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Latest South Carolina HeadlinesLatest HeadlinesLoring video primer for speed in SunfishFriday, Aug. 29, 2008Charleston sailor David Loring has won two Sunfish world championships plus one Laser North American championship, so when he does an instructional video, smart sailors will watch and learn. He and another local sailor, Dayton Colie, recently produced "Back to Basics for Sunfish World Championship Speed," filmed in Charleston Harbor. Read story. Lightning column strikes a chordFriday, Aug. 22, 2008Last week's column on lightning and sailboats deserves some follow up. First, there was news about the strike on our state's flagship schooner, the Spirit of South Carolina. "In determining where the lightning actually stuck the vessel," Meaghan Van Liew of the S.C. Maritime Foundat... Read story. Loring seeks big sail trophy in SunfishFriday, Aug. 8, 2008David Loring is competing in the U.S. Singlehanded Championships for the George O'Day Trophy at Sayville Yacht Club in Blue Point, N.Y., on Long Island's South Shore through Sunday. He is one of 23 top American single-handed sailors, including Doug Kaukeinen of Rochester, N.Y., the recent winner of the Sunfish North American Championship, Paul Foerster of Heath, Texas, an Olympic and Pan American Games medalist, and former Sunfish world champion Paul-Jon Patin of Forest Hills, N.Y. Read story. Historic Rockville Regatta one-of-a-kind sail experienceFriday, Aug. 1, 2008Writing about the Rockville Regatta is like trying to photograph a cute baby: There's no way to capture everything for those who know it and love it. So I asked some Rockville veterans to tell me some good stories about the historic regatta that gets under way Saturday in Bohicket Creek. Read story. Sail racing trying and fulfillingFriday, July 25, 2008I often wonder why sailors made a competitive sport out of the leisurely activity of sailing. Why add stress and intense exertion to one of the most relaxing, peaceful experiences of life? A casual observer could see the sights and hear the sounds from boats straining to race in the type of wind we had in the harbor Wednesday evening and ask, "Why do you sailors call that fun?" Read story. A Fleet upstart impressesFriday, July 18, 2008Last Wednesday ended the Charleston Ocean Racing Association's Summer Series I, which was the first six-week series of Wednesday evening races in Charleston Harbor. The biggest and fastest sail boats race against each other in A Fleet. Winning Summer Series I was the J/120 EmOcean, sailed by Bill Hanckel and his son, Will. Second was Don Terwilliger's Beneteau 47.7 Dauntless, which is rated as the fastest overall boat in CORA with a PHRF rating of 27. Read story. Local women advance in AdamsFriday, July 11, 2008The all-women crew of Charleston sailors Jenny Gervais, Jennifer Koenig, Sarah Schaill, and Katie Hughes finished first in last weekend's semifinals of the Adams Trophy, U.S. Sailing's nationwide competition for female-only crews. The event was sailed in the College of Charleston's J/22s, and with scores of 2-1-1-1-1 in a fleet of four boats, the team advanced to the finals in Oklahoma in September. Read story. Summer Series 1 nears endFriday, July 4, 2008"The sail, the play of its pulse so like our own lives: so thin and yet so full of life, so noiseless when it labors hardest, so noisy and impatient when least effective." —Thoreau CORA's Summer Series 1 is almost done, with the final race of the six-race series taking place Wednesday evening. In some of the fleets, standings are close, and final standings will be determined by the upcoming race. Read story. Women's teams gain in AdamsFriday, June 27, 2008This past weekend, two teams of local female sailors participated in quarter finals of U.S. Sailing's Adams Trophy competition, held at the College of Charleston's Walker Sailing Center in J/22 sailboats. The Adams Trophy is an event solely for women. The locals represent Charleston Ocean Racing Association, and the participants consisted of a team comprised of Jenny Gervais, Sarah Schaill, Katie Hughes and Jessica Koenig, and another team comprised of Betsy Pilcher, Mary Palazzo, Kara McFadden and Amy Ironmonger. Read story. CORA's Summer Series racing heats upFriday, June 20, 2008It's officially titled the Summer Series, but in the common vernacular, it's known as the Wednesday night races. Charleston Ocean Racing Association's summer tradition of racing every Wednesday night just off the Battery is alive and well this summer, with Summer Series 1 now halfway over with the completion of race three this week. Read story. Artemis still leads at Big RockFriday, June 13, 2008Artemis, owned by John Darby of Charleston, continues to occupy the top spot in the 50th Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament in Morehead City, N.C. The 50-foot custom express boat built by Sea Island Boatworks of Charleston, caught a 640-pound blue marlin Monday that is the heaviest of six fish that have been boated during the tournament. With 136 of the 176 entries fishing Thursday, 49 billfish were released including 34 blue marlin but no billfish brought to the dock. Read story. Accidental Sailors make debutFriday, June 13, 2008There was a summer debut in Charleston on Wednesday night. This one was on the water. New sailboat owners Shannon Runquist, Alicia Gregory, and Kevin LaPrince, dubbed the "Accidental Sailors" in this column because of how they came into this boat owning partnership in the first place, participated in their first Wednesday night CORA race. Read story. Gulfstreamer race trickier ride this timeFriday, June 6, 2008The biennial Gulfstreamer Race from Daytona to Charleston was held over Memorial Day weekend, starting with a fleet of 18 registered boats. Usually, the prevailing winds this time of year are from the south and light, making this a nice offshore "sleigh ride" for most of its 230-mile distance. Read story. C of C headed for nationals in NewportFriday, May 23, 2008The College of Charleston sailing team leaves today for the college national championships in Newport, R.I. Read story. James Island holds own in nationalsFriday, May 16, 2008There are hundreds of high school sailing teams across America, and the 19th-ranked sailing team is the James Island Charter High School Trojans. The senior-laden team was one of 20 from across the nation that competed last weekend in the national championships at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. Read story. Newer stories | Older stories |
Will Haynie, a 1983 graduate of The Citadel, began covering sailing for The Post and Courier in 2005. He has worked as a spokesman for a North Carolina congressman and served as a director of the Lowcountry Open Land Trust and the Educational Foundation at Blue Ridge Community College in Hendersonville, N.C. He is the author of one book, and was previously a columnist for the Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times and the Hendersonville (N.C.) Times-News.
