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Community Boating Tiller Club Racing NORs: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5czq-lsE4SsVVo3RFZOUHluS2c

Tiller Club Executive Board 2025:

Commodore: Robin Weatherill
Vice Commodore: David Chudzicki
Steward: Joshua Gahm

Members-at-Large:

Trina Arpin
Terry Duncan
Max Kraft
Stacy Okada

Current Standings attached! Mark estimates that with only 4 racing days for this series, skippers can qualify if they co...
10/07/2026

Current Standings attached! Mark estimates that with only 4 racing days for this series, skippers can qualify if they complete 10-11 races.

Series Day 4! Great to see 11 boats on the line for a beautiful fall day, Easterly breeze around 10 mph, with 90 degree ...
10/04/2026

Series Day 4! Great to see 11 boats on the line for a beautiful fall day, Easterly breeze around 10 mph, with 90 degree shifts and big gusts 15-20 and big lulls. The top 3 boats were within one point of each other, which meant they were all consistently handling the shifts and changing between light and breezy modes of sailing. Boats who did well said teamwork and communication to react together to the shifts was key. Congrats to our top 3! Giancarlo and Stefano (19 pts), Carolyn Marsh and Vlad Vronsky (20 pts, winning the tie for 2nd) and Trina Alpin and Robert Padilla (also 20 pts).

10/03/2026

Fall series continues with Day 4 this Sunday! Because racing was canceled last Sunday, this will probably be a 4-day series, so to qualify for the series skippers/teams either need:

1) to skipper all races on 3 of the 4 days, or

2) to skipper 50% of the total races, which, guessing at an average of 5 races per day, would be 10-11 races.

Good luck everyone!

09/24/2026

MARK YOUR CALENDARS and come see us before we close for the season:

Oct 4 Fall Series day 4
Oct 11 No racing, holiday weekend
Oct 18 Fall Series day 5
Oct 25 Lorna Slocombe Regatta, followed by Annual Meeting

09/24/2026

No racing this Sunday Sept 25 due to CBI storm closure. Hope some of you can get out today to enjoy the beautiful weather!

It was a light wind but no rain Sunday for the Arlene and John Heiss Regatta today. During the competitors meeting sever...
09/20/2026

It was a light wind but no rain Sunday for the Arlene and John Heiss Regatta today. During the competitors meeting several people shared stories about Arlene and John, and it was great to have their daughter Laura and some friends of John and Arlene stop by in the middle of the day to watch the races and catch up during our rotation.

Wind out of the S-SE around 5-8knots made for shifty conditions, but race committee did a fantastic job changing courses before and during races to keep it as square as possible. It was super tight racing, with many boats changing positions through the course of a race. Key takeaways today from the top boats were:

Good starts - clear air and on the line at go; “winning” a particular end was not as critical with the short line
Watch main sheet trim in light air - eased out a touch was typically faster, but luffing is slow. Overtrimming in the very light breeze was also very slow
Jib trim upwind - especially in the shiftier wind by the windward mark, the crew can play the jib (ease or trim it) much faster than the skipper can adjust the rudder when there is a shift. Have the crew communicate to the skipper what they are doing (i.e. eased 3 inches; trimmed 2 inches) so the skipper knows and can adjust with the tiller after.

Thanks to RC Cole and RC Assistant Thea for 6 great races in tough conditions.

Congrats to the top three finishing teams!

1st: Terry and Madi (8pts)
2nd: Niko and Sage (9pts)
3rd: Nick A and Harry (17pts)

See you next Sunday for Fall Series 3!

09/16/2026

This Sunday is the Heiss Regatta! Regatta day schedule, so slightly longer day: rigging and registration at 9:45, competitors meeting at 10:15 with racing to begin soon after, boat rotation around 12:15 and no race starts after 2:30.

John and Arlene were longtime Tiller Club members, and mentors to many racers. The Tiller Club Regatta trophy was renamed in the Heisses' honor in 2012 after Arlene passed away. John continued to race with us and on Friday nights until about 2017, and taught at New England Conservatory until he passed away in 2023. In honor of John, we'll remember some of his favorite stories (they were usually about Arlene) on Sunday.

John's daughter Laura Varas will be there, and friends of John and Arlene are welcome to join us on the dock after racing to visit and swap stories.

Current Standings as of Fall Series II:
09/15/2026

Current Standings as of Fall Series II:

Results from yesterday with comments by the days winning skipper, Stephen (with MaryEllen as crew-- congrats to them bot...
09/14/2026

Results from yesterday with comments by the days winning skipper, Stephen (with MaryEllen as crew-- congrats to them both)!

There were four boats in today’s races. The wind was primarily out of the south-southwest. Rain picked up throughout the day. The wind was light but sufficient, blowing between three and eight miles per hour.

Racing was pretty even. Mark and Anna took first in races 1 and 4. Trina and Robert took first in the third race. Mary and Steve took first in the second race. Nchinda and Robin had some fast legs as well.

Most of the starts were pin-favored, making a port start—if you could pull it off—a pretty good position to be in. Tight roundings at the leeward mark, which was set behind the line but upwind of the pin, were rewarded as well.

Overall, it was a great day of sailing. Thanks to Betsy and Gail on the race committee!

From Trina:The Fall Series kicked off yesterday with 10 boats, spicy SW winds, and a course from RC Janne that barely ne...
08/31/2026

From Trina:
The Fall Series kicked off yesterday with 10 boats, spicy SW winds, and a course from RC Janne that barely needed a tweak — one adjustment across 6 races. The direction might have been steady, but it was gusty! Two boats went for a swim.

Shoutout to our guest fleet — 4 racers from Amherst College joined the mix, and they didn't just show up, one took home the win!

🏆Results:
1st: Harry and Margaret
2nd: Mark and Carolyn
3rd: Trina and Robert

Great turnout and great sailing. Bring it on, Fall Series!

Congrats also to the two racers who passed the red test after racing: Piotr and new racer Nate.

No racing next Sunday. Fall series resumes Sept. 13. We are looking for RCs for our last 5 racing days (Sept. 20 on). DM me if available.

Community Boating Inc. Boston, MA

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Boston, MA
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