A beautiful summer’s day and a good breeze greeted the10 members and 1 racing guest who made it down to the cove for the later start time of noon. The … Continue reading DF95 Series #11

The DF95 Series will be changing the start time in an attempt to have a better breeze for racing. Effective July 22nd, the start time will be noon instead of … Continue reading Start Times

Five members with boats arrived at the shore in very hot, humid, and still conditions.There was insufficient wind to race so Bill David, Dan McHugh, Pat Donovan, Bill Raposa, me, … Continue reading Soling Series #11

DF95s at the cove today. Patiently, 8 skippers waited for a breeze to show up, and it finally did with a SW at about 7 kts. Typical course with that … Continue reading DF95 Series #10

Soling Series #10 at the cove today. We were short one Soling to make an official race fleet with 6 boats; however, a visitor from Philadelphia showed up with Mel … Continue reading Soling Series #10

Tomorrow is a scheduled Soling race day. If you plan to race, please inform Bill Raposa. Racing will be cancelled if there will be less than 6 boats.

DF95’s at the cove today. Only 6 skippers showed to race in a very light breeze that came and went and rotated from SE to SW. After only 3 races, … Continue reading DF95 Series #9

Only 3 Solings came to the cove to race today. We can point to several reasons why, I guess.Instead of a scored racing event, the 3 skippers ((Bill Raposa, Bill … Continue reading Soling Series #9

Good Morning Soling SailorsGiven Thursday’s forecast, which does not sound promising, I have reconsidered the discussion regarding racing this Tuesday (tomorrow).  For those interested in racing, I will be at the beach … Continue reading July 6 Racing

Mid tide and very light air prevailed for today as the rainy forecast threatened but did not materialize until late in the afternoon.Seven boats appeared despite the questionable forecast. Paul … Continue reading DF Series #8

A scheduled day for Solings; but, a low turnout meant no scored racing. Only 4 skippers arrived at the cove, so they practiced with chasing the rabbit type racing.Is the … Continue reading Soling Series #8

A small fleet of DF95’s came to the cove to race today. Gorgeous sunny day with winds that switched back and forth from SE to SW. Tricky sailing, but our … Continue reading DF95 Series #7

Tomorrow is photo day at the cove. Come sail and then see great action shots of your DF95.

Soling 1 Meters at the cove today. Six skippers arrived to sail in gorgeous conditions in an ebbing tide with winds SW at about 5-7 kts. Bill Raposa, as fleet … Continue reading Soling Series #7

Notes based on Thursday’s mini clinic session has prompted me to share some tips based on observations. Rob would rather not be training for a collegiate rowing regatta so please … Continue reading DF95 Clinic Notes

Pleasant weather with a stiff NE wind and the prospect of Rob’s and Jim’s training session brought 14 members to the cove this morning.  12 members were racing including new member Henry DiPietro … Continue reading DF95 Series #5

Today, we will have a visitor at the cove. Don Ouimette is our Region 1 Director of AMYA. Don is also the current Commodore of Housatonic MYC in Middlebury, CT. … Continue reading Distinguished Visitor

It was hotter today than it has been, but with a cooling breeze, just right for racing. However, only 6 racers were tempted to go down to the cove as well as … Continue reading Soling Series #5

Ideal weather conditions for racing this week. Join us on both Tuesday and Thursday. Remember – – on Thursday there will be a clinic on Racing Rules for Starts at … Continue reading This week 6/8 & 6/10

Due to adverse weather, DF95 racing today (June 3rd) is canceled.

The wet holiday weekend finally gave way to another beautiful late spring New England morning, a little hazy, but nice nonetheless. The only thing missing was the breeze, but even … Continue reading Soling Series #4

Yet another beautiful New England spring day with a strong wind from the west shifting to southwest. The waves added some complexity to the course.The conditions attracted 11 members to the … Continue reading DF95 Series #3

It was “you know what” this morning, but a trifle on the chilly side with a strong southwest wind. There were only 5 Solings in the water this morning and … Continue reading Soling Series #3

I’ll never get tired of saying this. It was yet another beautiful New England Spring morning and today there was a wind from the west and then the northwest and … Continue reading DF95 Series #2 May 20, 2021

Yet another beautiful New England Spring morning although the wind was very light when we started.  As the morning wore on, the wind gained power and, by the time we … Continue reading Soling Series #2

Another beautiful New England Spring morning, the only drawback being the very light wind.Rob got started at 10.00 with an entertaining and informative whiteboard presentation on the rules concerning Windward/Leeward … Continue reading DF95 Series #1

A beautiful spring morning to get our Soling race series going.  7 members were tempted to go to the cove today with only 5 racing boats.  Manny managed the scoring … Continue reading Opening Day at the Cove

Great teamwork at the cove today. Skiff, storage box, and racing marks were placed. Ready now for racing season to begin on Tuesday, May 11th.

Thanks to the 15 members who attended yesterday’s Zoom meeting:  Albert, Bill D, Bill R, Dan, Dick M, Jim P, Kim, Manny, Ned, Nick, Paul, Rob, Wilkie, Will, and me.Derek … Continue reading MHBMYC Kick off meeting: Key Points

Derek has scheduled a Zoom call with all MHBMYC members for 3PM on May 4th. If you don’t receive an invite a few days ahead of that date, please contact … Continue reading Zoom call on May 4th

I am happy to announce that Vac-U-Boat has been approved as a Manufacturer for the Soling One Meter Class. The New “Vac-U-Soling” has been built and Sailed with positive feedback … Continue reading New Soling available soon.

We did manage 4 races today between rain showers and we did manage to put everything away for the winter. A sad moment at the end of a most unusual … Continue reading MHBMYC Goodbye 2020

Strong southerly breeze today for the 6 DF95’s that enjoyed the fun racing! Not many days left. Next Tuesday we will do it again. Bring any boat and join us … Continue reading Informal racing 10/15

MHBMYC Fun Racing There was a very relaxed feel to the proceedings at the cove today. A feeling like It’s the end of the season and we’re not in the … Continue reading Informal Racing DF95’s & Solings

A perfect day for DF95 Racing. Strong breeze generally southerly. Water fairly flat, a surprise given the last few days of strong wind. High Tide late morning, so plenty of … Continue reading DF95 Match Racing

First of all, please join me in saying a big “Thank You” to Wilkie for running this very enjoyable event and to Rob for preparing the roster.> Sue and Steve … Continue reading Soling Match Racing

What a great day yesterday.  There were 17 entrants so we had to divide into three fleets.we ran 15 races so each fleet had 10 races each.There were a few … Continue reading First Annual DF95 Regatta

It was a chilly start to the morning, but the water was still quite warm. We were all disappointed to hear that Bill Raposa was the victim of an over-enthusiastic ‘flu … Continue reading MHBMYC 12th Soling Regatta

No racing today, but we did complete 5 days of racing this season.  Thursday weather has not been great for us, but we had some good days and a lot … Continue reading DF95 Series Championship

Another near-perfect summer day although we could have done with a little more wind.  Soling Fleet Captain, Bill Raposa, laid out the course which was our usual course for low wind … Continue reading Soling Regatta #9

Last Thursday amid the confusion of “to race or not to race”, nine or ten members went down to the cove and we spent some time discussing the remainder of … Continue reading Important Racing Update

For once there were no shouts of “Double Zero” or “Sixteen” as either Bill David or Paul Mercer cross the line highly placed.  These two fine gentlemen decided not to … Continue reading Soling Regatta #8

The first thing to let you know is that member, David Cochran is planning to move from the area and has, most generously, given his Soling to our club.  So sail number … Continue reading Soling Regatta #7

Yet another beautiful day for model boat racing. 14 members made their way down to the cove this morning and at the start of racing there were 14 boats in … Continue reading DF95 Regatta #5

A damp and rainy early start to the day soon gave way to sunshine and an adequate breeze.  There were seven boats in the water at the start of racing … Continue reading Soling Regatta #6

The morning started hot and muggy as we’ve come to expect these days. There was quite a heavy local shower and it was still raining very lightly as the members … Continue reading DF95 Regatta #4

The exceedingly high temperature coupled with high humidity must have contributed to the sparse number of participants this morning, but as things turned out it was not too bad given the cooling … Continue reading Soling Regatta #5

Race day 3 seems to have been a big success.  I couldn’t be there, but Paul has posted the results on our web site mhbmyc.org and he sent them to me.  You … Continue reading DF95 Regatta #3

Storm Isaias threatened, but this morning was rain-free so 13 members went down to the cove to race, score, help, or support. There were 8 boats in the water at … Continue reading Soling Regatta #4

The steamy hot overcast start to the day gave way to sun and clouds with a pleasant breeze.  Thirteen members with 10 boats came down to the cove for some … Continue reading DF95 Regatta #2

The only apt description of the weather this morning is, “brutally hot”.  Nevertheless, 12  members made their hot and sticky way down to the cove and racing started with 7 boats … Continue reading Soling Regatta #3

This coming week Solings will race on Tuesday at 11.00 am and DF95s will race on Thursday at 11.00 am.  This will be the pattern for the remainder of the season.Thursday racing will have … Continue reading VOTES ARE IN

It was hot, very hot at the cove yesterday and this might have deterred some members from making the trip, but there were only five of us racing in the morning … Continue reading Race Day 2

Yesterday was the first day of scored racing this season and also the first time we tried to race two classes of boats on the same day.  Weather forecasts of … Continue reading MHBMYC Day 1 of the racing season is here at last

Scored racing begins tomorrow. Solings at 11AM & DF95s at 1PMWe can always use help with scoring if you’re not racing!

Another warm summer day and a brisk wind enticed 14 members to come down to the cove, most brought lunch and all were ready for a 1 pm start with a mixture of … Continue reading Today…and the Future

A pleasant sunny morning, but only with a modicum of wind.  Around a dozen members came down to the cove dodging the sewer works on Schooner Drive and brought a … Continue reading Today (7/2/20) and next Tuesday

In view of adverse weather reports, our normal Tuesday sailing is cancelled and moved to next Thursday, July 2nd at 11.00 am.  Rob will be at the cove from 10 am and will start … Continue reading June 30

Twelve members spent a pleasant hour or so at the cove yesterday sailing Solings and DF95 all-in together.  Bill Raposa had a tech problem before we got started and did most of … Continue reading MHBMYC Yesterday…………and the Future……………Input please.