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Classic Races & Regattas 2024: Classic World Events Guide

The sailing season is off to a flying start, but there’s so much more to come and the classic scene is full steam ahead. Thats why we’ve put together a list of our favourite, not to be missed, classic races & regattas 2024.

From the Cowes Classics Week, on the Isle of Wight , to the 12-M World Championship in Newport, Rhode Island, we’ve got you covered for classic races & regattas 2024.

BRITAIN AND IRELAND

The classic sailing scene in the British Isles continues to grow, around the established centres of the Solent, East Coast, West Country, and further. Here’s your guide to the British and Irish classic races & regattas 2024. 

SOUTH COAST

Cowes Spring Classics

Cowes Spring Classics (12-14 May)

Broad-church regatta, sail and power

Richard Mille Cup

Falmouth – Dartmouth – Cowes – Le Havre

Richard Mille Cup (2-15 June)

Passage sailing, races and social events for some of the world’s most famous yachts, under CIM

Yarmouth Gaffers Festival

Flagship OGA bash

Yarmouth Gaffers Festival (13-16 June)

Round the Island Race

Round the Island Race (15 June)

World’s most popular yacht race?

Cowes Classics Week

Cowes Classics Week (8-12 July)

100+ boats in many classes

Taittinger RSYC Regatta

Yarmouth, IoW

Taittinger RSYC Regatta (12-14 July)

Popular for mixed classics

Five Lights Series

New series in the Channel and French Atlantic coast, taking in Cowes Classics Week (above) and the following events.

Classic Channel Regatta

14-15 JULY: Classic Cowes-Dartmouth Race. New feeder race for classics heading from Cowes Classics Week to Dartmouth for the classic Channel Regatta

17-25 JULY: Classic Channel Regatta. Popular biennial offshore race, from Dartmouth to St Peter Port (Guernsey) to Paimpol (Brest)

26-28 JULY: La Coupe de l’Amorique. New passage race from Paimpol to Brest.    

British Classic Week

British Classic Week (15–20 July)

Big event with five days of racing, including round-the-island, and the introduction of GRP classics

27 JULY – 2 August

Cowes Week (27 July – 2 August)

Legendary event; classic classes

Hamble Classics Regatta

RAF Yacht Club, Hamble

Hamble Classics Regatta (31 August – 1 September)

Bosham Classic Boat Revival

Chichester Harbour

Bosham Classic Boat Revival (Early September – TBC)

Concours dinghies and day boats

EAST COAST SAILING RACES AND REGATTAS

Barge matches

1 JUNE: Medway (Kent) 8 JUNE: Southend (Essex)

15 JUNE: Thames (Essex/Kent)

29 JUNE: Pin Mill (Suffolk)

13 JULY: Blackwater (Essex)

10 AUGUST: Swale (Kent)

SEP (DATE TBC): Colne (Essex)

Held since 1863, these are among the oldest sporting events in the world. Day charter is very reasonable. See top-sail.co.uk

Suffolk Yacht Harbour Classic Regatta

Levington, River Orwell, Suffolk

Suffolk Yacht Harbour Classic Regatta (14-16 June)

Sail and power, seperate Stella class

Heybridge Basin Regatta

Nr Maldon, Essex

Heybridge Basin Regatta (17 July)

[email protected]

(Low-key sailing regatta)

West Mersea Town Regatta

Mersea Island, Essex

West Mersea Town Regatta (24 August)

Running since 1838!

OGA Summer Cruise

North Essex and south Suffolk

OGA Summer Cruise (27 August – 1 September)

Cruise in company on the east coast rivers

Maldon Town Regatta

River Blackwater, Essex

Maldon Town Regatta (Mid-September – TBC)

Popular season closer

Three Rivers Race

Ant, Bure and Thurne rivers

Three Rivers Race  (1-2 june)

Wild 24-hour Broads race

THAMES RACES

Thames Traditional Boat Festival

Henley, Upper Thames

Thames Traditional Boat Festival (19–21 July)

Big trad river craft event. 45th year, including Dunkirk little ships

Great River Race

Millwall to Rchmond, London London Marathon afloat

Great River Race (21 September)

WEST COUNTRY

Brixham Heritage Regatta

Sailing trawlers and more

Brixham Heritage Regatta (24-26 May)

Falmouth Classics

Falmouth Classics (14-16 June)

Huge, traditional regatta, 170+ boats.

Looe Lugger Regatta

Looe Lugger Regatta (14-16 June)

Made in Looe Regatta

Made in Looe Regatta (14-16 June)

Adjunct to Looe Luggers (above) for any classic Looe-built vessels, from Mirrors upwards. Contact Paul Pengelly, [email protected]

Sea, Salts and Sail

Mousehole, Cornwall

Sea, Salts and Sail (5-7 July)

Workboats and yachts… biennial

Dartmouth Classics Regatta

Dartmouth Classics Regatta (18-19 July)

Clovelly Maritime Festival

Clovelly Maritime Festival (21 July)

Shoreside with some racing

Fowey Classics

Fowey Classics (30 July – 2 August)

Friendly event in a scenic setting

SCOTLAND CLASSICS 

Sail Caledonia

Dinghy raid across Scotland from the Atlantic coast to the North Sea coast.

Sail Caledonia (May/June)

Ace Winches Scottish Trad Boat Festival

Ace Winches Scottish Trad Boat Festival (22-23 June)

Rowing, sailing, 100+ boats

Clydebuilt Festival

Clydebuilt Festival (7-8 September)

River maritime festival

8-M World Championship

Rhu, Upper Clyde

8-M World Championship (18-24 August)

Conwy River Festival

Conwy River Festival (6-8 July)

Includes Nobby and Gaffers races and more general classes

Menai Strait Regattas

Nr Beaumaris, Anglesey

Menai Strait Regattas (5–17 August)

Galway Trad Boat Festival

Galway Trad Boat Festival (August – TBC)

Ireland’s famous working boats race

THE MEDITERRANEAN

Races and regattas in the sun.

The Med season, centre of the classic sailing world, kicks off at Antibes and ends at Saint-Tropez, at the biggest classic regatta in the world. These days, the Vintage Classic Yacht Club runs a four-race series, Mediterranean Champions Cup, at Voiles d’Antibes, Argentario Sailing Week, Vela Clasica Menorca and Régates Royales (Cannes). Other highlights this year are the biennial Monaco Classic and the 8-M Worlds. vintageclassicyachtclub.com

Here are the Mediterranean’s classic races and regattas 2024:

Les Dames de Saint-Tropez

St-Tropez, France

Les Dames de Saint-Tropez (29–30 April)

Calanques Classique

Marseille, France

Calanques Classique (27–29 May)

Les Voiles d’Antibes

Les Voiles d’Antibes (31 May – 4 June)

Giorgio Armani Superyachts

Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Italy

Giorgio Armani Superyachts (6-10 June)

Vela Classica Costa Brava

L’Estartit, Spain

Vela Classica Costa Brava (10-12 June)

Argentario Sailing Week

Porto Santo Stefano, Italy

Argentario Sailing Week (14-18 June)

Les Voiles du Vieux-Port

Les Voiles du Vieux-Port (16-18 June)

Vele d’Epoca a Napoli

Naples, Italy

Vele d’Epoca a Napoli (30 June – 2 July)

Spetses Classic Yacht Regatta

Spetses, Greece

Spetses Classic Yacht Regatta (22-25 June)

Superyacht Cup

Palma, Mallorca, Spain

Superyacht Cup (23-25 June)

Trophée Bailli de Suffren

St-Tropez – Bonifacio – Trapani – Malta.

Trophée Bailli de Suffren (24 June – 5 July)

Grandi Vele a Gaeta

Gaeta, Italy

Grandi Vele a Gaeta (1-3 July)

Puig Vela Clàssica

Barcelona, Spain

Puig Vela Clàssica (12-15 July)

Regatta Illes Balears Classic

Regatta Illes Balears Classic (17–20 August)

8-M World Championships

Genoa, Italy

8-M World Championships (28 August – 2 September)

Corsica Classic

Corsica Classic (22 –30 August)

Vele d’Epoca di Imperia

Vele d’Epoca di Imperia (7-10 September)

Monaco Classic Week

Monaco Classic Week (13-16 September)

Régates Royales

Cannes, France

Régates Royales (24-30 September)

Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez

Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez (29 September – 8 October)

Barcolana Classic

Barcolana Classic (7 October)

Vele Storiche Viareggio

Vele Storiche Viareggio (12-15 October, date TBC)

CLASSIC RACES AND REGATTAS 2024: NORTHERN EUROPE

Something for everyone

The north of Europe is a mixed bag, more so than the Med, with everything from huge maritime festivals to the sleeker side of yachting, embodied annually by various events in Germany and Scandinavia. This year marks the return of a giant – the Semaine du Golfe du Morbihan – a moving regatta for all kinds of classic workboats, yachts and dinghies

SWEDEN & FINLAND

ÅF Offshore Classic Race (Around Gotland)

Stockholm-Visby-Sandhamn, Sweden

ÅF Offshore Classic Race (2 July)

220nm passage race

Airisto Classic Regatta

Abo Batvarf, Turku, Finland

Airisto Classic Regatta (27-29 July, date TBC)

Sandhamn Regatta

Sandhamn, Sweden

Sandhamn Regatta (3-5 August)

Offshore race for classic yachts

Viaporin Tuoppi

Helsinki, Finland

Viaporin Tuoppi (12 August)

Big wooden boat regatta

Risør Traditional Boat Festival

Risør Traditional Boat Festival (3-5 August)

FRENCH ATLANTIC COAST

Semaine du Golfe du Morbihan

Semaine du Golfe du Morbihan (15-21 May)

La Belle Plaisance

Benodet, Brittany

La Belle Plaisance (23-25 June)

Voiles Classiques de la Trinité

Voiles Classiques de la Trinité (14-16 July)

Voiles Classiques des Sables

Les Sables d’Olonne, Loire

Voiles Classiques des Sables (22-23 July)

Voiles de Legende

Voiles de Legende (2-6 August)

6-M European Championship

Sanxenxo, Galicia

6-M European Championship (10-19 June)

Robbe & Berking Sterling Cup

Robbe & Berking Sterling Cup (7-11 June)

Kiel Rendezvous

Kiel Rendezvous (15-18 June)

Hamburg Summer Classics

Hamburg Summer Classics (August – Date TBC)

German Classics

German Classics (18-21 August)

Svendborg Classic

Svendborg Classic (11-12 August)

NETHERLANDS

Dutch Wooden Boat Festival

Dutch Wooden Boat Festival (2-3 July)

Dorestad Raid

Echtenerbrugge

Dorestad Raid (September – Date TBC)

Oostende Voor Anker

Oostende Voor Anker (1-4 June)

CLASSIC EVENTS: TALL SHIPS

Tall Ships Races 2022

Den Helder (NED), Hartlepool (UK), Fredrikstad (NOR), Lerwick (UK), Arendal (NO)

Tall Ships Races 2022 (29 June – 6 August?

Falmouth to Cadiz

Falmouth (UK) – A Coruna (Spain) – Lisbon (Portugal) – Cadiz (Spain)

Falmouth to Cadiz (15 August – 10 September)

CLASSIC RACES AND REGATTAS 2024: REST OF THE WORLD

Endless summer

With classic yacht racing around the world, it’s always summer somewhere from the schooners of the USA to a vibrant scene in Australia and New Zealand. Like the Mediterranean, the USA has a classic racing series across 11 regattas organised by the CYOA – see classicyachts.org

CLASSIC EVENTS: CARIBBEAN

Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta

West Indies

Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta (19-24 April)

UNITED STATES RACES AND REGATTAS

Classic races, regattas and events across the pond in 2024.

Race to Alaska

Port Townsend, WA to Ketchican, Alaska

Race to Alaska (5 June)

700 miles in small craft

Great Schooner Race

Penobscot Bay, Maine

Great Schooner Race (7 July)

20+ vessels in this evocative rig

Vineyard Cup

Vineyard Cup (7-9 July)

Mixed fleet of classic and modern

Belvedere Classic Regatta

San Francisco Bay, California

Belvedere Classic Regatta (15 July)

Includes Great San Francisco Schooner Race

Port Townsend, Washington

Salish 100 (20-27 July)

Popular small-boat cruise

WoodenBoat Show

Mystic Seaport, CT

WoodenBoat Show (23-25 June)

Big exhibition of wooden boats and related craft

12-M World Championship

Newport, Rhode Island

12-M World Championship (31 July)

Camden Classics Cup

Camden, Maine

Camden Classics Cup (27–29 July)

Fourth year in this lovely location

Eggemoggin Reach Regatta

Rockport, Maine

Eggemoggin Reach Regatta (5 August)

125+ boats – one of the big events in the American calendar

Corinthian Classic Regatta

Marblehead, Mass

Corinthian Classic Regatta (12-13 August)

Nantucket Race Week

Nantucket Race Week (16-20 August)

Classics and moderns

Opera House Cup

Opera House Cup (20 August)

The jewel of the east coast classic regatta scene

Herreshoff Classic Yacht Regatta and Rendezvous

Bristol, RI

Herreshoff Classic Yacht Regatta and Rendezvous (25-27 August)

Herreshoffs and other classics organised by the Herreshoff Museum

IYRS Newport Classic Yacht Regatta

IYRS Newport Classic Yacht Regatta (3-4 September – Date TBC)

Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival

Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival (8-10 September)

300+ boats, main west coast event

Newfoundland Rendezvous

New Hampshire

Newfoundland Rendezvous (9-10 September)

Celebration of cedar-strip craft

Australia Day Regatta

Australia Day Regatta (26-27 January 2024)

Claimed to be the world’s oldest continuously conducted sailing regatta (moderns and classics).

Wooden Boat Festival of Geelong

Wooden Boat Festival of Geelong (9-11 March 2024)

Big event with racing in many classes

NEW ZEALAND CLASSIC EVENTS

Ports of Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta

Auckland (New Zealand)

Ports of Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta (31 January 2024 – Date TBC)

Sailing and watersports clubs get together for this epic event

CYNZ Classic Yacht Regatta

CYNZ Classic Yacht Regatta (February 2024)

Famous celebration of New Zealand’s classic yachts

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Regattas for Classic Yachts

SP Classic Yachts presents the eagerly anticipated list of classic yacht regattas for 2024. From April to October select your corporate event and the list of the classic yachts available to charter.

Dames de Saint Tropez

Organized by the Nautique de Saint-Tropez, the Dames de Saint-Tropez is an invitation regatta limited to around 20 traditional sailing boats. A unique event where women take the helm of the most beautiful classic boats in the Mediterranean and a race committee essentially made of ladies.In 2012, the first edition brought toget...

Les Voiles d'Antibes

Organized at the very beginning of the season, Les Voiles d'Antibes welcomes each year, a selection of the most beautiful classic yachts (built before 1976), including the Metrics (6, 8, 10, 12 and 15mIJ...), who have shaped since the end of the 19th century, the great history of Yachting. For most participants, th...

Richard Mille Cup

The second edition of the Richard Mille Cup is expected to be the same combination of passage and day racing  in spectacular venues on both the French and English sides of the Channel, which has proved to be extremely successful in the first edition, last year. The driving motivation is to create a challanging sporting event with c...

Argentario Sailing Week

The history of the Argentario Sailing Week goes back to 1992 when a group of YCSS members organized a classic yachts regatta called Silver Sails. As the years passed the number of classic yachts increased and in 1999 the Argentario Sailing Week was finally born. ...

Les Voiles du Vieux Port

The organizing committee of Les Voiles du Vieux-Port requests the pleasure of all traditional sailing boats presence in the harbor of Marseille, in front of the Marseille City Hall. This regatta includes Marseille in the circuit of the prestigious meetings of the classic yachting in the Mediterran...

Vele d'Epoca Napoli

The Vele d'Epoca regatta, hosted by RYCC Savoia in Napoli, Italy, epitomizes the timeless elegance and heritage of classic yachting. This prestigious event attracts aficionados from around the globe, drawn to the breathtaking spectacle of historic vessels gracing the azure waters of the Mediterranean. Assembled under the banner of RYCC Savoia, renowned for its commit...

Bailli de Suffren

So many important yachts have been intrigued by the idea to sail from Saint Tropez, to Alghero, Carloforte and Bizerte, ending up in Malta, this year calling at Sardinia and Tunisie, such as Lelantina, a John Alden’s like Puritan, Moonbeam III of Fife, the smaller sister of Moonbeam IV, and also Orion, Owl, a Fred Shepherd , the Sangermani Susanna ...

Spetses Classic Regatta

With its glorious naval tradition, Spetses Island could not be missed in the worldwide locations of regatta for Classic Sailing Yachts. Spetses has always kept an important role in the Greek History, especially during the War of Independence. And today it is the favorite location for many Greek shipowners reunions, in the Summer. The Island is also known for having g...

Corsica Classic

Conviviality and sport, elegance and adventure. The Corsica Classic has as a plus for those passionate of classic yachts who love sailing in the unspoiled nature. Corsica is the ideal destination for those who want to escape the usual routes in search of a wild b...

Copa del Rey

Since 2005 the Copa del Rey has become one of the most important event among the Regattas for Classic Yachts. The Copa del Rey reserved exclusively to classic and vintage sailing boats. at its 41st edition the Copa del Rey will host some of the most beautiful classic yachts of the Mediterranean, inc...

Puig Vela Classica Barcellona

This year edition of the Puig Vela Clàssica Barcelona regatta, will see the reunion of the 12 Metre yachts, celebrating the 37th edition of the America's Cup competing in the waters of the catalan capital city of Barcellona, offering one of the finest spectacle of cla...

Vele d'Epoca Imperia

Since its first edition in 1986 the Vele d’epoca Imperia has always been considered the most important rendez-vous for classic yachts in Italy at the end of the season. Every year Imperia becomes the background of a marvelous fleet of classic...

Les Regates Royales de Cannes

They may be from the America’s Cup, the Volvo Ocean Race, the Mini Transat, or they can simply be offshore or Olympic sailors. Or maybe all of the above. Many sail champions can be seen on the dock during the Régates Royales, ready to take on the helm of a beautiful classic yacht. All of them are passionate sailors and would not miss this top event of the classic ...

Les Voiles de Saint Tropez

If you love racing and yachting in general, you cannot miss Les Voiles de St Tropez, with its new formula of two weeks, including Maxi and Classic yachts, Wally, J class and all the modern cruiser/racers.  Everyone passionate of yachting will gather around the Gulf of Saint Tropez for the final rendez-vous before the Summer end. This year ...

Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta 2024

The Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta committee is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 35th edition of our regatta.

The regatta will be held in Nelson’s Dockyard, Antigua April 17th – 22nd, 2024. Take advantage of the EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION DISCOUNT and register ASAP  here .

Classic yachts will be excited to learn that the Classic Rating Formula will be used for all yachts except for Spirit of Tradition and Modern Classics, where the Caribbean Sailing Association Rating Rule will apply. The Classic Rating Formula is designed specifically for classic yachts and is easy and affordable to obtain.

The fees, classes and everything else you need to know are in the Notice of Race which has now been published  here .

Building on the great success and excitement of the 2023 Antigua Classic Regatta we expect over 60 entries this year. We look forward to welcoming new entries and returning friends to Antigua as well as our enthusiastic volunteers, generous sponsors and gifted photographers without whom our regatta would not work.

If you have any queries, please email the regatta coordinator at  [email protected] .

For more information please visit  www.antiguaclassics.com .

by Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta

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Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta

16 – 21 april, 2025, back in the 60’s….

Classic yachts in English Harbour had begun chartering and the captains and crews challenged each other to a race down to Guadeloupe at the end of the charter season. From this informal race, Antigua Sailing Week was formed in 1967, and in those days all of the yachts were classic.

Over the next 24 years…

The classic yachts were slowly outnumbered by the faster, sleeker modern racing yachts. A small number of classics still racing in 1987 found themselves grouped with cruising Class 3 which was less than ideal for these hard to manoeuvre full-keeled vessels.

And so it came…

Captains Uli Pruesse and Kenny Coombs hosted a meeting with other classic skippers onboard the magnificent schooner Aschanti of Saba and, several rums later, the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta was born.

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Classic Yacht Regattas 2024

2023-2024 International Classic Yacht Regattas

Australia and new zealand.

4th – 5th November

Cup Regatta, Victoria, Australia

https://southernwoodenboatsailing.com/cupregatta2023

17th – 19th November

CYA Spring Rally 2023 Launches & Yachts, Auckland

https://classicyacht.org.nz

2nd – 3rd December

Patio Bay Launch & Yacht Race

8th – 10th December

Sydney Hobart Classic Yacht Regatta, Sydney

https://cyca.com.au/sailing/racing-series/classic-sydney-hobart-regatta/

26th December

Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Sydney

https://rolexsydneyhobart.com/

6th – 11th January

Etchell’s Australian Championship, Sydney

https://www.rsys.com.au/web/pages/events-reservation?eventId=2492&backURL=%2Fregattas

26th January

188 th Australia Day Regatta, Sydney

https://www.rsys.com.au/web/pages/home

26th – 28th January

Maharani Regatta, NZ

29th January

Auckland Anniversary Regatta ,Auckland

10th February

DYC Duder Cup, Auckland

23rd – 25th February

ABD Group Classic Yacht Regatta, Auckland

9th – 10th March

Harken-Fosters Kennedy Bay Race, NZ

Round Rangitoto, Auckland

Vintage & Veterans Regatta, Auckland

ANZAC Day Regatta, Auckland

QCYC Brisbane – Gladstone Ocean Yacht Race, Brisbane

https://www.qcyc.com.au/

31st December

Nelson’s Pursuit Race, Antigua

https://www.abyma.ag/event/nelsons-pursuit-race/

7th January

RORC TransAtlantic Lanzarote – Grenada

https://rorctransatlantic.rorc.org/

13th – 22nd January

Barbados Sailing Week

https://www.roundbarbados.com/

28th January – 2nd February

Grenada Sailing Week

https://grenadasailingweek.com/

19th February

RORC Caribbean 600 Race, Antigua

http://caribbean600.rorc.org

29th February – 3rd March

St Maarten Heineken Regatta

https://www.heinekenregatta.com/

11th – 17th March

Superyacht Challenge, Antigua

http://superyachtchallengeantigua.com

21st – 24th March

St Barths Bucket Regatta, St Barths

http://www.bucketregattas.com/

1st – 7th April

BVI Spring Regatta, British Virgin Islands

http://www.bvispringregatta.org

14st – 20th April

Les Voiles de St Barth

https://lesvoilesdestbarthrichardmille.com/dates-des-voiles-de-st-barth-richard-mille/

17th – 22nd April

Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta

www.antiguaclassics.com

Les Voiles De St Barth

https://lesvoilesdestbarthrichardmille.com/us/

Round Antigua Race

https://www.sailingweek.com

27th April – 3rd May

Antigua Sailing Week

America & Canada

9th – 10th February

Islands Race, San Diego, CA

https://islandsrace.com

Kettenburg & Classic Yacht Regatta, San Diego, CA

https://sdyc.org/calendar/event/kettenburg-classic-yacht-regatta23/

Newport – Bermuda Race

https://bermudarace.com/

Great San Francisco Schooner Race and Belvedere Classic, San Francisco, CA

https://sfyc.org

20th – 213st July

BHYC Regatta, Boothbay, ME

https://www.boothbayregatta.com/

Ray Wallace Classic, Los Angeles, CA

https://www.layc.org

25th – 27th July

Camden Classics Cup, Camden, ME

https://www.camdenclassicscup.com

Castine Classic Yacht Race, ME

https://www.castineclassic.com/

Camden To Brooklin Feeder Race, Camden, ME

https://camdenyachtclub.org/camden-brooklin-wooden-boat-race

Eggemoggin Reach Regatta, Brooklin, ME

https://erregatta.com/

Corinthian Classic Yacht Regatta, Marblehead, MA

https://www.corinthianclassic.org/

Nantucket Race Week, MA

http://www.nantucketraceweek.org

Nantucket Regatta, MA

Opera House Cup, Nantucket, MA

http://www.operahousecup.org

Herreshoff Classic Yacht Regatta, Bristol, RI

https://herreshoff.org/events/regatta/

Newport Classic Yacht Regatta, RI

https://www.iyrs.edu/events/cyr

Indian Harbour Yacht Club Classic Yacht Regatta, Greenwich, CT

https://www.indianharboryc.com

UK & Ireland

17th – 19th May

Cowes Spring Classics

https://cowesspringclassics.com

2nd – 15th June

Richard Mille Cup, Falmouth – Dartmouth – Cowes – Le Havre

https://www.richardmillecup.com

14th – 16th June

Falmouth Classics

https://www.falmouthclassics.org.uk

Round The Island Race, Isle Of Wight

http://www.roundtheisland.org.uk

6th – 12th July

Cowes Classic Week

http://www.cowesclassicsweek.org

15th – 20th July

British Classic Week, Cowes

https://www.britishclassicweek.co.uk

30th July – 2nd August

Fowey Classics Rally, Fowey

https://www.foweyclassics.com/

27th July – 2nd August

http://www.cowesweek.co.uk/

9th – 17th August

Falmouth Week

www.falmouthweek.co.uk

11th August

Plymouth Fastnet 500 Race

https://rwyc.org/plymouth-fastnet-500-race/

18th – 24th August

8-Metre World Cup, The Clyde, Scotland

https://worldcup.8mr.org/

24th August

West Mersea Town Regatta

http://www.mersearegatta.org.uk

31st August – 1st September

Hamble Classics

http://hambleclassics.co.uk

21st September

Maldon Regatta

https://maldonregatta.org.uk 1

Mediterranean

19 th – 28 th April

Settimana Velica Internazionale, Livorno

https://www.settimanavelicainternazionale.it/le-classi-regata/

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25 th – 30 th June

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22 nd June – 5 th July

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7th – 10th August

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The Olympics are over, but the oldest competition in international sports is just around the corner.

The America's Cup sailing event, founded in 1851, returned on Thursday with a preliminary regatta off the coast of Barcelona that sets the stage for a one-on-one final in October.

One of the challengers is a homegrown one: the New York Yacht Club.

Now headquartered deep in the heart of Manhattan, hosting club regattas out of Newport, Rhode Island, and having its racing team training in Pensacola, Florida, the club and America's Cup originator was initially based on the Hudson River. Its first clubhouse was in North Jersey.

Built in Hoboken in 1845, the Gothic cottage first stood by the waterside at Elysian Fields, near the bluff that holds Stevens Institute of Technology. John Cox Stevens, the club's first commodore, donated the land at the foot of 11th Street. His brother, Edwin Augustus Stevens, founded the university. Both were involved with the creation of the first winner of the America's Cup, a yacht named America.

America's Cup's founders

The brothers came from one of the most distinguished families in U.S. history. Their grandfather served in the Continental Congress, and their father, John Stevens, was a Revolutionary War colonel who became a pioneering entrepreneur and an inventor of steam engines and boats.

From their mansion overlooking the Hudson River and Manhattan Island, the colonel and his sons developed the first steam ferry to cross the Hudson. When Robert Fulton secured a monopoly on Hudson River steamship navigation, the Stevens family shifted its focus to other lucrative ventures. In 1809, the family's vessel Phoenix became the first steamer to operate offshore when it began service in Philadelphia.

Five years earlier, in 1804, a 19-year-old John Cox Stevens piloted the first propeller-driven boat. Shortly thereafter, he built a sailing yacht called Diver and raced it against fishing boats and ferries in New York Harbor for wagers. In 1844, he and his friends founded the New York Yacht Club aboard his yacht Gimcrack.

The clubhouse, which was modest compared with the club's current Beaux-Arts landmark in New York City, served as the center of club activities for 23 years, records show. That span covered the development, construction and trials of the yacht America.

America's Cup has North Jersey origins

The yacht America was designed by George Steers, a self-taught innovator of yacht design, to challenge the best in the United Kingdom. Its cotton duck sails were sourced from John Colt's mill in Paterson. When the yacht made it to Britain's Isle of Wight, the Royal Yacht Squadron organized a fleet race on Aug. 22, 1851. The winner received a silver trophy valued at 100 pounds sterling. They called it the Hundred Guinea Cup. It is now known as America's Cup, after the yacht that won it.

Within two months, John Cox Stevens and the syndicate that owned America had sold it and given the trophy to the club. The cup came with conditions. According to its formal Deed of Gift, it must serve as an everlasting prize for “friendly competition between foreign countries.” The cup's holder must welcome challengers.

The first challenger was the Royal Thames Yacht Club and a yacht called Cambria. The competition held in New York Harbor on Aug. 8, 1870, was won by the New York Yacht Club. The club went on to win every America's Cup match thereafter until 1983.

By then, the clubhouse was long gone. It survived calls for demolition in the early 20th century and in 1904 moved from its home just north of Castle Point in Hoboken to Glen Cove, Long Island, to serve as "Station 10." At a time, there were 11 stations along the club's racing and cruising route where members could land and load.

Vastly different competition

For the second half of the 20th century, the clubhouse was on loan and on display at Mystic Seaport, the maritime museum in Connecticut. Since the start of this century, it has sat on the grounds of the club's racing base Harbour Court, in Newport, Rhode Island. The club's America's Cup yacht, called Patriot, was built and designed in Rhode Island.

A far cry from America, a 101-foot schooner that was used by the U.S. Navy during the Civil War, the 75-foot-long Patriot relies on a pair of hydraulic hydrofoils on either side of the hull to seemingly fly above the ocean's surface at speeds of more than 50 miles per hour. Due to that technology, the modern America's Cup is a vastly different competition from what it was just 20 years ago. Still, at its core, the cup remains an event in which wind-powered vessels must chart an ocean course to victory.

The last cup was a disaster for the New York Yacht Club, which in team American Magic had one of three challengers for the title held by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. That cup's Patriot capsized in the round-robin qualifiers and, after major repairs, finished last in the event.

America's Cup 2024

This year, five challenger teams are taking on the cup holders from New Zealand. They include American Magic and the new Patriot, led by Olympic gold medalists Tom Slingsby, who won for Australia, and Paul Goodison, for Great Britain.

The first look at them in action comes during the final America's Cup preliminary regatta from Aug. 22 to 25. The match racing event will feature four races per day, with the top two yachts, technically classified as AC75s, advancing to a one-race, winner-takes-all final.

The results of the preliminary regatta have no impact on the America’s Cup standings. Still, they were crucial for shaping team strategy.

The New Zealand team, as the cup defender, has a straight path to the America's Cup, held from Oct. 12 to 21. The five defenders, however, must face off in the Challenger Selection Series from Aug. 29 to Oct 7 for the right to compete in the America's Cup best-of-13 match race final.

The races will be streamed free on the event’s website, YouTube and Facebook. Coverage is also available in the U.S. on ESPN+.

Challenger Teams for the 37th America’s Cup

• INEOS Britannia (Great Britain).
• Alinghi Red Bull Racing (Switzerland).
• Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team (Italy).
• NYYC American Magic (U.S.).
• Orient Express Racing Team (France).

Preliminary Regattas

• The preliminaries were held August 22 to 25, 2024, in Barcelona, Spain.

2024 Challenger Selection Series

• Aug. 29 to Sept. 8: Double round robin
• Sept. 14 to 19: Semifinals (best of nine).
• Sept. 26 to Oct. 7: Finals (best of 13).

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Cowes Week 2024: Round-up and Regatta Results

Cowes Week 2024 saw some testing conditions and tight competition, here’s a full racing round-up and the overall results…

Cowes week 2024: thrilling solent racing.

On 27th July, the sound of the start sequence from the Royal Yacht Squadron line marked the beginning of Cowes Week 2024 . This historic solent regatta has been running since 1826, but has by no means lost it’s charm or excitement. This year, the sun shone on the Isle of a Wight, a happy change from last year’s antics, and despite occasional race delays and abandonments due to wind conditions, we saw some thrilling and classic solent racing across the board. 

Day 1 saw a standout performance from Peter Morton’s TP52 Notorious in IRC Class 0, which triumphed at the line just two seconds ahead of Tony Langley’s Gladiator team (this year’s winners of the Rolex TP52 World Championship – New York Yacht Club). The excitement continued with the Dragon fleet, which enjoyed a tantalisingly close race, with half the class finishing in a 28 second window. 

The racing got off to a flying start and, though the wind caused some trouble, this year’s Cowes Week did not disappoint! We were treated to some exciting stadium racing off the beach at cowes, and a particularly dramatic display from IRC Class 0, the fastest boats in the regatta, when maneuvering just a few boat lengths off the shore. 

Women’s Day

On the Tuesday, we had Women’s Day at Cowes Week – a day to celebrate the women in sport and the achievements of female sailors. Unfortunately, all classes were abandoned due to high winds, but the inclusive sentiment certainly remained… Marie-Claire Sothcott, in her third year of helming for her family boat ( Unity ) at Cowes, reported on the Victory Class in their 90th anniversary:

“The Victory class is really welcoming and I appreciate Cowes Week noticing females on the water, particularly those who take the helm,” she says. “We’re brave enough and good enough to keep the guys on their toes on the start line. It’s also good to recognise some really talented female crew as well, which the Victory class has in abundance.”

At the end of Women’s Day, the crowds and competitors, along with many other solent boaters, enjoyed a naval spectacle – the remarkable aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth sailing up to cowes for a ceremonial and salute exchange with the Royal Yacht Squadron .

It was a golden summer’s evening out on the water, and this giant ship’s presence and display was a true highlight of the week.

Following Women’s Day, the Thursday of Cowes Week 2024 was Youth Day, an appreciation for the participation and achievements of hundreds of young sailors competing this week in fleets across the board, including Dragons, J/70s, Cape 31s, Contessa 32s and every IRC class. We saw some tantalising racing from some rising and upcoming stars such as Kai Hockley, the 18 year old student spotted as “a real stand out talent,” according to Sir Ben Ainslie , who has selected him to join his sailing teams’ development programme.

Here’s Ben Ainslie’s Cowes Week podcast with Kai Hockley…

Tight competition at cowes week 2024.

Proper racing conditions returned on the Thursday, and given that two racing days had been lost, the competitors were up against the new challenge of counting all races sailed, as opposed to picking their best scores. This tightened the competition significantly, leaving many separated by just a couple points. 

As the competition intensified, the atmosphere ashore was also fuelled with excitement, and competitors embraced the buzzing social side of the regatta, from the legendary red cap Mount Gay Crew Party (Cowes Yacht Haven), to the Cowes Week Regatta Village and live music on the main stage.

The final day of Cowes Week 2024 saw some brilliant tactical racing, and over a week of varied conditions, it certainly ended on on a high.

It wasn’t all plain sailing this year, but for the competitors, it seemed to make the triumphs all the sweeter… After racing for 24 years, Mark Downer, with his wide Jo and son Alex, finally won this year – he said: 

“We have been competing for 24 years and have never even won our class. It feels as though we have been the bridesmaid for so long and now, we finally get to wear white! We’ve been competing in the Redwing for three years starting with third place then second place and now finally first place. It feels absolutely amazing.”

Speaking of the conditions this year, Downer added: “It has been a tricky week and losing two days of sailing was especially hard, but we knew that it was make or break today and we just feel so happy that it’s finally our time. It was pretty tricky out there today especially with the tides. We also had a large container ship coming through the fleet, which made it harder for the fleet as it affected the boats ahead and behind.”

Cowes Week 2024 Overall Results

Here are the overall winners from Cowes Week 2024! You can view full overall results from each class on the Cowes Week 2024 website .

Black Group Overall

• YES! (Adam Gosling)

White Group Overall

• MEN BEHAVING BADLY (Rupert Mander)

IRC Class 0

• GLADIATOR (Tony Langley)

IRC Class 1

• KATABATIC (Lance Adams)

IRC Class 2

• JELLYBABY (Jones Family)

IRC Class 3

IRC Class 4

• FURTHER WEST (Alain Waha & Matt Waite)

IRC Class 5

• ARCUS (John Howell & Paul Newell)

IRC Class 6

• WHOOPER (Giovanni Belgrano)

IRC Class 7

• SUVRETTA (Victoria & Christopher Preston)

Contessa 32

• COLLATERAL (Ray Mitchell)
• DAUNTLESS (Giles Peckham & Milo Carver)

Club Cruiser C

• ANTIGUA SAILING WEEK (Dan Law)

Club Cruiser D

• PANDA OF HAMBLE (Barnes & Smyth)

Club Cruiser Overall

• ECSTATIC (Eric Williams)
• NO DRAMAS (Joshua Beadsworth Andy Beadsworth Ethan Rhodes Hayden Sewell)

J/70 Overall

• STANDFAST (Simon Patterson)
• JOULE (Arjen van Leeuwen & Silvy Leijh)

• ZARA (Charles Glanville)

Nautor’s Swan Trophy

• SCHERZO OF COWES (Peter & Alison Morton)

Performance 40

• BULLDOG (Team Bulldog)

Performance Cruiser A

• BELLADONNA (Richard Dilley)

Performance Cruiser B

• DUSTY P (Seville Developments ltd)

Performance Cruiser Overall

• HARLEQUIN (Matthew Alexander, John Raymond & Alexander Shaw)

SB20 Mini Slam

• SNOLLYGOSTER (Charlie Laurence-Fuller)
• STAN THE BOAT (Toby Gorman)
• BERTIE (Alistair Barter & Richard Bailey)
• WASP (Luke Goodall)
• MAKO (Imogen Watkins)
• FIREFLY (Stewart Reed)
• SUNSAIL HELIOS (Deloitte Green)
• SHEARWATER II (Russell Mead)

X One Design

• ASTRALITA (John Tremlett, Tim Copsey, Fraser Graham)

Ed Whelan Celebration Trophy

• COUGAR OF COWES (London School of Sailing)

Weekend Warrior Trophy

• SPRINT (Ali McGregor)

The Westmacott Trophy

Under 25 Trophy

• MARY ROSE TUDOR (George Bell)

Musto Young Skipper’s Trophy

J/70 Short Series

• JELVIS (Martin Dent)

SB20 Grand Slam

• GLASGOW KISS (Nico Razmilovic)

Newcomers Trophy

Commodores’ Challenge Cup

• CETEWAYO (David Murrin)

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The Turkey Shoot Regatta is one of the largest regattas on the Chesapeake Bay and the second-largest Hospice Regatta in the U.S. It is co-sponsored each year by the Rappahannock River Yacht Club (rryc.org) and the Yankee Point Yacht Club (yprcc.org) , reported Tom Wicks. Shoreside activities include happy hour, music, meals and awards on the grounds of the Rappahannock River Yacht Club on Carter Creek adjacent to Rappahannock Yachts.

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When is the 2024 America’s Cup? How to watch the regattas on TV and stream online

The Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta starts on 22 August in Barcelona and the Louis Vuitton Cup (Challenger Selection Series) will follow (29 August-7 October), leading up to the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Match starting on the 12 October 2024 and running for a fortnight.

The holders of the America’s Cup are Emirates Team New Zealand representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, but some strong competition is auming to dethrone the team from down under. INEOS Britannia, the ‘Challenger of Record’ from the United Kingdom, are in charge of the Louis Vuitton Cup (Challenger Selection Series) to decide who will race against Emirates Team New Zealand for the trophy.

The unique format of the Cup sees the Defender of the trophy automatically entitled to race in the final Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup Match whereas the Challengers will undertake a series to find the top yacht to take on the New Zealand team. The additional confirmed entries are: Alinghi Red Bull Racing from Switzerland, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli from Italy, American Magic New York Yacht Club from the USA and Orient Express Racing Team from France.

Where to watch the America’s Cup in the US

The America’s Cup action can be followed each day in the United States via ESPN+.

The official website offers sailing fans a full replay every day for free albeit with a 24 hour delay.

How to read the Series Results:

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• New for 2024, the series score for each boat will be the sum of the scores for her best races that satisfy the minimum number required to qualify for the series, calculated as follows: take each of her best high point scores as defined in 7.3 above and divide that by the number of boats in her division that started those same races; then take those scores, with each expressed as a percentage (high point score/N), and multiply their sum by 100.
• In the case where an Organizing Authority (OA) of an event choose to sail boats from different CRF Divisions against each other or not for race management purposes, where applicable the Corrected Time or Corrected Speed was instead used to rank boats against other boats in their CRF Certificate Division. Therefore, the starting class place earned at an event may differ than the division place for the series. Please note for the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta, the ERR Handicap was removed for a boat's CYCS score.
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Third stage of PROyachting Cup 2024 to take place on 22-25 August

The third out of four stages of PROyachting Cup 2024 will take place on 22-25 August at “Pomestye Gals” yacht club in the waters of Pirogov Reservoir 

The competition is organized by PROyachting company with the support of the Russian Yachting Federation.

The strongest teams of the country will meet at the start line of the third stage. Among the participants there are leaders of the previous two stages: Kirill Podolsky’s RUS7, Karen Stepanyan’s Bars Sailing Team, and Zoran Paunovic’s ZidArt Sailing Team. 

In 2024 the Russian Cup in the J/70 Class comprises four stages. The first stage took part in Saint Petersburg, while the venue for the second and third stages is Moscow region. Based on the results of the first three stages the leading teams will get together for the final stage at "Imeritinsky" yacht port on the Black Sea to compete for the prize fund and the perpetual trophy. 

Every stage of the regatta lasts four days and follows the following schedule: participants registration and training on Thursday, and races on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. As a result of the competition there will be an official award-giving ceremony. 

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But this four-day round-robin, only good for bragging rights, is just the start of the three-month series of yacht-racing. The Louis Vuitton Cup starts Thursday and runs through October 5, when the overall winner faces New Zealand in the 10-day America’s Cup Match, ending on October 21.

If it sounds like a long season, it is. But the America’s Cup has slowly evolved from an often boring, elitist “sport” held offshore in very slow boats, into something of a tech spectacle with fast, foiling, 75-foot monohulls, called AC75s, that all have the same specs, with some modifications allowed. But not much. The idea is to make the event a more level playing field, technically and financially. Previous America’s Cups have favored the wealthiest teams that could afford technical modifications often executed in days to give an edge over competitors.

“New Zealand and Italy look really strong this year, with both strong boats and teams,” Dave Reed, editor-in-chief of Sailing World, tells Robb Report. “But the American team is also a contender. They have a really fast boat and some of the best sailors in the event.”

The teams are now projecting competitive scrappiness rather than erudite sophistication, with a racecourse that encourages close encounters at speeds reaching 58 mph. But the dangers are mitigated this year, since there’s an electronic boundary around each boat that dishes out penalties to competitors that wander into their opponents’ territories.

Last week’s series, which pitted one team against another in head-to-head match races, showed flashes of brilliance and many self-inflicted errors, but also how fast and nimble the AC75s are.

The New York Yacht Club’s American Magic team, which took third place overall because of a broken rudder early in the series, beat the New Zealand Defenders soundly on the last day of racing, showing the world it was a serious contender. American Magic’s AC75, called Patriot, outdistanced the Kiwis by more than nearly 700 yards on the final stretch.  “It’s hard not to be happy, but we still got third in the series,” says Terry Hutchinson, skipper and president of American Magic. “You may win a couple of battles but don’t win the war, so you’ve got to keep the bigger picture in mind. That’s what we will do.”

The pundits seem to be favoring Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and American Magic as the top contenders of the Defenders, with the Swiss Alinghi Red Bull Racing, with its team of young sailors, the U.K. team INEOS and France’s Orient Express Racing, on the second tier. The Kiwis are generally seen as the Cup favorites, helped by the fact that they won’t be racing any other teams until they meet the Louis Vuitton Cup winner in the America’s Cup finals.

But the dynamics could change over the next few months as the teams become more familiar with their boats and racing conditions in the Med. Beyond a team’s racing prowess, a mechanical failure could end the hopes of any team at a critical juncture. That happened to American Magic in the 2021 Louis Vuitton series.

Last week’s round-robins gave a glimpse of how the next races could unfold as the five Challenger teams compete against each other. For the most part, the boats performed well through the four days, with the final day being particularly challenging, with unstable winds and a confused sea state. Most were worried about boats breaking, something that could’ve been disastrous just days away from the Louis Vuitton Cup. But the teams soldiered on with only minor technical problems, looking forward to what should be a great three months of racing.

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