The view from the shore

About the Race

The 6th annual Great Texas Catamaran Race, which is a 300 mile long beach catamaran race sailed in four separate legs, starts in South Padre Island, Texas on Wed, June 11th and ends at Galveston Island, Texas on Saturday, June 14th. The race will include stops at Mustang Island State Park, Matagorda Beach and Surfside.

In six years, the Great Texas Catamaran race has developed into the premier long distance, open ocean, beach catamaran race in the US. Top racing teams from throughout the country will be attending the race including a number of former and current nationalchampions.

The race is sailed on high speed, light weight, 20 foot beach catamarans. Each leg of the race starts at 10:00 a.m. when two sailors on each of the competing teams push their
boats off the beach and sail through the surf line. The sailors then race up the Texas coast for up to 110 miles per leg, reenter the surf line and cross a finish line on the beach
to complete the leg. The sailing team with the lowest overall cumulative time for the four legs wins the race.

At the start, all the boats dash through the surf line at once. Waves crash over the boats and the sailors have to display a lot of skill to maintain control of the boats and get past the surf line. At the finish, the boats fly on to the beach with colorful spinnakers propelling them along at speeds of up to 25 mph.”

Great Texas 2008 - Photographer's Blog

Friday, June 13, 2008

The view from the shore

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