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RACING<br />
area, like Lake Norman in North Carolina or Lake Murray<br />
in South Carolina.<br />
In coastal racing, Charleston, SC, stands out with the<br />
largest number of regattas. Racing around Charleston is run<br />
by many yacht clubs in the area, which all coordinate their<br />
racing through the Charleston Ocean Racing Association<br />
(CORA). The most famous regatta in the region is<br />
Charleston Race Week, an annual week of racing which<br />
draws one-design and PHRF racing from all over the South,<br />
including many one-design teams that come from other<br />
parts of the United States and a few foreign countries. Other<br />
major sailing areas are the Neuse River area in North<br />
Carolina (Neuse Yacht Racing Association) and the Long<br />
Bay Sailing Association in Myrtle Beach, SC. There is also<br />
racing scattered among a few clubs along North Carolina’s<br />
barrier islands on the Outer Banks.<br />
The South Atlantic Yacht Racing Association is an<br />
organization that coordinates and lists races in the entire<br />
three-state area, including high school and collegiate racing.<br />
Racing in the Southeast Coast is year around, but regattas<br />
are mainly in the spring and fall. Club racing is year<br />
around, but in the summer, races are generally held in the<br />
evening because of the heat. Winter racing continues in<br />
places like Charleston, even in cold weather, although<br />
“warm” days can be found even in January.<br />
FIND CREW<br />
CREW ON<br />
A BOAT<br />
RACING · DAYSAILING<br />
CRUISING · PASSAGEMAKING<br />
SOUTHWINDS’ PressGang*<br />
crew and boat finding web site<br />
is again up and running<br />
FIND CREW FOR YOUR BOAT - FIND A BOAT TO CREW ON<br />
PressGang serves people who are seeking crew or boats<br />
for racing, day sailing, cruising and for longer passages.<br />
Add your boat or crew listing to be included in regional searches.<br />
PressGang FOR PASSAGES<br />
Searches for boats and crew making crossings and one-way voyages.<br />
PressGang has been recently updated and will be maintained on a<br />
regular basis to stay current with listings<br />
www.southwindsmagazine.com/pressgang<br />
www.southwindsmagazine.com<br />
and go to “Sailors’ Resources”<br />
Easy to use · Private · Serving the Southeastern U. S.<br />
PressGang is a free service of SOUTHWINDS magazine<br />
*PressGang (prß gng ) n.: A company of sailors under an officer detailed to force people<br />
into naval service. PressGangs have been deployed from ancient times until the<br />
present. SOUTHWINDS PressGang does not use officers. see also: press, impress.<br />
Upcoming Regattas<br />
26th Michelob Ultra Regatta,<br />
New Bern, NC, Sept. 3-5<br />
In celebration of New Bern’s 300th Anniversary, the Neuse<br />
Yacht Racing Association and Michelob Ultra are bringing<br />
back this historic Labor Day regatta, which at one time had<br />
161 boats racing. The first race, historically called the Oar<br />
race, from New Bern to Oriental, is on Saturday, with afterrace<br />
festivities at the Oriental Marina. On Sunday, the<br />
Michelob Ultra Regatta will race back to New Bern with festivities<br />
following the race in New Bern.<br />
Classes racing are Spinnaker, Non-Spinnaker and<br />
Cruising. Go to www.mich-nyra.org for the NOR and<br />
details. E-mail commodore@nyra.org, or call Tinka Talbert<br />
at (252) 349-1337.<br />
11th Annual Special Olympics<br />
Sailing Regatta, Lake Lanier, GA,<br />
Sept. 10-12<br />
Area skippers are invited to participate in the annual open<br />
Sailing Regatta, benefiting Special Olympics Georgia on<br />
Lake Lanier Sept. 10-12 at the Sunrise Cove Marina. Races<br />
will be Saturday and Sunday. There is a donation-based<br />
entrance fee, and the skipper who raises the most money<br />
wins a prize, which will be announced Saturday night.<br />
Awards ceremony is on Sunday after racing. For sponsorship<br />
or registration, contact Cassidy Moody at (770) 414-<br />
9390, ext. 107, or Cassidy.Moody@SpecialOlympicsGA.org.<br />
The event is hosted by the Southern Sailing Club. For information,<br />
go to www.southernsailing.org, or www.specialolympicsga.org/support/special-events/sailing-regatta<br />
Race Reports<br />
9th Annual Harkers Island Regatta<br />
Draws 37 Boats<br />
By Rob Eberle<br />
This popular ten-mile race around Harkers Island in a protected<br />
sound inside Cape Lookout, NC, drew 37 Sunfish<br />
from Maine to Georgia. Sailors sail, paddle and sometimes<br />
port their boats while negotiating shifting currents, passing<br />
under a narrow drawbridge and traversing shallow winding<br />
marshes.<br />
The race was sailed in a light to moderate easterly, an<br />
unusual substitute for the normal southerly sea breeze.<br />
Sailors may choose the direction they circumnavigate the<br />
island, a unique feature in “round island” Sunfish racing.<br />
With the prospect of sailing downwind through the marshes,<br />
all but one renegade headed out sailing counter-clockwise<br />
around the eastern end of the island.<br />
Jaime Deale of Southport, NC, competing in this regatta<br />
for his fourth time, established an early lead. Deale was<br />
closely followed by Bob Patterson of Greenville, NC, Ricky<br />
Evans of Southport, NC, and John Park of Lake Norman<br />
56 September 2010 SOUTHWINDS www.southwindsmagazine.com
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