Friday, May 25, 2012

J/120 Wednesday Night beer-can sailing off Detroit

J/120 sailboat- sailing Detroit Beer can races(Detroit, MI)-  On the famous lake renowned more for motorboat chop than sailing-- Lake St Claire-- has to be one of the world's more challenging places to sail because of it.  The J/120 teams sure have a great time sailing out of Grosse Pointe YC and Bayview YC.

Former BYC Commodore Frank Kern's CARINTHIA is a long time fleet leader in the area.  Frank sent us along this YouTube video of their fleet sailing a recent beer-can race.  Fun stuff.  Said Frank about the J/120s in the area, "Here's a nice video of the Detroit J/120s sailing a Wednesday night race last September.  Thought your J/News readers might appreciate this."  Watch it here, the last part is particularly good!   Check out the Detroit J/120 beer-can sailing video here.