SAILORS
KICK OFF WATER SPORTS DAY
by W. I. Bostwick
Preprinted from "The
St Thomas Source"
IC-24s
rounding the Waterfront mark at Sunday's sailboat races. |
April 28, 2003 – Nine IC-24 class boats sailed from
the St. Thomas Yacht Club to the Charlotte Amalie Harbor Sunday
to kick off the Carnival Water Sports Day. Starting at 10
a.m. the nine wind-only powered vessels ran four closely contested
races.
The usual easterly trade winds shifted to the south setting
the course with one turning mark just off the Waterfront,
giving the gathering crowd a close view of the action as three
and four boats jostled for position at the mark.
The IC-24 class, 24- foot boats were crewed by between three
to five sailors, all of whom were happy to run as many races
as time would allow. That ended up being four races.
When the results were tallied, Old and Gray came in 1st, Boat
Drinks was 2nd, and a three-way tie developed for 3rd between
Green Boat, No Expectations and Red Dog. Counting back to
the best races for each boat, Green Boat was 3rd, No Expectations
was 4th and Red Dog, 5th.
The sailors finished the event with a sailing parade down
the Waterfront throwing Mardi Gras beads to the crowd as the
buoys were set for the power boat racers.
