Charleston Race Week sailors kept ashore

12:34 AM Sun 17 Apr 2011 GMT

'Charleston Race Week 2011' &copy Meredith Block/ Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week 2011

Charleston Race Week - While every sailor's first concern is having enough wind for exciting racing, today Mother Nature served up a helping of southerly breeze that for the majority of sailors was too hefty to handle. Certainly, the race committee saw it that way and canceled competition for all of the sailors in this 270-boat fleet. 'With forecasts of winds into the 30s by early afternoon, we made the tough decision to abandon racing this morning at 8:30 a.m.,' said Randy Draftz, Race Director for 2011 Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week. While a few hardcore sailors grumbled at the ...

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