Setting sail: Charleston Race Week
“I race in events all over the country, and I’ve had to get up in front of the CORA (Charleston Ocean Racing Association) crowd and try to explain to them that this isn’t our little old Charleston Race Week anymore,” said Randy Draftz, who’s in his fourth year as race director. “This is like a top-drawer, best event in the country kind-of-thing nowadays. ... There might be an event in Chicago that has as many boats, but I don’t think so anymore.”
In 16 years, Charleston Race Week has grown from a handful of local sailors into a marquee regatta attracting boats from around the world, with Sperry Top-Sider as the title sponsor.
This year, 269 boats have registered, including six in the first 50-feet-and-longer category.
“We’ve ratcheted it up to another caliber level,” Draftz said. “It’s off the hook.”
By landFor landlubbers and casual sailors not competing in the four days of races this week, the event also includes plenty of shore-side action.
Trethewey was interviewed by Terry Gross on National Public Radio's “Fresh Air” and the book was reviewed on NPR's “All Things Considered.
En dévoilant ce lundi le Protocole de la 34e Coupe de l'America, le Golden Gate Yacht Club, qui l'a rédigé avec le «challenger of record» italien,
