CHARLESTON RACE WEEK
BY MEREDITH ARMSTRONG Sperry Top-Sider
Charleston Race Week Creates Sailing Memories
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N MID-APRIL, WHEN traditionally Americans are racing to file their income tax returns, sailors are racing to catch the Charleston Harbor
wind in what is now the largest keel board sailing regatta in the United States.
Te popularity of the Sperry Top-
Sider Charleston Race Week, organized by the South Carolina Maritime Foundation and the Charleston Ocean Racing Association, has continued to
grow since the first event in 1996. Held at Mount Pleasant’s Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina, it attracts competi- tors from across the country, and those who attend once usually return. Officials counted up to 270 boats
registered at the 2011 version of the an- nual event, from darting, 22-foot Vipers to 42-foot Beneteaus. Why do so many sailors show up for Race Week? You can start with Charleston, one of the top 10 U.S. cities, according to Condé Nast Traveler; move on to the hospitable
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SKIPPERS & CREWS COME FOR TIGHT RACING AND WARM SUNSHINE
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