Thursday, September 10, 2009

Onve in a Lifetime Race Comes to Lake Champlain

For the next two weeks, we'll see something that we may never see again.

Dozens of sailboats on Lake Champlain for the Lightning World Championship that's happening on Malletts Bay. Fox 44 reports that next week some 62 boats from a dozen countries will converge on the lake and sailors will race a 19-foot sailboat called The Lightning. Organizers say the championship only comes to the North American continent every six years, so it is a big deal. Organizer Richard Fastiggi jokes that they won't choose Malletts Bay again since the sport moves elsewhere the next time. The race continues through next Friday.