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
Road To The Cup – Week 15 – Labor Day Edition Top-10 as of 9/5/22 Eight boats made it out for the final Twilight of our short season, which was held on a picture-perfect evening featuring 10-12 from the northwest and relatively flat seas. Unsurprisingly, three of those teams were among the top five … Read more
Fleet 5ers, In case you missed yesterday’s MRA Fall Series notice, the MRA will be unable to support the Fall Series this season. Although the three days of Fall Series were included on the MRA calendar, it turns out that the three RCs won’t have capacity to run Fall Series races as they will all be … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 14 Top-10 as of 8/28/22 Let’s start with Nationals. Fleet 12 and the Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club threw a fantastic event that included great racing, warm hospitality and plenty of socializing. Regatta Chair John Walter and his team rolled out the red carpet and couldn’t … Read more