Charleston: a wonderful place to completely turn off before turning onto some of the nation’s most challenging sailing conditions, to get excited for the upcoming sailing season, see your friends, escape the cold, and simply have a great time, all at Charleston Race Week. And, if you don’t win the regatta, there are always four nights of post racing parties on the USS Yorktown. The 28th edition of the “regatta like no other” came through for some 180 boats racing in 16 classes, with multiple lead changes determining final places right up until the last race. The J/24 Orange Crush skippered by Tyler Benjamin took first to win, three points ahead of Alexandria sailed by a team from Clemson Sailing Club. In his sixth year at CRW, Benjamin has sailed the event since he was 15. “I have been with Orange Crush for two years now, and last year we were in the middle of the fleet, so we were really happy to take first,” Benjamin said. “Our strategy this year was focusing on consistency. We have a new crew and haven’t sailed together before, so we focused on the basics and simple tactics. We ended up getting a lot of bullets and that really nailed it in the end.” For event details:
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