Chesapeake sailors sailed fast on the first day of racing at Sperry Charleston Race Week, the 220+ boat regatta that runs in Charleston Harbor and beyond through Sunday, April 23.
In ORC B, Gerry Taylor and his team on the Cape Fear 38 Tangent, who’ve won many times at this event, placed first.
In ORC A, Robin Team’s J/122 Teamwork, always filled with Chesapeake talent, placed second (Tony Langley’s TP 52 Gladiator came in first).
In ORC C, Mike Beasley’s GP 26 Rattle n Rum placed first, and Solomons sailors Hawk and Steph Caldwell placed third on their first-ever racing day at CRW on their own boat, the Henderson 30 Short Bus.
In the 20-boat J/24 division, in a finish that surprises exactly no one, Tony Parker and team proved victorious on Bangor Packet.
Eastport YC member Ken Mangano and crew on Mango placed second in the J/80 class.
Annapolis sailors Jenn and Ray Wulff placed second in the 24-boat J/70 fleet (circle two), with Henry Filter on Wild Child in fourth.
Find complete results here. Find final results and more at spinsheet.com Monday.
Here are some nice pictures by J/80 sailor Ramzi Bannura.
