The 14th Annual Soft Shell Crab Festival in Port Royal was held recently, and one of the highlights of the day was the Rotary Club of Beaufort’s annual charity crab race down Battery Creek. Here, Blake Althoff, son of Rotary Club of the Lowcountry Past President Jeff Althoff, helps scoop crabs from the boom that caught all 5,000 crabs dropped by Sea Eagle Market owner Craig Reeves’ boat Palmetto Pride. Photo provided.
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