A site chronicling the formation of a Cape Cod Frosty fleet out of Beverly Massachusetts.
Events
Another great race in the books! It was a beautiful sunny day with a some manageable gusts helping the fleet really move! One capsize allowing us to test out the rescue boat — all good!
Recommended modification to help with future rescues: a carabiner connecting the outhaul to clew would allow us to easily let the sail free in order to tow the boat.
Jim kicked some butt on Slop! Is it the boat? The racer? We need more races to know for sure!
Tip of the day: use the falling snow to see the direction of the wind
Second race for the FF16! We were down to three boat today, and we lacked cheering fans on the docks, but it was still a great day for a race!
Brian’s first race! Watch out!
Watch out for Jim and Mike! Great race guys!
Two more beautiful boats launched today! Tom Pelsue with Toasty Pride, and Mike Barnum with Budget Cuts! Built side-by-side in Tom’s workshop, these boats look fast!
A blessing and toast was made for the newest ships with friends and family there to celebrate.
We are very thankful to have in the fleet a pro race official and safety boat captain Bob Minelli. Here you can see he and Ray Mount getting the safety boat ready to go.
Ray Mount loaned out Slop so he could support the fleet on Safety Boat during most of the races.
The fleet had a chance to practice a bit while Lil fumbled around at the dock undergoing a rudder repair. Special thanks to Justin Normand for his creative fix!
Finally we’re all on the water and ready to race! Avoiding the ice-flow made it especially entertaining. It was an absolutely beautiful day.
We were able to run three races, with one race having to be canceled due to an abandoned fishing line “clotheslining” the fleet at the first mark — Luckily Ray Mount was there on safety boat to cut the line so we could have our final race.
All-in-all, the fleet was very satisfied with the performance of their boats, and looking forward to the next race. Winner of the day was Mike Barnum — congrats Mike!
Looking forward to seeing everyone at our next race planned for Saturday February 21st — 11:00AM start with a high-tide at 1:47PM. The Safety Boat is ready to go! 😉
The first two boats in the fleet launched today!
Without a rescue boat on hand, the sail was short but successful. The fleet was christened with a blessing led by Rachael Abell, and a toast was raised by all that could attend. We look forward to launching the next three boats which will soon be off the workbench and in the water!
The founding members of the fleet all met thru Thursday night “Beer Can” racing out of Jubilee Yacht Club in Beverly, MA (https://www.jycracing.org). The completion of the first boat corresponded with the award banquet for the 2025 season, so we just had to bring it along to try and get more people interested — and I think we did!
Frosty Fleet 9, the only active Cape Cod Frosty fleet, was kind enough to welcome us to come up and check out their boats. They even offered to let us take one for a spin if we had a dry suit. Little did I know that meant that I would sail and RACE (my first dinghy race actually). It was a blast. I stayed in the boat, and FF9 was super patient with a newbie!
