Melges 20 at Charleston Race week…

[WCB]

So here’s the big question. I believe some folks did charter a few boats? Did they bring pros or not? How did they do? But most importantly did they have fun and plan on chartering again or buying a boat. Sorry, thats actually a bunch of questions.

Yes, some teams chartered boats at the $1k fixed rate and I'm told they had fun. An old friend from the 210 class is one of them and he's back again at the next event. They had on-shore rigging help and Robby Bisi (I believe the name spelling is correct) did some on water coaching for them. They were all Corinthian teams and I see two of them at least are coming back next week. There's opportunity here. I have one pro on board with me next week, #203, as my two corinthian crew bailed, or at least one bailed and took his friend with him and left me without crew. I'll be throwing a new crew together of a full corinthian team.

There's one or two boats still available for next week if anybody is interested.

 

[WCB]

Warrior Sailing had six (6!) Melges 20s donated to their program recently. They are willing to offer the boats to charter at CRW. The boats are currently in a warehouse an hour down the road from Charleston so ideally located.

 

[landlockedNH]

How many boats are planning on being at Charleston now?

 

[BrightAyes]

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I did talk to Ian from Warrior sailing about chartering the five Melges 20s that they have for CRW. He is game. He and I will talk this week about the price and the plan. I will push to keep it as cheap as possible, including sails. I think that this could be a 100% corinthian fleet which could be a lot of fun. He does need somebody to head up the project as he's going to be busy sailing their two big boats. I wonder if we could find somebody who could be the charter manager in trade for a discount on their charter fee.

I just completed my very first weekend on my Melges 20. Huge learning experience. So tired but I had a lot of fun. I still can not believe how light the tiller feel is. The boat is so insanely balanced. It's a tricky rig but if you like being tweaky, it's a fun hobby. That and at the end of the day, it's all about sail shape and as you tune the diamonds and shrouds, the sails are instantly giving you feedback.