Greetings from the Fox team on 232, led by our skipper Jay “Ahab” Gowell, who is obsessed with his quest for an elusive puff of white smoke at the end of the race course. The best decision of the evening came before we left the dock at CYC when Jay shanghaied not one but two younger [...]
Our #17 crew were psyched for a prefrontal sea breeze that lived up to the forecast and then some. Only problem we were missing Carroll and Sharon. So Dirk Kramers, back from 2 years in chase boats following Alinghi and Dave Moffet and I said “they sail with 3 on an Etchells, we’ll be all good”. [...]
Race #1 – Summer Series ( Make Up sailed Weds June 30th) Report from Shields 217- John Dory Greetings fellow Shields sailors and Fleet 9 enthusiasts from the John Dory team. Our successes on board the mighty 217 have been limited, few and far between thus far in the 2010 season. This is reflective of the [...]
Shields Fleet 9 File: Spring 2010 race2 Year 2010 Class: Shields . One design (Finish position)Spring 7: Wind Speed 7: Direction SE: Start Date 06/16/10 Pos Order Sail Skipper Crew Club Score Note 1 2 217 Hilton,Jamie Murray,Chris 1 John Dory 2 3 74 Shore,Bill Alio,Nicole 2 Karaselet 3 4 107 Burnham,John Baer,Reed Ida Lewis 3 [...]
Class: Shields . One design (Finish position)Spring 6: Wind Speed 6: Direction SE: Start Date 06/16/10 Pos Order Sail Skipper Crew Club Score Note 1 1 226 Denton,Peter 1 Ultimate Pressure 2 2 17 Derecktor,Tom 2 Gosling 3 3 76 Sollitto,Paul 3 Abigail 4 4 203 Yale,Betsy 4 Chief 5 5 21 Sugarman,Richard Fiorenzano,Arthur 5 Bandit [...]
Race Spring 3 - The Importance of Being Early On Team Grace we are all about the importance of being early. 4:00 at Ida, or else, get aboard, tune the rig, chill the brew, sail the first beat at least once to figure out the breeze and current. Executed plan to a "T" last evening. Gorgeous [...]
Course: Start near Z-1-Pin-1 (changed to 2) Cold, wet, and light was the forecast for Opening Day, 2010. We got the cold and light part when we cast off our mooring, but fortunately the rain held off. At sunset, we were even treated to a stellar light show, but there was a rather long race before [...]
Save the Bay has made a serious entry into the fight against the Weavers Cover LNG terminal. yes, that project still has potential, and a mean set of side effects to go with it. please go to www.savebay.org and sign the petition, email our government leaders, and spread the word. The impact on our bay if [...]
from the loquacious John Burnham: Fleet 9 sailed a long race on Wednesday night—the course was two laps around the green can “13” and the lighted bell “V” in 5-10 knots of southwest breeze. Not that it was so terribly far over the bottom, but we found ourselves sailing upwind in a mild breeze that grew [...]
Crew Available: former Shields skipper (#35 RAGIN' CAJUN, Larchmont fleet 1979, won 22 of 24 series) along with fiancee, looking to crew on Wednesday Nite. Can be a good asset as I'm an Olympic Trials Finalist (Stars), US National Champion 2.4 Meter Class, etc...eMail or call me....Gary Fretz yachts@att.biz954.609.6282The medicine does not force any alien [...]