April 28, 2003 – Nine IC-24 class boats sailed from the St. Thomas Yacht Club to the Charlotte Amalie Harbor Sunday to kick off the Carnival Water Sports Day. Starting at 10 a.m. the nine wind-only powered vessels ran four closely contested races.
The usual easterly trade winds shifted to the south setting the course with one turning mark just off the Waterfront, giving the gathering crowd a close view of the action as three and four boats jostled for position at the mark.
The IC-24 class, 24- foot boats were crewed by between three to five sailors, all of whom were happy to run as many races as time would allow. That ended up being four races.
When the results were tallied, Old and Gray came in 1st, Boat Drinks was 2nd, and a three-way tie developed for 3rd between Green Boat, No Expectations and Red Dog. Counting back to the best races for each boat, Green Boat was 3rd, No Expectations was 4th and Red Dog, 5th.
The sailors finished the event with a sailing parade down the Waterfront throwing Mardi Gras beads to the crowd as the buoys were set for the power boat racers.
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