Community Boating Tiller Club Racing

08/29/2026

And thanks to Eric for these gems from the 70s!

08/29/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv9ggepxywM

Thanks to Chris Loreti for sharing this absolute gem on Slack!

Community Boating Inc. Boston, MA

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08/28/2026

The Fall series starts this Sunday! Come down and join us. Use the Slack to pair up. If you need crew, we have some members of the Amherst College racing team joining us for the fall and looking to crew and get more racing experience.

Mark your calendar:
No racing Sept 6 due to the Labor Day holiday weekend
Sept 13: Fall Series 2
Sept 20: Arlene and John Heiss Regatta

08/24/2026

From Trina:

The single handed bridge to bridge regatta had it all! A delayed start due to rain, abandoned starts, 180 degree wind shifts, and two great races.

As the rain let up around 1:30, the fleet 15 (12 main and jib and 3 main only) headed out. The first race was a true bridge to bridge. After that race, the winds dropped, leading to a shortened half-river course. The breeze also shifted from the east vs the west led to an abandoned start and an upwind sail to both the windward and the leeward marks.

The main only class ended in a three way tie(!), that went to Beth H.
Results for the main and jib class were:

1st: Cole C.
2nd: Oscar S.
3rd: Adrian B.

Thanks to CBI for donating prizes (bay 5 lockers and dry bags!) for the winners and the dock staff, Janne, Beth, Tony, and Eric for helping to select and set aside boats in the morning.

Community Boating Inc. Boston, MA

08/21/2026

From Robert Padilla: Our annual Bridge to Bridge regatta is this Sunday (8.23)

This is a single-handed regatta there are 2 classes

Main only - need rating for day
Main + Jib - need at least yellow rating

Please pre-register by calling or stopping by CBI front desk to guarantee yourself a boat.
Pre-registration is open now till CBI Close on Saturday (8.22)
Cost is $5 pay at front desk to tiller club

Drop-ins are welcome, but we CAN NOT guarantee a boat, sail or rudder (especially of it is a nice day).

On Sunday:

registration will start at 12:30pm on the dock, where you will be assigned a boat to rig if pre-registered.
Skipper meeting is at 1:15pm.
No race will start after 4:00pm
Prizes will be given on dock after last race.

NOTE: In past the top prize was a free locker, but now with new lockers and their popularity, CBI will not be giving away lockers this year, they have graciously agreed to provide some other prizes though.

We hope to see you Sunday!

08/18/2026

Pre-registration for next Sunday’s bridge to bridge single-handed regatta (2 classes: Main Only and Main + jib) is open! Please pre register by calling or stopping by CBI front desk to guarantee yourself a boat. On Sunday, registration will start at 12:30pm on the dock. Skipper meeting is at 1:15pm. Drop-ins are welcome, but we can't guarantee a boat. See you Sunday!

08/16/2026

From Robert Padilla:

Community regatta

We had 7 boats racing on a green flag day. The fleet was a mix of some regular high performance fleet racers, women racers, a college racer along with regular tiller club racers.

The breeze started out light but increased throughout the day.

We got in 2 races before the 12:15 rotation cut off. Our RC, Mark, tried to get in a 3rd race, but had to abandon the starting sequence twice due to light wind and wind shifts. After the rotation, Mark was able to get 4 racers off in nice breeze, with only minor adjustments to leeward mark.

There was some close racing with a few photo finishes. Most dropped races were 7s. We had a tie for 3rd and 4th with a bullet for the last race being the deciding factor.

Thanks to Harrington for RCing and Matapathi for helping on RC boat for first 1/2 of day.

Congratulations to our top 3 finishers
1st Padilla with Arpin as crew
2nd H. and Leone as co-skippers
3rd with Hammond as crew

Registration for next Sunday’s bridge to bridge singlehanded (2 classes Main Only and Main + jib) should be opening up tomorrow (will post when registration is open). Please pre registration to guarantee yourself a boat. Registration will start at 12:30pm on the dock with skipper meeting at 1:15pm. If you want to just show up, you can but if a nice day may have trouble getting a boat, sail and rudder.

08/12/2026

This Sunday August 16 is the Community Regatta! This regatta is for Tiller Club skippers who have not previously won a regatta or a series; anyone can crew. This means that our big, winningest dawgs are "out of the way" for some newer skippers to have a shot at a win! And even better - our big dawgs tend to show up and crew and coach the newer skippers to their first win, which is absolutely the best feature of this event: The support we show one another!

Skippers must have the Skippers Rating or be accepted by the race committee. Regatta schedule so a slightly longer day: rigging and registration 9:45-10:15, skippers meeting 10:15, boat rotation around 12:15, and no race starts after 2:30.

See you on the dock!

08/09/2026

On a personal note, Friday on a Sunday was everything I'd always imagined it would be! I'd not attended the past few years, but always wanted to, badly. 11 boats met at the sweltering starting line, under a proper yellow flag. One newcomer, who was boldly single-handing (remember there are no rules on number [or even species!] of crew for FoS!), capsized before the first race. Like a boss, he went in, pumped out, and came back for more. Mad Max Kraft was single-pawing it, winging on the downwind by laying out almost flat in the boat, so he could have one hand on the tiller & main sheet, one hand on the jib sheet, and a foot on the vang as a preventer (see photos). Due to the unusual lack of windsurfers cluttering the mark, a kayak was of course capsized and abandoned on the course. Shortly after the races concluded, the red flag was raised - there had been much speculation that it could go at any time. This was easily the best day of the season for this sailor

08/06/2026

Final Standings for the Summer Series! Congrats to our top 3 finishers:

1st Place: Terry Duncan, 31 pts
2nd Place: Janne Napi, 47pts
3rd Place: Mark Harrington, 63pts