Dear Friend of CHARIAD: Just a quick note to share with you the news that the CHARIAD team won the Manchester YC Fall Regatta yesterday – Sunday. Really terrific crew work both upwind and down wind. We had two races in the off shore area between Baker’s Island and Gloucester Harbor with the wind generally out of the SE. With the first race in light air, 5 – 7 knots, [...]
Dear Friend of CHARIAD: I attended a luncheon today at the Boston Harbor Hotel hosted by the Boston College CEO Club. The hotel has an enormous flag flying under the rotunda. The dean of the BC business school asked for a moment of silence to remember the 14 BC alumni who died Sept. 11. The attack on Sept. 11 and the conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq and now Syria are being [...]
Dear Friend of CHARIAD: What wonderful sailing this weekend. Could not be a better time to be on the water and what a wonder group of interesting folks to spend the day with. I am copying a couple of people who wanted to come but could not make it and I don’t have emails for a couple of folks who did come. Please share. We sailed into Gloucester Harbor and [...]
Dear Friend of CHARIAD: This past week, CHARIAD competed in the ONE Regatta from Marblehead that is the regional championship of offshore racing. We sailed Fri, Sat and Sun in light to moderate winds under sunny skies. This was by far the best and most competitive racing we have had all season. We finished tied for 3rd on our fleet and they did a tie breaking flip of the coin [...]
Dear Friend of CHARIAD: Saturday evening we held a wonderful Farewell at Sea for our friend and shipmate Herb Loeffler. Afterwards, we came together for a Celebration of Life in Marblehead. Many of you were there but others could not participate and I want to share some images from the day. Here is the last reading from the service. As we are your creation from the earth and the [...]
Dear Friend of CHARIAD: Herb Loeffler passed away last Monday. Herb has been a very special friend to me and to the entire CHARIAD community. A memorial service will be held TODAY at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum at 4 PM. Please come if you can. Larz Anderson Auto Museum | America's Oldest Car Collection 15 Newton St, Brookline, MA 02445 Herb was a car nut as well as a [...]
Dear Friend of CHARIAD: CHARIAD won the Scituate Invitational Regatta yesterday on lumpy seas with 11 – 13 knot winds. The race was a 2 mile windward/leeward twice around course in winds out of the NE. Something of a confusing start because we did not realized that the committee was starting the A & B classes together until a minute before what we thought was the A class start. We [...]
Dear Friend of CHARIAD: I have had so much going on that I have not been able to keep you up to date with a very exciting sailing year for CHARIAD and the CHARIAD team. Here is a quick update. Headline: CHARIAD finishes Last in 1st Race & 2nd in 2nd Race. When a casual friend learns that I competed in a sailboat race, the next statement is “Oh, did you win the [...]
Dear Friend of CHARIAD: The Mighty CHARIAD was launched last week. After a super effort by her crew, she migrated in a deep fog last Saturday from Beverly to Marblehead. For the record, both Beverly and Marblehead claim to be the birthplace of the American Navy. In an earlier note, I included a picture of a sign in a display case at the Navy History Museum at Annapolis saying [...]
Dear Friend of CHARIAD: We have our seasonal rituals – Thanksgiving, Christmas, 4th of July. April is a ritual month for me. Boat work Crew recruitment I have to share one last image for our Friends who are not in Boston. The temperature is mostly in the 40s and we had a lot of rain last week. Most of the snow is gone though there are still piles everywhere. This car [...]
