Travis Weisleder and Lucky Dog/Gill Race Team are Sperry Charleston Race Week 2019 Champions!
Travis Weisleder and Lucky Dog/Gill Race Team are Sperry Charleston Race Week 2019 Champions!
Charleston, South Carolina (April 14, 2019) – Skipper Travis Weisleder and his Lucky Dog/Gill Race Team clinched the win in the Melges 24 class at the 2019 Sperry Charleston Race Week, which concluded under strong winds with very tight racing. The event fielded 266 entries, 37 of them Melges 24s, and Weisleder was further rewarded with the perpetual trophy — the Charleston Race Week Cup for best overall performance by a one-design entry.
The Melges 24 is designed by Reichel/Pugh and built by Melges Boat Works and holds a unique position among the world’s one design sportsboats as one of the most successful classes of high performance yachts. “It’s fast, lively, feels great to drive, can handle the full range from calm and flat to big breeze and waves — all the things you look for in a class. Simply put, the Melges 24 is still the best sport-boat ever built. It was ahead of its time when introduced in the early 1990’s and it’s still the gold-standard today,” explains Melges 24 World Champion, 49er Olympic Coach and 470 Olympian Dave Hughes.
Photos (Sperry Charleston Race Week 2019 April 11-14, 2019 Charleston, SC, USA by: Mauro Melandri / Zerogradinord, Photoboat.com, Priscilla Parker, Rick Walo)
title photo: Skipper Travis Weisleder and his Lucky Dog/Gill Race Team rallied to victory in Melges 24 class at the 2019 Sperry Charleston Race Week – photo Mauro Melandri / Zerogradinord
Source Bill Wagner
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