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Sailor with Wrightsville Beach roots moving up college ranks
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By Sherri Robinson
Contributing Writer
Wrightsville Beach native Chase Carraway continues to develop the sailing skills that he started building in local waters as a member...
Carolina Yacht Club hosts annual SAYRA Regatta
Sailors from three states - North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia – took to the waters off Wrightsville Beach at the Carolina Yacht Club’s...
Students anchor in WB halfway through sailing voyage
While the Intracoastal Waterway teemed with boats July 4, one vessel, Geronimo, remained docked at Wrightsville Beach Marina, its crew of eight high school...
2017 Lightning North American Championships brings world class sailors to Wrightsville Beach
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The Carolina Yacht Club in Wrightsville Beach will host the 2017 Lightning North American Championships on September 21-24. Competitors qualified for the North American...
Yacht club race team preps for season with Wrightsville Beach night sail
The Carolina Yacht Club Junior Race Team launched its summer season last week with a full moon night sail around Wrightsville Beach, one of...
Sailor praises help from Wrightsville Beach after explosion delays global journey
In a flash, Timothy Wilkinson’s dream of circumnavigating the globe was put on hold. But thanks to the generosity of the Wrightsville Beach community,...
America’s visit gives passengers the ‘tall-ship’ experience
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By Elly Colwell
Intern
Passengers dodged lines and broke out in applause as a replica of the historic schooner America coasted through Banks Chanel and docked...
Carolina Yacht Club hosts regional championships
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Forty-six sailboats raced through the ocean off the coast of Wrightsville Beach on July 16–17 during sailing’s Atlantic Coast Championship, hosted for...
Carolina Yacht Club hosts sailing championships
This weekend, the Carolina Yacht Club in Wrightsville Beach is hosting sailing's Atlantic Coast Championship for the first time since 2013.
Three-man sailing teams will race their...
Wrightsville Beach sailor among youngest at Olympic qualifying event
The Olympics are just downwind from one Wrightsville Beach athlete this week as the youngest of an elite field of international competitors at a...