Charleston, South Carolina (March 17, 2014) — Just a few weeks remain before Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week kicks into high gear, and it’s beginning to look like ‘bigger is better’ will once again be the overriding theme. The event – which runs April 10-13 at the Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina – will feature nearly 300 sailboats on the water, hailing from all across the U.S. and several foreign countries.

Charleston, South Carolina (March 10 2014) — When is a regatta more than the sum of its parts? When it provides a service for more than just the competitors. For the past decade, the organizers of Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week have found important ways to benefit the community with their event. Each year, proceeds from the regatta are donated to support nonprofit sailing organizations in the Charleston area, including Veterans on Deck and Charleston Community Sailing.

Charleston, South Carolina (February 7, 2014) - It's official Charleston Race Week is the best! Representatives from U.S. Sailing presented that organization's top honor for a one-design event to Randy Draftz (Race Week's Event Director) yesterday in San Diego. U.S. Sailing's One-Design Regatta Award recognizes excellence in development, promotion and management by organizers and sponsors of the year's outstanding multi-class or single-class international, continental, national or regional regatta.

Charleston, South Carolina (January 29, 2014) - Spring in the South Carolina Lowcountry is marked each year by blooming jasmine, longer days and – for the past 18 years – Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week, a regatta unlike any other.

Charleston, South Carolina (April 21, 2013) — Principal Race Officer Hank Stuart was optimistic about sneaking in one final race on Circle 3 this morning, especially with Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week serving as the Melges 24 US National Championship.

Charleston, South Carolina (April 20, 2013) — On the heels of Friday’s gear-busting winds, Saturday’s moderate breezes and calm seas translated into less anxiety for most of the fleet at America’s biggest regatta. That doesn’t mean it was a drama-free Day 2 at 2013 Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week; in fact, one look at the scoresheet makes it clear that there are some incredibly tight battles throughout the fleet, and most of them will come down to the final race.

Charleston, South Carolina (April 19, 2013) — Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week has a reputation for consistent, solid breeze. In fact, Charleston’s great wind is one of the big reasons this event has grown so spectacularly over the past decade. Even so, today may have been a case of “too much of a good thing” for some competitors, though it was just perfect for others.

Charleston, South Carolina (April 12, 2013) — Critical mass, that’s an apt description for the number of competitors expected to be on the water next weekend when Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week gets underway on Friday, April 19.

Charleston, South Carolina (February 21, 2013) — Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week has always been an inclusive event. Since its inception in the mid '90s, the regatta has welcomed all comers. (Well, almost all; multihulls remain on the outside, but we're working that.) As a consequence, the spectrum of participants who materialize in Chucktown every spring is amazingly broad.

Charleston, South Carolina (February 21, 2013) — Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week has always been an inclusive event. Since its inception in the mid '90s, the regatta has welcomed all comers. (Well, almost all; multihulls remain on the outside, but we're working that.) As a consequence, the spectrum of participants who materialize in Chucktown every spring is amazingly broad.

Charleston, South Carolina (January 3, 2013) — Though it’s still three and a half months down the road, Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week is firmly on the radar for sailors across the country. As of early New Year’s Eve, over 100 entries had registered for this annual event – the fastest growing regatta in the U.S. for the past six years. 

Charleston, South Carolina (December 13, 2012) — Get ready for the 18th edition of Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week – now the country’s largest regatta of its kind. For 2013 (April 18-21), we’ve got all the action you’re accustomed to, plus few new twists, including new classes, new sponsors and – as always – some of the best race management anywhere. You just gotta be there.

Charleston, South Carolina (April 22, 2012) — The heavy weather forecast for Charleston failed to materialize on Sunday, and unsettled conditions meant different challenges throughout the three race areas of Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week 2012. Within a 10-mile radius, both the offshore and inshore racing classes sailed between 0 and 3 races for the final, deciding day of the country’s largest keelboat regatta.

Charleston, South Carolina (April 21, 2012) — Nearly two hundred sixty racing teams hit the docks this morning, ready to battle their opponents on the second day of racing for Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week 2012. Instead of Charleston’s usually reliable sea breeze, the offshore courses faced unstable, patchy winds that allowed only two races over the course of the day.

Charleston, South Carolina (April 20, 2012) — Charleston proved itself once again to be one of the world’s most reliable sailing destinations today, with mother nature unwilling to accept forecasts of a day with little breeze for the Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week 2012.

Charleston, South Carolina (April 19, 2012) — America’s biggest regatta will see 17 different divisions of racing boats on six different courses battle it out over the next three days as sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week takes to the waters of Charleston Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean.

Charleston, South Carolina (April 19, 2012) - Marinas, docks, yacht clubs, and launch ramps surrounding Charleston Harbor are a hive of activity today as 250 sailboat racing teams rigged and readied their craft for the first day of Sperry Top-Sider Race Week, which begins tomorrow.  “We’re so glad to be back here in Charleston for another year,” said Melges 24 skipper Jens Wathne, from Loddefjord, Norway.

Charleston, South Carolina (April 16, 2012) - The oldest trophy in international sport will be on public display during Sperry Top-Sider® Charleston Race Week on Saturday, April 21. First raced for in 1851, the America’s Cup, which represents supremacy in sailboat racing, is 161 years old this year.