Road To The Cup – Week 4 Top 10 as of 6/19/22 Before we start, I’d like to pause to remember Bob Jensen, who died on May 20th in Bozeman Montana. Widely considered the patriarch of Chicago’s Fleet 12, Bob was a prince of a man and highly regarded by all who knew him. Bob stopped sailing several … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 3 – East Coasts Edition Top 10 as of 6/13/22 Our East Coasts were held in the Manchester this past weekend, hosted by the fine folks of the Manchester Yacht Club, and what a nice job they did! Huge thanks to old friend Charlie Thomas, who couldn’t have been more gracious … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 2 Top 10 as of 6/5/22 Thursday’s Twilight was cancelled about midday due to a dreary forecast of cold, rain and fog. RO David Graham expressed concern in a morning email, and frankly seemed unexcited to run a race for just one fleet in those conditions. We polled several of the usual Twilight suspects, and only one was game to give it a … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 1 Top 10 as of 5/29/22 There was no Twilight racing this week. PRO Dave Graham made the sensible decision to cancel after learning the CYC waterfront would close at 7:30 and therefore not be available for an emergency. That early closure, by the way, would have made it tough for CYC Twilighters to get in without what forever will be known as ‘pulling a … Read more
Road To The Cup – Week 0 2022 Preview – 5/22/22 Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it’s that time again. And if you ask me, it couldn’t have come soon enough. As usual, winter was a slog, and also as usual, spring proved longer and chillier than I’d like. But that’s all behind us now and it won’t be long … Read more
Download as a PDF Greetings From The Prez Happy Mother’s Day to all the mamas out there. I hope you are all having a well-deserved restful day. I want to start by clarifying that I am not leaving the fleet. Apparently, listing 1316 for sale confused quite a few people. While I will not be … Read more
Fleet 5 Invites You to Join Us For The 2022 Fleet 5 Spring Clinic What Do You Suck At? A Moderated Panel with: Skippers: Joe Fava & Matt Hooks, and Crews: Stan Schreyer & Jim Taylor In sailboat racing, we all have strengths and weaknesses. We do some things well and others … Read more
Fleet 5 Invites You to Join Us For The 2022 Fleet 5 Spring Clinic What Do You Suck At? A Moderated Panel with: Skippers: Joe Fava & Matt Hooks, and Crews: Stan Schreyer & Jim Taylor In sailboat racing, we all have strengths and weaknesses. We do some things well and others … Read more
Fleet 5 Invites You to Join Us For The 2021 Fleet 5 Spring Clinic How To Win the Big One A Moderated Panel with: Jud Smith & Tomas Hornos Everyone wins a race now and then, and a few of us might be lucky enough to occasionally win the day. But winning … Read more
Fleet 5 Invites You to Join Us For The 2021 Fleet 5 Spring Clinic How To Win the Big One A Moderated Panel with: Jud Smith & Tomas Hornos Everyone wins a race now and then, and a few of us might be lucky enough to occasionally win the day. But winning … Read more