Races and Regattas

After last year’s pandemic-related cancellation, the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Regatta (GLIOR) is back on September 25 & 26, and it promises to be bigger and better than ever. Storm Trysail Club (STC) and Columbia Yacht Club (ColYC) are joining forces as the Organizing Authority for 2021 and beyond.  “The new partnership this year between the STC and ColYC is something we are very excited about. STC brings a lot of experience, along with Larchmont Yacht Club, as…

The C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta and Oakcliff Sailing are pleased to announce that applications are open for an invitation to the 2021 Clagett/Oakcliff Match Race Clinegatta hosted by The WaterFront Center in Oyster Bay, New York.   This year the Clagett/Oakcliff Match Race Clinegatta will be held September 17-19 and will be sailed in the three-person Sonar which are being supplied by The WaterFront Center. Invitations will be sent to those sailors who contact Patrick Burk at regatta@oakcliffsailing.org to express…

By Nick Bowen The Twenty Hundred Club had their second race of the season on Saturday June 19.  The “Around Aquidneck” race starts just south of Hog Island near the Mount Hope Bridge, takes the sailors about 12 nautical miles (nm) south to buoy R2 at Brenton Reef. This mark is about 2 nm south of Castle Hill and there the boats turn east for a 5.5 nm run across Rhode Island Sound.  Then at the buoy…

Tomorrow, Friday, June 4, Dr. Philip Haydon will depart Newport, Rhode Island aboard his Quest 33S Cepheus, on Leg 1 of the Bermuda One-Two Yacht Race.  Aside from two of the world’s finest sailing destinations, the “1-2” is unique in that the first leg is sailed singlehanded and the second doublehanded.  Starting Thursday, June 17, Phil and co-skipper Joe Cooper are racing Cepheus back to Newport. For Phil and Coop, this race is about much more than…

Early interest from schools predicts one of the largest turnouts in the Regatta’s history Our friends at theStorm Trysail Club and Larchmont Yacht Club in Larchmont, New York are pleased to announce that the Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta Presented by ShopRite of Carteret is on for Columbus Day Weekend 2021. The eagerly anticipated return after so many pandemic cancellations is welcomed by the teams, clubs, and volunteers. “There is great interest on the schools’ behalf as much of…

Hosted by our friends at Mystic Shipyard in Mystic, Connecticut, the Sails Up 4 Cancer Regatta Weekend (Friday, June 18 and Saturday, June 19) supports a great cause.  Featuring activities for sailors and non-sailors alike, SU4C Regatta Weekend is one of the most enjoyable sailing events in the Northeast. Skipper’s Party: Friday, June 18 at Mystic Shipyard, 6:00 to 9:00 PM SU4C Regatta Weekend kicks off Friday night at Mystic Shipyard, with the Skipper’s Party and Cornhole…

With the unfortunate cancellation of this year’s Marion to Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race, the Bermuda Sloop Foundation (BSF) has a great alternative. The second annual Spirit of Bermuda Charity Rally is a fundraising event with a choice of starting lines in New England and the Chesapeake Bay, with innovative Sailing Yacht Research Foundation (SYRF) Offshore Scoring. SYRF has synthesized many practices in offshore racing to develop the “SYRF Offshore Scoring” system, which uses the predicted speed of…

By Dave Easterbrooks, NBYA Communications Director The inaugural Narragansett Bay Yachting Association ‘Round the Bay Regatta – with an innovative and exciting new format – will debut Saturday, July 24.   This is the first regatta that starts and finishes in every Narragansett Bay sailor’s back yard!  Why travel hours to get to and from the starting area for a race?  You won’t have to if you come out for this one.  There will be four different starting areas,…

Our friends at the C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta and US Sailing are excited to announce that the 2021 U.S. Para Sailing Championships will be hosted by The Clagett Regatta at Sail Newport in Newport, Rhode Island on August, 24-29, 2021.  “This year The Clagett is looking forward to hosting the U.S. Para Sailing Championships again at our annual regatta in Newport R.I. We have had a very long working relationship with US Sailing and…

The 17th edition of the annual Ida Lewis Distance Race, scheduled for August 19-21, literally offers something for every type of big-boat sailor. Not only are there classes for ORC, PHRF (including Cruising Spinnaker) and Double-Handed (Mixed Gender and Open) but also there are Youth and Collegiate challenges. As well, entrants have a choice of racing in either the traditional OFFSHORE distance race, starting on Friday (August 20) and requiring overnight sailing, or the shorter IN BAY distance race, starting…