Greetings From the Prez Eight more weeks! We have just eight short weeks before the first gun of MRA. To quote a certain brother of mine, who happens to be the most upbeat person I know and tends to get uncontrollably excited this time of year – I love opening day. I love the lists,…
Greetings From the Prez “Holy crap, March already! Where has the winter gone?” That, by the way, is a direct quote from last year’s March newsletter, which admittedly is kind of lame, but hey, if the shoe fits. In contrast to winter, spring kind of sneaks up you. The ‘winter is coming’ thing is like…
Greetings From the Prez Well, here we go again! Today begins yet another action-packed, fun filled Fleet 5 season. For Christina and me, there have been a lot of them. To the best my recollection, 2024 marks our 30th year in Fleet 5. Can you imagine that? Of course, that pales in comparison to guys like Mike Lane, Jim Taylor or…
ROAD TO THE CUP – HOLIDAY EDITION DECEMBER 2023 2023 Year in Review The best thing I can say about 2023 is that, if rain and crappy weather turn you on, you probably had the longest orgasm of your life. We lost a full third of our racing season to poor conditions, which I suppose is a fair trade if you…
What You Need To Know Last Week’s Racing Out on the MRA line, crickets – again. MRA sent this out at 5:37pm on Friday. “Due to a lack of participation, and also the worsening weather forecast, we are canceling the MRA races tomorrow, 2023 Sep 23. Thank you.” The weather forecast piece of that refers to…
What You Need To Know Last Week’s Racing Out on the MRA line, Armageddon. The Harbormaster, club dockmasters and MRA all got out in front of this one early, each sending out notices on Tuesday warning us of projected weekend conditions and closures. The MRA’s notice was unambiguous. “The BYC was on the calendar to…
Top-10 as of 9/10/23 The Fleet is saddened to lose one of its own. Joni Lane, wife of Kevin Lane, mother to Mike, Sean & Shannon Lane and grandmother to Sophie & Molly Lane, Mathew Adam and Finn & Eva Doane, passed peacefully on Sunday August 3rd after a long illness. More than a strong woman, Joni was a force who defined what it…
Top-10 as of 8/27/23 What You Need To Know Last Week’s Racing Six teams showed up for Thursday’s twilight, which featured spectacular conditions, including clear skies and a fresh, mid-teens breeze. Unfortunately, the evening also featured a collision that resulted in a broken mast. Here is a summary from Steve Uhl. “Beautiful evening with breeze…
Top-10 as of 8/20/23 What You Need To Know Last Week’s Racing The Thursday night forecast was for cloudy, in the 60s with an easterly at 5-10. That less-than-festive forecast, combined with vacations, earlier start time and having to do the laundry left the turnout a bit thin at just three boats. John Casler was…
Top-10 as of 8/13/23 What You Need To Know Last Week’s Racing There was no Twilight race again this week, this time due to the threat of thunderstorms. Out on the MRA line, for the second straight week, we had four classes on one combined line, due primarily to the Corinthian Classic Regatta. Turnout was…