Consistent breeze that ranged from light to medium to heavy? Check. Close competition and exciting racing across the broad spectrum of classes? Check. High-quality race committee work? Check. Factor in three days of beautiful, warm, sunny weather and the 2022 Charleston Race Week demonstrated why sailors come back year after year. In the J/105 fleet, Rob Marsh got the gang back together again and the results were simply spectacular. The Maryland resident, who had not participated in competitive sailboat racing in 13 years, bought a J/105 back in December and convinced five childhood friends to compete at Charleston Race Week. “We sailed the boat for the first time just last weekend,” Marsh said. “We used this regatta as an excuse to spend time together and party.” Marsh and his team aboard Blowboat!! did much more than that, winning two races and placing second in three others en route to capturing the J/105 title in a close battle with Skimmer. Marsh

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