Melges 24 Charleston

I’m feeling pretty good about my predictions for Charleston Race Week.  The boats I listed in the top 8 all finished in the top 12 (out of 30) in pretty much the order I predicted.  John Hamilton doesn’t count since he wasn’t able to race. The surprises were:

Steve Kopf / Michael Miller finished in the top 5.  I would have picked them for the top 10.  All that practice and racing is paying off.

John Pollard a many time UK National Champ showed up to race Party Girl from Norway.  If I’d known he was coming, I would have had him in the top 5.  He finished 4th.

Peter Lane finished in front of Kristen Lane.  I chatted briefly with Peter.  He gave all the credit for their program to Kristen, saying it’s her competitive drive that got them out on the M24 circuit with awesome crew.

Everyone I talked to had a great Race Week.  We can’t wait to see everyone back in Charleston next year.

If you want to have a one design fleet in the harbor, you need to get a bunch of your friends to register and race.  Race Week is only going to have room for the strongest classes, like the Melges 24 and Viper 640, and the great to entries like the Melges 20.