Charlotte Harbor Regatta tops 100 boats
WaterLine photo by Josh Olive
Jim and Carol Nuzzo keep their eyes and attention focused forward as they compete against fellow Isles Yacht Club Precision 15 racers during the Charlotte Harbor Regatta. The pair won two of five races, but finished second to Christi and Jan van Heek.
WaterLine photo by Josh Olive
Three boats in the Flying Scot fleet fly their spinnakers on a downwind leg toward skipper Clif McManns signal boat.
WaterLine photo by Josh Olive
Logan Boucher of Port Charlotte checks the trim of his 2.4mR sails between races.
Photo provided by Sue Killion
Bruce Krupke Yong Zhang beat Fred Weidig and Marah Kvaltine around a mark during a race in the Hobie 16 class of the Charlotte Harbor Regatta.
Photo provided by Sue Killion
Weta trimaran racer Richard Stephens tries to chase down Tom Reese and Keith Rice as they approach a mark during Friday action in the Charlotte Harbor Regatta. Stephens, who traveled from Trumansburg, New York, for the regatta, won five of 10 races over three days to win the class title for the second straight year.
Photo provided by Sue Killion
Laser sailors angle across a 1000-foot-long starting gate during the first race of Day Two of the 2013 Laser Masters Midwinters East.
WaterLine photo by Josh Olive
Steve Shaw and Isao Toyama eye a mark at the turn during the Charlotte Harbor Regatta. Shaw and Toyama of North Carolina won the Flying Scot class, which launched from the Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club.
WaterLine photo by Josh Olive
Lasers line the shore at Port Charlotte Beach Park, which hosted the 2013 Laser Masters Midwinters East and the multihull sailors competing in the 2013 Charlotte Harbor Regatta.
More than 100 boats in nine classes made the fourth annual Charlotte Harbor Regatta the largest regatta in the history of the Harbor. I told the gathered sailors at the Saturday night social that the Harbor hadn’t seen that many boats at one time since Ponce de Leon arrived 500 years ago.
Class champs prevailed by winning early and winning often. Williams Jeffers and William Whalen dominated the Hobie 16 class, winning four races and placing second twice to top the Hobie 16 fleet.
