The good news is that the weather is starting to warm up, which means that sailing season, the only one that really matters in any year, is getting tantalizingly close. The bad news is that Covid-19 has affected all of our lives so dramatically and fundamentally, and that it has tragically ended so many. No…
Please see the attached update from Jim Taylor. Thank you! Fleet-5-Update_200512.pdf
Rhodes 19 Class members (and friends of the class), Greeting from your 2020 Rhodes 19 National Championship regatta committee! We thought it might make sense to check in with you and share some of our current thinking. First, you should know that our committee has been meeting since December working to build a truly special…
All- Please see the attached update from Jim Taylor. We wish everyone safety, health, and happiness. Fleet-5-Update_200407.pdf
Here we are in February, a bit more than half way between the end of Fleet 5 racing in 2019 and the start of racing in 2020. This provides us with a nice vantage point from which to look back on the past year, and ahead to the next. Looking back, the weather gods…
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Attached please find the Fleet 5 February newsletter! R19-Newsletter_200227.pdf R19-Newsletter_200227.pdf
November 24, 2019 2019 Winter Party; There is a more weighty January Newsletter in the works, but things have sort of gotten away from its editor. We want to remind everyone that Kim and Christina Pandapas have again generously offered to host the event, that the date is coming up fast, and that everyone needs…
Please see the attached from Jim Taylor. Happy New Year! Fleet-5-Update_200112.pdf
Every Fleet 5er liked Nationals a lot, Except for the Grinch, who most assuredly did not. The Grinch hated Nationals! It always ruined his season. Please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason. It could be, perhaps, that his boat was not right, That his spreaders were short or his sails too tight….