their 2023 Twilight debuts, including Team Colehower, racing 1790 this season, Anne Marije Veenland, sailing with Emily Westhoven, Tim McCaffrey and Jay Wager. Huge welcome to them. We’ll start with Steve Uhl’s … Read more
Greetings From the Prez Well, it’s just about show time. People are filing in and the orchestra is tuning. Opening day is on May 27th, which will be here before you know it. I love opening day. Like the pageantry of opening day at Fenway, when the grass looks greener and the uniforms whiter, the … Read more
Greetings From the Prez Eight more weeks! Can you believe it? We have just eight short weeks before the first gun of the 2023 season. The cherry blossoms are blooming, they’re playing baseball at Fenway and the Boston Marathon is just two weeks away. Spring is here, and Memorial Day weekend is barreling down like … Read more
Greetings From the Prez Holy crap, March already! Where has the winter gone? I barely touched the snow shovel this winter, and now the clocks are springing forward a week from Sunday, they’re playing baseball in Florida and our Spring Series kicks off in just 12 weeks. 12 weeks! Believe it or not boys and … Read more
Greetings From the Prez Happy 2023! I haven’t got a clue how it got to be 2023. Last I remember, our boys were little and we were worried about race-day babysitters. Now they’re 20 and 23 and chasing babysitters of their own. Not kidding. My oldest is dating a nanny. Not sure what to … Read more
ROAD TO THE CUP – HOLIDAY EDITION DECEMBER 2022 Dear Santa, It’s me again, and I’m wondering how the hell we got to December so fast. Honestly, it seems like just yesterday we were enjoying the Marblehead summer, racing sailboats, drinking rum and talking with our hands. Yet here we are, … Read more