Easter Regatta limited to 15 Melges 24s Wednesday, March 4, 2009
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Charleston Melges 24 Fleet Captain, Chris Hamilton, says:
Hello All,
There are some important follow up items up for the Easter Regatta. Carolina Yacht Club has limited space and we are going to only register 15 total M24’s. If you are planning on attending, please call me directly to register, make arrangements for launching, trailer storage and transition into race week. All boats and trailers will be removed from CYC on Saturday the 11th (the Regatta is Frid/Sat no racing on Sunday). We will plan to sail in from racing on Saturday to Charleston Yacht Club, we should have more room and there will be a lot less traffic at the CHYC club. Please call for any questions.
Thank You
Chris Hamilton
843 469 4254
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
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Steve Kopf says:
We have a lot of racing scheduled for this Spring [in Charleston]! This is the schedule:
March 14-15 CORA/Pinnacle Practice Racing
April 4-5 CORA/Pinnacle Practice Racing
April 10-11 Carolina Easter Regatta
April 17-19 Charleston Race Week
CORA/Pinnacle Practice Races
We have invited a number of out of town boats and have confirmation from at least three other boats.
The format will be the same as we have done in the past. First start at noon, 5 races, two practice starts and then a real start on rolling 3 minute intervals. 2 laps windward-leeward. No windward offset. Starting line is the leeward gate.
The race committee assignments are as follows. If you cannot take your turn, then please arrange to have someone take your place. [Steve'] Whaler is available if you need it, just let me know.
Committee Assignments
March 14- King
March 15 – Lucas
April 4 – Mossman
April 5 – O’Reily
Please let me know if you plan to participate so we can plan accordingly. Cocktails immediately following at the ChYC.
Easter Regatta
[See details posted earlier today on this blog]
Charleston Race Week
There are 34 boats registered already! If you haven’t signed up yet then get on the website and register.
Back from St. Pete, Charleston M24s Set to Practice Saturday Tuesday, February 17, 2009
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The Pinnacle / CORA practice races continue on Saturday, February 21 at 12 noon. We hope to see all of the Charleston M24s out as they prepare for Charleston Race Week in April.
David O’Rielly and Guy Mossman romp in St. Pete Saturday, February 14, 2009
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They waited all day for the breeze to fill. When it finally filled, they picked the right side of the course and rocketed to the front of a very talented fleet. O’Rielly beat World Champion Dave Ullman and America’s Cup Tacitician Terry Hutchinson and everyone else in the first and only race of the day. Crewing for David are Russ O’Rielly, John Putnam, Emily Pulos and Nick Turney.
Guy Mossman also had a stellar showing, finishing 4th in his brand new yacht! (Hull 786). Anyone know who’s crewing for Guy?
Four out of the 5 Charleston entries finished the race in the top 19 out of the 45 boats registered.
Here’s a picture of O’Rielly practicing in January in Charleston Harbor during the CORA / Pinnacle Racing series
David O'Rielly's practice pays off
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330 Photos of M24 Practice Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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Overnight, I uploaded, 330 photos from Melges 24 Racing Practice in Charleston Harbor to Picassa. You can see them at http://picasaweb.google.com/ReggieFairchild/M24PracticeRacesInCharlestonHarborJanuary112009#
It’s an overwhelming number of photos. My goal was to let you disect your starts, mark rounding, sail trim, crew position and movement. The goal was not to post the most beautiful shots. I did delete the trash.
For anyone who wasn’t there, the format is:
- Three 3-minute rolling starts. The last one is for real.
- Two laps around a 300-yard windward-leeward course.
- Finish downwind.
- Quickly adjust the course for any windshifts.
- Repeat the whole process about 5 times.
If you want a high resolution version of one of the photos, let me know.
Skip Dieball running Quantum Clinic at Nationals Thursday, September 11, 2008
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Skip Dieball from Quantum Sails will be in Charleston on September 18 to run the racing clinic at the OSAsailing.com 2008 Melges 24 U.S. National Championship. He’ll be assisted by Scott Nixon and John Bowden.
Skip is a world-class racer.
Skip Dieball
