The fleet splits and 226 leads to the right. SSeaman Photography In the 7th race of the Summer Series, Team Grace 107 recorded one of our best finishes all summer, despite a mediocre start and picking the wrong side of the first beat. One of the things we did right last night was to [...]
I walked down the dock to meet our crew last night and was initially greeted with the broad smile and hearty laughter of a long-standing (I try not to use the word “old” any more) friend, Geordie Shaver. Soon realizing that he was this week’s “fill in” on bow it became clear that this was not [...]
The July 13 race for Team Tinky brings to mind the immortal words of Charles Dickens, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us...” THE BEST OF TIMES It’s been [...]
Earle Copeland "Stubby" Stubbs raced as a member of Newport's Fleet 9 for 42 years Fleet 9 Members: On the evening of Wednesday, June 15th, we have planned a tribute to Earle “Stubby” Stubbs, owner and skipper of Lisa #59 since 1980. First, at 4:45pm, we’d like all Shields in the Brenton Cove area [...]
Note from the Fleet Captain Earle “Stubby” Stubbs, past commodore of Ida Lewis Yacht Club and past national champion of the Shields class, left us yesterday morning after several months of staving off an aggressive cancer. For the last 42 years, Stubby owned and raced his gray-hulled Shields #59 Lisa each season at Ida Lewis. We could [...]