Daniel Vannoni and Centenial Commodore Mike Gahan cross the finish in the last race

The annual Gold Cup was sailed at the Cottage Park Yacht Club in Winthrop, MA during Labor Day weekend, and it

Gold Cup Competitors

certainly accomplished its goal of “Bringing sailing to the people.”  With over 8 boats and hundreds of on-lookers from the shores of Winthrop, the fleet set out on 3 fun races just off the club.  Codfish Gear co-founder was there to race the Red Dog and try and get ever closer to a win at this event.  However, he and his skipper Mike Gahan as well as crew Dana ended up playing second fiddle again.  Congrats to the winners!  You can see even more photos from the event on our Facebook group page at http://www.facebook.com/codfishgear/

The Red Dog heading down wind during our 9th place finish!

This past weekend was the Rhodes 19 East Coast Championships at Hull Yacht Club in Hull, Mass.  It was a fairly large sailing event with every type of weather you could think of.  Day one started with clouds and the threat of thunderstorms and ended with sun and no wind.  Day 2 was the craziest of all.  Thick fog rolled in around 10 AM, and never let up.  It would start to lift, and then come back even more thick. Somehow we still managed to sneak in 2 races and find our way home without running into an island or ferry.  The final day brought clouds and some solid breezes.

I was fortunate enough to campaign The Red Dog from Cottage Park Yacht Club for the series, and had a lot of fun.  Despite some break-downs that kept us out of racing the first day, we managed to earn some decent finishes with a 9th place one race and a 15th in the last race (out of a 30 boat fleet).  It was a very competitive fleet, and now we know what to do to get better.  Our spinnaker was easy to pick out as the proud pooch flew high every race we sailed.  In addition to donning the Red Dog chute, I was also proud to sport my Codfish Gear throughout the whole series.  The Cod Cap never left my head and the combination of Simply Cod and All American Cod T-shirts throughout the series certainly caught some eyes. You can see more photos from the series here.

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