Saturday, April 18, 2009

Charleston Race Week - Saturday with Video




Day two of racing saw warmer conditions greet the sailors, and the early variable winds were a big change from the 22-knot winds on Friday. Cumulative point totals from all three days will be used to determine a winner after Sunday's racing.
On the ocean course Hans Schultz from Oxford, Maryland reported that he crews on the 25-foot Crazy Bob, which likes "light air." Schultz said that after the first race on Friday they headed back to land to play golf instead, and with the wind conditions eased up on Saturday they got back into the swing, completing all three races.
Local boat owner and sailor Steve Lezniak has a crew of 14 on his 50-foot Beneteu Celadon. Jackie Adams is one crew member here from Atlanta and he told me that for Saturday's first race they were DQ'd because they did not cross the starting line within the allowed five minutes due to windless conditions, but that the other races of the day were fine. Mary Ann Becker of Celadon told me, "It was a wonderful day to spend on the water in Charleston sailing."

Photos by Jeff Dennis: Sailboats race downwind in the harbor course, Gosling rum drinks are one of the important sponsors for Charleston Race Week

To view my very first blog from Race Week click here.

Video: Watch sailors round a buoy on the inshore course for a downwind leg

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