Sailboats will compete on a closed course in the Pasquotank River. Racing categories have been expanded to include keelboats and small boats, adding classes for the Moth, Open Bic, Sunfish and others where more than four similar boats register. Visit albemarlehospiceregatta.com for details. The winner will have the opportunity to represent the local regatta at the 2010 National Championship. Among the competitors there will be longtime Lake Norman sailor Robbie Lowrance and his team on the J/80 BoneChillin who persevered through varied weather conditions to take top honors at the 9th Annual Lake Norman Hospice Regatta and Party in May. The 2006 winner of that event, Treez Decker, took second place, and Chuck Lineberry, regatta winner in 2004 and 2007, finished third. The event, hosted by Hospice and Palliative Care Lake Norman, raised more than $50,000 to support the mission of improving the quality of life for those with life-limiting and terminal illnesses in an eight-county region. Also invited to the national event will be the winner of the Western Carolina Sailing Club Hospice Regatta on Lake Hartwell Oct. 17-19. WCSC has raised more than $150,000 for Hospice of the Upstate in the past few years.
J World Racing Clinic to Return in Fall BALD HEAD ISLAND, N.C. - The sold-out J World Racing Clinic hosted by the Bald Head Island Sailing Club in March was such a success that more clinics are planned.
July/August Racing Calendar SAYRA Events: July 5 Independence Day Regatta LNYC 11-12 Firecracker Regatta SYC 11-12 Water Festival Regatta BYSC 18-19 Charleston Yacht Club Regatta 18-19 Rocket Regatta CFYC 25-26 Carolina Yacht Club Regatta 25 Jolly Jordan Opti CSC 31 SAYRA Youth Challenge CYC-NC SAYRA Events: August 1,2 Rockville Regatta SIYC 1,2 SAYRA Open Regatta CYC-NC 1,2 Laser District 12 Champ #5 CYC-NC 8,9 Town of Mt Pleasant Youth Regatta HYC 22,23 Isotope Nationals WSC Sept. 5-6 Labor Day Regatta LNYC NYRA Events Jul 4 Croaker Fest Regatta ODC Jul 11-12 HYC Regatta
Instructors Jeff Jordan and Aaron Galvin from J World, a sailboat racing school that specializes in a brand of high-performance boats made by the manufacturer J/Boats Inc., instructed on the BHI Sailing Club’s J/80 sailboats for two full days on racing strategy, tactics, boat handling, and spinnaker work. BHI CEO Kent Mitchell was among the eight students practicing racing maneuvers in the challenging waters of the Cape Fear River. “The clinic was exactly like I had hoped - I was able to expand on my basic skills and learn new skills,” said Chuck Averre of Raleigh. “In particular I was excited to fly the asymmetric spinnaker and look forward
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to practicing this spring and summer.” Two more clinics have been scheduled for this fall; Oct. 23-25 is open to everyone, from novices to experienced sailors, while Oct. 30- Nov. 1 is reserved for more experienced sailors.
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