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Taking Classic Yacht Racing To New Horizons

A new place for classic yacht sailors.

Welcome to the new club built by and for classic yacht enthusiasts.

A Progressive Yacht Club With Its Own International Championship

To improve communication and interaction between owners and all the organisations that they encounter during a season’s racing.

To develop a presitigious and competitive championship for vintage and classic yachts in the Mediterranean.

To be all inclusive, great and small, to represent the yacht owners with equity and conviction in all situations, to provide fair racing and above all to preserve this wonderful maritime heritage.

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Upcoming Regattas

Here is a list of some upcoming classic regatta events.

LES RÉGATES ROYALES 2024

• Yacht Club de Cannes

COUPE D’AUTOMNE DU YCF 2024

• Yacht Club de France

LES VOILES DE SAINT-TROPEZ 2024

• Societé Nautique Saint-Tropez

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August News

Dear Members and Friends, The season is heating up and probably some of you will take that literally. Yes, it is hot here in the Mediterranean but there remains the second half of the racing season to do and that means more much more sailing. Why is it that we

April Newsletter

Dear Members and Friends, Spring is in full swing and you will all be very busy preparing for the season, planning events, varnishing and revelling at the prospect of racing your pride and joy under the warm Mediterranean sun. Seeing your friends again after the cold dark months of winter

The 2024 Championship & New Members

Dear Members and Friends, We have been doing some important refit work to Chinook these past few months and I have come to realise that I am not as young as I thought and still a hardened mono-tasker which has distracted me from VCYC. That said, in the background, VCYC

Sam S Crocker

In a career spanning decades, Sam S Crocker designed and supervised the construction of more than 300 vessels, leaving an indelible mark on the world of classic yacht design. Crocker was born in 1892 in Marblehead, Massachusetts, and grew up in a boating community, which fueled his passion for yacht

Holiday Greetings 2023

Dear Members and Friends, From the VCYC HQ, we wish you all a wonderful Christmas and a prosperous New Year. We look forward to seeing you all at some point during the coming months. Best wishes, Jono & Sandra  

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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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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.

Onshore Activities

Cream Teas & Gig Racing

Concours d’Elégance

Open Mic Music Night

Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta 2023

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The Blue Peter sailing in the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta.

Experience being on the deck of a winning yacht or step inside a sail loft. Stories on yacht design, books, racing and marine art – all on the pages below.

Boat building videos

Videos of craftsmen, their tools and techniques. Browse through the yards – peak through the heavy doors of many workshops where traditional boat building skills are being kept alive. 

Racing videos

Windward marks, hoists of spinnakers and protests galore make this selection of films on racing classic yachts a must watch.

Cruising on a classic boat provides a kind of medicine for the soul when all the elements are in favour. These films explore secret shores, good food on board, stories about unforgettable passages.

From modern-day pirates who collect extraordinary maritime artefacts off the sea bed to a boat builder who remembers the Champagne cracking "first time!" at the launch of beautiful cutter in 1937. 

Marine artists at work, sea-shore foraging techniques and cookery afloat are just some of the stories we release here. Characters, their houses and personal objects offer inspiration to the individual who's soul is closely bound to the sea.

BOAT BUILDING

Explore the world of boat building through videos on craftsmen, their tools and techniques. Browse through the yards – peak through the heavy doors of many workshops where traditional boat building skills are being kept alive. Learn boat building skills online, find out about traditional rigging and sail making through these videos.

As part of CYTV's ongoing boat building video session series, the latest walks you through how to hang a hinge – ideal for joinery jobs on your classic boat.

Collars , the spar maker, has just completed a significant repair on the rig of the Laurent Giles designed Bermudan cutter ‘CETEWAYO’, in time for this season’s racing. Here, Jeremy Freeland describes the feeling when it finally returns to the boat and the care of the owner.

Do you know a rebate plane from a wood jack plane?  Find out the difference between the various planes used in classic boat restoration in this video...

Learn how to strip a wooden hull and achieve the perfect smooth finish with this step by step boat building guide.

Cowes boatyard fire causes classics to be lost.

The first in a series of features showcasing emerging figures in the classic boat world, people who share a passion for classics and lend their professional skills to our community. Watch this film 'Timber to Tide' on Ben Harris, a boat builder based in Gweek, Cornwall.

The WOD's or 'Wivenhoe One Designs' were originally launched in 1935 as a local boat to race on the river Colne, near Colchester. Nineteen were launched and now sixteen survive…..

Classic Yacht TV visited TS Rigging in Maldon, to find out and watch the process Ken goes through to steam and bend the wood used to make mast hoops  

Toby Slater left the city of London in 2006 to refit his father’s love affair - formerly known as ‘Regard’ - a Brixham Trawler Yacht. The refit turned into rebuild. He learnt boat building on the job with the help of Rick Cardy's watchful eye, a local shipwright whose skills stem from Thames Barges and alike.

'Tarifa' as a project was instigated by Alex Laird’s labour of love 'Partridge', a J. Beavor-Webb designed Victorian gaff cutter built in 1885 by Camper & Nicholson and mostly influenced by Greg Powlesland's restoration of 'Collinette'… Tarifa's interior sets a standard…

Following on from CYTV’s previous film, again showing progress made to date, it is evident that Kelpie of Falmouth is being careful fitted out. It shows the techniques and quality of craftsmanship going into the work to ensure a very high quality, sympathetic rebuild.

Ever wondered what living on a dutch barge would look like?

Take a look at this amazingly modern and sleek dutch barge conversion is this video...

Captain of the Herreshoff schooner Mariette, Charlie Wroe recently embarked on a mission to find “a suitable racing tender” for his owner's big boat. This film shows you what they acquired and charts the first in an ongoing series on how they restored the yacht.

This film is an insight into the traditional techniques used by James Lawrence Sails, a sail makers that started business at the end of the 'working sail' era. They're seen here repairing a mainsail of 2,906.2 sq foot for a 130 foot classic yacht.

The story of a humble boatyard's most intense job to date – re-rigging the Cutty Sark. Jim Dines of Heritage Marine and TS Rigging reconditioned and made up 2.5 km of wire standing rigging, 14km rope for running rigging, 400 wooden blocks, 700 shackles, 41 spars, 9 mast sections, 17 yards, including one as spare for the Cutty Sark.  

BOAT BUILDING (VIDEO) SESSIONS

Boat building sessions brings you skills, techniques and advice from experts that specialise in classic restoration – Suffolk Yacht Harbour . These short how-to videos can be seen on CYTV's youtube channel or below.

Prevent standing water in between the timber frames of your hull by learning to correctly apply pitch (marine glue) with this simple 'how to' film.

Watch classic boat joinery experts fit new wooden cockpit seats to this stunning 1960s Kim Holman day racer at Suffolk Yacht Harbour .

Do you know a rebate plane from a wood jack plane? Find out the difference between the various planes used in classic boat restoration in this new film. Suffolk Yacht Harbour specialises in classic boat restoration.

A good boat builder never blames their tools, discover the correct way to sharpen your chisel in Suffolk Yacht Harbour's new step by step film.

Learn how to strip a wooden hull and achieve the perfect smooth finish with this step by step boat building guide. Suffolk Yacht Harbour specialises in classic boat restoration.

Do you struggle with varnishing? Watch Suffolk Yacht Harbour's latest boat building film for top tips and a step by step guide to achieving the perfect finish. Suffolk Yacht Harbour specialises in classic boat restoration.

Suffolk Yacht Harbour (UK) shows how to repair a plank on a wooden boat by fitting graving pieces to the planking. Robert, one of Suffolk Yacht Harbour's boat builders, carefully fits a graving piece to the damaged area of the planking to rout out an exact template of a piece of wood to fit the planking.

YACHT DESIGN

From gaff cutters, schooners to fin and skeg classic off-shore racing yachts of the 1950's or, modern classics: Explore the minds of yacht designers from Nathanael G. Herreshoff, German Frers, Uffa Fox, G.U. Laws among many more on Classic Yacht TV.

Get to know the hottest competition on the med circuit in this film. Classic Yacht TV gives you a race on board the highly competitive 'Chinook'. This is rare opportunity to see how the boat is raced, what the crew's jobs are on the boat and how the perfect their manouvres in racing. In addition we bring you interviews from the team that headed up the restoration in Tunisia...

She's a radical looking boat, designed in the 1950's by Uffa Fox who was developing yachts in relation to Flying Fifteen's (One Design Class). Seen here through archive footage of her build and in the most recent of her restorations....

James Dodds’ paintings strike the eye with lines true to his focus on particular boats and the seas they once knew. His pitch dark backgrounds, surfaces, and colours are alike to layers of tar and tallow, marine paint and rust. Part II explores how he achieves his particular colours and, his relationship with local boatbuilders.  

James explores the design of vessels and celebrates the work of the boat builder and craftsman who make them. From a Shetland Fourern boat, a Viking shaped long and thin form to a square, bold, Hastings beach boat. Dodds' paintings are an assembly of observations on the variations in shape and why boats have been crafted in such a way to serve the nation in the maritime industry.

The Mylne Yacht Design archive, which is one of the most complete in the world, comes alive in this film. Here, yacht designer Alfred Mylne is remembered through archive footage of yachts sailing and racing off the west coast of Scotland, around the Isle of Bute and on the River Clyde.

Windward marks, hoists of spinnakers and protests galore make this selection of films on racing classic yachts a must watch. From videos taking you on board  the most successful boat on the Panerai Classic Yacht Challenge circuit in 2015 to the humble – sometimes wet – rides on one designs, CYTV brings you full throttle action in racing!

The 8mR Worlds event in Hankø looks great! Dinner with the King of Norway was on Saturday evening, the location and conditions look stimulating and so do the analytics provided by the race organisers – the Royal Norwegian Yacht Club and the Hankø Yacht Club. Get the daily de-brief here.

CYTV talks to professional rigger Chuck Demangeat about rig failures on board classic yachts and the things you can do to prevent breaking your rig. 

The Baltic Classic Master Cup 2017 will be a circuit again with four international regattas in Sweden and Finland, two in each country. Watch this video to see what it's like.

Lateens, Aegean schooners and work boats are seen here racing alongside classic yachts in Greece's newest regatta - Spetses Classic Yacht Race

The schooner 'Mariette' debuts her newly restored racing tender, “Kelpie of Falmouth” in Cornish waters at the 2014 Pendennis Cup. Watch her sailing in this film - an exclusive look at what's she's like before she starts her season racing the med this week.

Jim Thom reflects on nine years of nurturing and forming a highly acclaimed crew on board the 19 Metre Class designed yacht 'Mariquita' as he stands down as captain and passes the honour on to George Newman.

Classic Yacht brings you exclusive footage and interviews in a two-part series on two classic yachts deemed to be at the very top of their pedigree world-wide. Part 1 features racing between 'Altair' and 'Mariquita' as they compete privately for the 'Club 55 Challenge Cup'.

Being the 'Mate' on a topsail schooner is a busy job – we find out exactly what it's like in this video of Herreshoff schooner 'Mariette of 1915' with their Mate, Roy Kum.

Off the coast of Tenerife Bessie Ellen sails alongside pilot whales, to the surprise of a guest who awoke to hear the commotion.

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It's only when you sail a tall ship that you really understand their history in context of how people 'worked' them as we hear from on board Bessie Ellen.

Being at sea can be cleansing. It's not just sights and sounds, but the movement of the boat that has a rhythm – it's 'therapy at sea' as we hear from a guest on board Bessie Ellen.

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In 1968 Sir Robin Knox-Johnston became the first yachtsman to solo non-stop circumnavigate in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race. It was also in that same race, one competitor Donald Crowhurst lost his mind and was lost at sea. THE MERCY (2018) is a film telling the story of Crowhurst's fate. Here's the trailer...

Everyone's talking about it; the newly released Christopher Nolan film that attempts to chronicle the evacuation of 330,000 men off the beaches and the harbour of DUNKIRK . Featuring MTB102, the white foam on the beaches and the 1958 version of the film to be screened this September...

Archive footage of family cruising on board ZEPHYR during the early 1970's, she's for sale with Sandeman Yacht Company.

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Cruising on a classic boat provides a kind of medicine for the soul and, when all the elements are in favour cruising can make for irreplaceable holiday experiences - forever etched in one's memory. In these videos, from Prince Rainier III & Grace Kelly's honeymoon on board the MOONBEAM IV to handy recipes for your summer cruise to Brittany, you’ll be inspired to get underway.

A crew member on board Bessie Ellen talks to CYTV about learning how to navigate. How she feels a sense of belonging at sea, in a small community while offshore – blue water cruising.

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10 classic yachts competing at the Richard Mille Cup

The Richard Mille Cup is the newest regatta on the racing calendar that celebrates the pageantry and classic beauty of hand-crafted sailing yachts built before 1939 (or faithful replicas). Beginning in Falmouth earlier this month, the fleet of classics have worked their way across the Solent competing in a series of inshore and offshore races. As the inaugural regatta nears its final leg from Cowes to Le Havre, we take a look at the line-up of schooners and cutters vying for first place...

Length : 69.3m Builder : Van der Graaf Built : 1903

Commissioned by New York Yacht Club member Wilson Marshall, this three-masted schooner hit the headlines by winning the transatlantic Kaiser’s Cup in 1905. Atlantic covered a staggering 341 miles in 24 hours with an average speed of 14.1 knots. This world record would remain undefeated until 1998, making it the longest-standing speed record in the history of yachting. Atlantic was saved from the scrap yard on three separate occasions but unfortunately was broken up at the Newport News Harbor in 1982. Using copies of William Gardner’s original drawings, serial classic yacht restorer Ed Kastelein embarked on an extensive reconstruction project, and triumphantly relaunched Atlantic in 2010 with an identical sail plan and original lines.

Length : 65m Builder : Astilleros de Mallorca Built : 1984

Originally named Jessica, Adix remains one of the largest sailing yachts built since the 1930s. In the mid-late 1980’s she was bought and used as a promotional tool by Alan Bond, who named the yacht after his controversial beer XXXX. Interestingly, she was significantly shorter in the 80s than she is now. She underwent a massive cosmetic restoration in 1989 courtesy of Captain Paul Goss and naval architect Gerard Dijkstra . The subsequent refit included cutting the hull in half and adding a section, which brought her to her current length.

Length : 42m Builder : Herreshoff Built : 1915

This classic twin-masted schooner was built for Harold S. Vanderbilt, the naval architect who produced a succession of undefeated America’s Cup defenders between 1893 and 1920. Other notable owners include Canadian composer Walter Boudreau (who renamed her Janeen ) and Italian film producer and publisher Andrea Rizzoli, who had her restored at the Beconcini shipyard in La Spezia, Italy. Mariette and her sistership Vagrant are the last of the series still in service.

Length : 38.2m Builder : William Fife Built : 1911

As a descendant of Big Class racing and a precursor to the J-Class, Mariquita is the missing link in racing’s evolution. Once World War I broke out, she was sold and renamed Maud IV , where she spent five years safe in Scandinavian waters. She returned to Britain and resumed racing in 1924 until the outbreak of World War II when her luck run out. Sold and stripped of her rigging, sails, mast, and keel, Mariquita was moved to a mud berth where she spent 40 years as a houseboat. Restored by Fairlie in 1991, she set sail once more and has continued to take part in regattas, taking home the Big Boat Panerai Trophy in 2014.

Moonbeam IV

Length : 35m Builder : William Fife Built : 1920

Moonbeam IV is the last and largest of the four Moonbeams commissioned by eminent London lawyer Charles Plumtree Johnson. Construction started in 1914 but was not completed until 1920 due to the outbreak of World War I. Winning the Kings’ Cup in 1920 and 1923, a successful decade of racing followed until she was run out by the incoming J Class in the 1930s and the onset of World War II. In 1950 she was bought by Prince Rainier of Monaco and, for a time, settled into the quiet life. Renamed Deo Juvante (the Grimaldi family motto), Moonbeam IV took the newlyweds, the Prince and Grace Kelly, on their honeymoon.

Length : 28.7m Builder : William Fife Built : 1909

Built for the Duke of Medinacelli, friend to the King of Spain, Tuiga was designed identically to the King’s yacht Hispania so that they could race on equal terms. After collecting a string of second places, rumours spread that the Duke was holding back so as not to embarrass the King. The first 15-Metre to be restored at Fairlie, Tuiga has been owned by the Monaco Yacht Club since 1993 and is often skippered by Pierre Casiraghi, son of Princess Caroline of Hanover.

The Lady Anne

Length : 24.38m Builder : William Fife Built : 1912

The Lady Anne was built for Baron George Coats of Glasgow, who at the time of his death was one of the wealthiest men in Scotland. Commissioned in a bid to recover the coveted 15-Metre Cup from the Germans, Coats’ dreams were dashed by Charles Nicholson , who was drafting his revolutionary Marconi gaff-rig at the same time The Lady Anne was being built. She would end up adopting Nicholson’s rig only two years later. She is the sistership of fellow Richard Mille Cup competitor Tuiga.

Length : 19.2m Builder : J.G. Fay & Co (later Camper & Nicholson ) Built : 1903

Designed by Alfred Mylne, Kelpie is one of eight South Coast One Designs still in existence today and has lived through quite the underdog story. In 1914, she was accused of carrying artillery to be used against the Irish Free State government and in the 1960s, she was sold to Newton Ferrers Sailing School and suffered an interior fire that destroyed most of her interior. After a thorough restoration by Fairlie in 2014 (including a new rudder, stem, and sternpost), Kelpie went on to win her class in several regattas, including the Channel regatta, Mahon, and St. Tropez.

Length : 14m Builder : Aldous Ltd. Built : 1922

Designed for sailing in shoal waters, gaff cutter Ayesha is thought to be the only yacht ever designed by Arthur Boyes of Aldous Ltd. In 2001 she won her class in the Prada classic series in the Med, after sailing across the menacing Bay of Biscay to compete. She was bought in 2015 by serial classic yacht owner and restorer Richard Bond.

Length : 12.7m Builder : WT Jacket Built : 1910

This gaff cutter was commissioned by serial boat owner Henry S Norton, who entered Cynthia into various races in the Falmouth area. This included the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club’s Corinthian race in which Norton won the grand first prize of £3. Cynthia has been in Devon undergoing a meticulous, five-year restoration by retired rigger Peter Lucas , who first saw Cynthia decades prior while on holiday with his parents on the Isle of Wight.

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Another ‘Classic’: Vintage racing yachts do battle off Marblehead’s shore

Laurie Fullerton

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The Corinthian Classic Yacht Regatta brought together 31 classic racing yachts, some well over 100 years old, to the starting line on Aug. 13 and 14.

Vintage, classics and spirit-of-tradition yachts competed for line honors in six divisions in a pursuit race format.

Hosted by the Corinthian Yacht Club, the event, now in its 24th year, has become an opportunity to bring together some of the most coveted and diverse classic yachts still racing.

The pursuit race format means that the slowest boats start first, the fastest last, so that they all finish around the same time, in theory.

Such was the case on Sunday when the site of so many beautifully preserved boats heading together to the finish line conjured up images of a golden era of yachting that seemed to peak in the 1980s.

Now in her 11th decade of racing, the 60-foot, 115-year-old “Neith,” designed by Nat Herreshoff, was the regatta’s overall winner and was awarded the W. Starling Burgess Trophy for best performance in the Vintage Yacht division.

The vintage yacht division comprises any yacht, though primarily ones made of wood, designed before 1950.

“Today was a good day, and we had fair breeze, and the course was a reach, which is great for us,” Keith Brown, a longtime crew member aboard “Neith,” said Sunday.

“Neith” is a longtime participant in the regatta, and Brown said they all appreciate the yachting traditions in Marblehead and its love of classic yachts.

“Neith” is owned by Van Brown of Mystic, Connecticut.

“We have been coming to this event for a long time, and it remains one of our favorites,” he said. “We had great breeze today, and sailing along the Nahant shoreline was spectacular.”

On Sunday, although the increasing wind velocity gave the bigger boats a speed edge as they headed south to Boston and rounded a government mark back along the Nahant shoreline, the fleet was remarkably close throughout because of the staggered starts.

The course provided a spectacular scene of 31 classics, along with 13 IODs (International One Design) in hot pursuit.

One of those making up ground rapidly was the 12-meter “Valiant” owned by Gary Gregory of Marblehead, who placed first in the Modern Classic Division.

Any boat designed after 1950 and built before 1980 whose rudders are separated from the trailing edge of the keel is considered a Modern Classic.

“The pursuit race format is based on expected speeds from different boats, but that can differ once out on the racecourse based on unforeseen conditions,” Gregory said. “Our size meant we started when many of the smaller boats were nearly at the mark off Boston, but it also meant that the wind was better than we had foreseen, and we were able to make up a lot.”

On Saturday, the fleet went towards Gloucester and rounded at Newcomb Ledge. Marblehead’s Quinn Valliancourt took line honors, finishing second overall in his division on his Herreshoff design “Rozi.”

“It is always uncertain in a pursuit race, as you can absolutely get the right timing and conditions on some days and on other days you are out of the running,” Valliancourt said. “The objective is that everyone should finish quite closely and converge at the finish. That is what I like about pursuit racing.”

While the Modern Classics included the winning 12-meter Valiant, the 13-strong division featured yachts like the Ted-Hood-built Little Harbor 37 “Sea Robin,” the Hinckley 41 “Black Magic” and the Hinckley “Valkyrie,” as well as the Swan 38 “Blue Pidgeon.”

“The beauty of the modern classic boat is they have the extended bow and overhanging stern and a classic sheer line,” said John Doub, owner of “Blue Pigeon.” “When rounding a mark, the sound of them going through the water is something we still marvel at.”

Fortunately, classic yacht racers understand that their vessels are unique in size, age and speed but one of the factors that makes classic racing so interesting is it touches on all of the unique history and legacy of both Marblehead and its links to yacht racing over the centuries.

“I think the Corinthian Classic reminds us to appreciate the aesthetic of sailing through the decades,” said Karen Finnocchio of Marblehead, who helmed the Modern Classic “Cynara,” owned by Jason Panos. “Classic boats also have a simplicity that forces us to draw on skills instead of technology. You go back to the basics.”

Finnocchio continued, “It is about perspective, too. The pandemic forced us to stop and slow down and look around. What we have here in Marblehead is so precious and envied by sailors around the world.”

Corinthian Classic organizer Timmy Dittrich agreed that he loves equally all of the classics, the IODs, the vintage and modern yachts. He views the event as an important one to preserve their presence in yacht racing.

“No boat comes out of the gate as a classic. They earn their place and become stewards of their boat as well,” said Dittrich, who competed on board “Neith.” “The reality in 2022 is that our modern classics have now also had their heyday, just as the vintage ones did.”

Some of the boats racing in Marblehead as “modern classics” are over 50 years old in their own right, Dittrich noted.

“Yet, it is very interesting to me that today’s yacht builders and designers remain inspired by the beauty of all of the early 20th-century boats and modern classics,” Dittrich said. “What we want to do is try and preserve those great days, those feelings, and those rivalries in yachting that are so hard to find today. The Corinthian Classic is a place to find that experience. This will go away unless we work to preserve it.”

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Classic-Car Event ‘the Bridge’ Celebrates a Racing Legacy in the Hamptons

S ometimes the toughest race cars can look almost genteel when parked on an impeccably manicured golf course—even one connected to what was once a world-class track. The car was a 1965 semi-lightweight Series One Jaguar 4.2-liter E-Type Roadster, driven by Stirling Moss and Win Percy.

It looked like it was ready to go around the Bridgehampton circuit in Long Island, New York, even though that historic location is only partly intact (with certain ionic sections lovingly restored).

Of course, all was not what it seemed. The Jaguar was actually a recreation by Jeremy Broad of the 1960s factory lightweights, and Moss drove it in the 1991 Mountain Challenge on the Isle of Man, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the E-Type. Percy drove it later, at England’s Donington Park in 2001. Moss’ signature is on the hardtop.

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This was just one of the many fascinating cars at the eighth edition of the Bridge, held at its namesake golf club in Bridgehampton, with views of Sag Harbor and Shelter Island. Robert Rubin, a former Wall Street trader turned writer and vintage racer, had hoped to preserve the track for racing but local opposition was fierce. Instead, he opened the Rees Jones-designed golf course in 2002. Rubin hosts the Bridge with attorney Jeffrey Einhorn and entrepreneur Shamin Abas. With its food and drink stations, plus booths for exclusive lifestyle merchandisers, it’s somewhat akin to the Quail, an event that occurs annually during Monterey Car Week. There’s no judging, just a lot of looking, with drones circling overhead.

Another historic racer was no ordinary 1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda. The car, restored in Connecticut to its 1971 specifications, was shipped to France when completed and compiled a winning record there through 1973, mostly with Henri Chemin at the wheel.

Joe Buzzetta was a winning Porsche U.S. factory racer in the 1960s, with Bridgehampton as his home track. He quit racing in 1970 as cars got faster and faster, and that probably contributed to his living until 2023 and leaving nine grandchildren. Buzzetta’s legacy was celebrated at the Bridge with cars from his collection, including a 1964 Porsche 904 (his favorite brand) and a 1964 Elva-Porsche.

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Parked near these competition cars was one that certainly looked the part: A 1960 Aston Martin DB4 outfitted circa 2010 by specialist Nicholas Mee to be one of the fastest examples on the road.

In one corner, possibly being mistaken for a bright red kit car, was one of the most significant Shelby AC Cobras, a 1963 Le Mans roadster, one of eight built with competition in mind. Specifications include magnesium wheels, big fender flares and hood scoop, a 37-gallon fuel tank, and a tuned 4.7-liter V8. The red example on display was the eighth, and after being sold to the privateer George Butler it ran at the Bahamas Speed Week events in late 1963, with a first-place class win in the Governor’s Trophy Race. The Shelbyf then finished seventh at the Daytona 2000-Kilometer event. The car has an extensive race history.

And what’s that highly unusual Mustang fastback, powered by a modified 302-cubic-inch V-8. It turned out to be perhaps the earliest Mustang on the road today—a 1963 pre-production example, the ninth of 15, known as “Shorty.” As owner and Long Island resident Howard Kroplick says, most (all but three) of the custom-built S-code pre-production cars were destroyed. But this one, the two-seat, 18-inches-shorter Mustang III “car of the future,” was stolen from Ford after its touring season by  company designer Vince Gardner in 1965, apparently with the aim of preserving it from the crusher. By the time the car was rediscovered, Ford had gotten an insurance settlement, and an Aetna executive became the Mustang III’s owner. The crusher was thwarted.

There were modern cars, too, of course. The 2,107-horsepower, made-in-Croatia Rimac Nevera R EV, parked near the entrance, is capable of reaching 60 miles per hour in 1.74 seconds, and achieving a truly awesome 256 miles per hour. The company says the US$2.5 million R, with a 108-kilowatt-hour battery pack, redefines “what an electric hypercar can achieve.” An Italian Pagani Imola Roadster with 850 horsepower and another astronomical price tag was parked nearby, and is one of just eight globally.

After debuting at the Quail this year, the Republic of San Marino-built Eccentrica V12, based on the Lamborghini Diablo, was on hand at the Bridge. Only 19 will be built. A most unusual offering was the Luminari “Cachemire” 190SL, a car that resembled Mercedes-Benz’ smaller sports car of the 1950s but was based on a modern SL600 and powered by a 493-horsepower, 590-pound-foot V12. Sixty miles per hour is achieved in 3.6 seconds.

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FariCars brought two very well-appointed custom Mercedes Sprinter vans, the more elegant of the two priced at US$445,080. The firm’s “Magnum Opus” Launch Edition (of eight units) features seats from the S-Class, an Alcantara-upholstered power partition, multiple TVs and refrigerator, coffeemaker, LED starlight headliner, and much else.

Watchmaker Richard Mille was a major partner for the gathering, along with Drift Capital (an investment company whose portfolio is rare and valuable cars), FariCars, Rimac, Everrati, and Dietl (a premium car relocation company), among others. Visitors could take a look at private plane offerings from Vistajet, and sample Drumshanbo gin, Palm Beach wines, and Mount Holly beer. Two stations offered caviar.

The aforementioned Robert Rubin is the author of many books, including a new one that dissects the 1971 movie Vanishing Point over nearly 600 pages. It’s a road movie starring Barry Newman as a Vietnam veteran on the lam in a white 1970 Dodge Challenger 440 R/T. Unlike the Bullitt Mustangs, two of which were recently rediscovered, no surviving Challengers are known. But a close replica was at the Bridge.

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I Loved Tudor’s Sailing Watch Even More While Aboard an Actual Racing Yacht

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The weather report in Barcelona wasn’t looking particularly promising last month as I boarded a vessel on the Mediterranean. Leaving the Spanish coast behind me, storm clouds gathered overhead as the Swiss and French teams geared up to face off in the 37th edition of the America’s Cup. Then again, I was reminded, a bit of wind was a welcome sensation—without it, this regatta couldn’t get underway.

If you’ve never been buzzed by an AC75, the class of racing yacht used during the current America’s Cup , it can be difficult to imagine the sensation. I no longer had to imagine as the Alinghi Red Bull team’s AC75 reached its top speed of 50 knots (58 mph) and seemed to be nearly levitating as it lifted out of the water. And if it’s flying in anything resembling your general direction, this can be quite unnerving.

Even if you’re not a sailor, you’re likely familiar with America’s Cup anyway because of how frequently it intersects with the watch world. Tudor , Omega , and Panerai have all gotten in on the action, the logos of their storied brands featured prominently on mainsheets attached to each vessel’s 26.5-meter mast. For each edition of the Cup in which one of these maisons is sponsoring a team, said company will often debut a special watch, sometimes with a dedicated sailing complication such as a regatta timer. Two of the most compelling of these watches were introduced just last year: Tudor’s Pelagos FXD and FXD Chrono Alinghi Red Bull Racing Edition . As I discovered earlier this month, they become even more compelling aboard the actual yacht they’re inspired by.

The racing yacht wasn't the only thing that made me feel like a member of team Alinghi that day. I also got a chance to wear the FXD from Tudor's Pelagos line. The Pelagos collection comprises the brand's most professional diving watch, complete with heavy-duty specs, some military influence, and perhaps a bit more character than the brand’s flagship Black Bay collection. Introduced in 2012, the Pelagos line has seen continuous improvement, culminating in the recent “ FXD .” (The “FXD” is for “fixed,” a design with military provenance that secures a strap to the wrist without possibility of spring bar failure.) The black-dialed FXD immediately stole my heart upon its release late in 2023, when I dove with it in Florida.

I wasn’t the only one wearing this purpose-made FXD. The entire Alinghi Red Bull racing team—from team owner to engineer—was kitted out with them. For me, it’s a cool watch; for the sailing team, it’s essential gear. Timing is everything out on the open water. “We use a watch [the Pelagos FXD] that’s in complete sync with what we do here,” says Jaume Triay, a young engineer on the Alinghi Red Bull team who’s spent the past two years living in Barcelona to prepare for the competition. “It’s a low-weight, high-performance watch, and it’s made out of the same materials [as the AC75]; I think there’s a nice synergy.”

Everything about the Alinghi FXD is made with yacht racing in mind. The watch is made from carbon fiber to mirror the carbon-hulled AC75 yachts, with matte blue-purple dials to match the Alinghi Red Bull livery. The numbers on the bezel are arranged in the reverse orientation from those on a dive watch. Why? On a yacht, one needs to quickly calculate countdowns, which is why the numbers go from 60-0 in a counterclockwise direction, rather than the more common 0-60. I had never spent much time with either of the new FXD watches before, but had the opportunity to wear the time-only version during my time in Barcelona for the 37th edition of the America’s Cup. I’m officially a fan.

The dial is a classic Tudor affair: Done up in matte Alinghi Red Bull blue, it features a snowflake handset and matching white indices, all of which are nicely lumed with plenty of Super-LumiNova. (The indices, hands, and all bezel hashmarks glow ice blue in low light.) A red second hand matches up with red “Pelagos” text—no doubt in a reference to vintage Rolex models and in keeping with other Pelagos watches—and the rehaut, which contains the outer minute track, features the words “ALINGHI RED BULL RACING” in the upper quadrant.

“Timing is important in many aspects [of what the team does],” Triay says. “It’s important in planning, such as how much time we need to train before competing, and how much time we have to design the boat. But then also, you can think about maneuvers: Are we going to do a slow, nicely controlled maneuver, or a sharp turn executed as quickly as possible? What is best, and how do you find replicable timing in order to analyze different strategies?”

Indeed, timing was everything as we sailed out into the open ocean outside Barcelona aboard the yacht in order to watch Alinghi compete against the French team. The Swiss needed to win this particular race, lest it be forced to win three in a row in the double-round robin of the Louis Vuitton Challenger Section Series—or face elimination. I was eager to try aligning my bezel to properly time the race countdown as announced aboard the ship’s television, where the race was being broadcast live.

Stepping out onto the deck in the rain (we picked a poor day for sailing) Alinghi’s AC75 was visible in the distance, tacking hard in the driving wind and water. Its complement of ultra-skilled sailors, however, proved their competence and seamanship, crossing the starting line just as the countdown ended and gaining a significant start on the French team. Roughly 20 minutes of hard sailing later, up and down a course established by remote-controlled buoys to align with the direction of the wind, the Swiss team captured its much-needed victory.

After the win, high-fives were swapped, congratulations were offered, audible sighs of relief were exhaled. As we sailed back into harbor, we passed the AC75 furling its sails, yelling our collective “mazel tov” at the team and chase boat crews. I glanced down at the FXD and thought back to my childhood summer camp experience and the activity I most enjoyed: Sailing small Sunfish dinghies on Plunkett Reservoir. I haven’t sailed in over 20 years, but the thought suddenly crossed my mind: Maybe it’s time to sail again—Pelagos fixed firmly on wrist.

New York Yacht Club to Host 2025 Team Racing Worlds in Sonar Keelboats

Newport, R.I. — The New York Yacht Club, which sparked the keelboat team racing revolution with the creation of the Hinman Masters Team Race in 2000, will see this discipline attain the highest competitive level in the sport when it hosts the World Sailing 2025 Team Race World Championship, May 28 to June 1, at Harbour Court in Newport, R.I.

The first team racing world championship in a decade will be sailed in the Club’s fleet of 23-foot  Sonar keelboats  in a two-on-two format. While not as widespread as the three-on-three format that is used in scholastic and collegiate racing in the United States and elsewhere around the world, the two-on-two format has won a lot of support with its easy-to-understand scoring format—whichever team finishes in last position loses the race—non-stop action and smaller team size.

For more on previous editions of the Team Racing World Championship, click  here .

“When this came forward, when the bid package came out, we said of course we’d want to run this,” says Susan Daly, co-chair of the New York Yacht Club’s Team Racing subcommittee. “It’s a natural fit for us given our history both with keelboat team racing and having run a team race worlds in 2005 in Vanguard 15 dinghies. This world championship is a great way to kick off a packed 2025 regatta calendar at Harbour Court.”

In addition to the Hinman Masters regatta—for which skippers must be 45 or older and crew must be 40 or older—the New York Yacht Club runs three other highly regarded team race events each summer: the Morgan Cup, the New York Yacht Club Grandmasters and the Women’s 2v2. The Club also created the Global Team Race Regatta and hosted it in 2018 and 2022. The Club expertly maintains a fleet of 22 Sonar sailboats that are reserved for team racing and the occasional fleet race regatta. In the four team-race regattas hosted by the New York Yacht Club, spinnakers are used. But the format for the world championship will mandate the jib-and-main-only configuration.  A dozen teams are anticipated, including one from the host New York Yacht Club. The remainder will be qualified through their member national authorities. For United States sailors hoping to compete, a qualifying regatta is anticipated in early 2025. The NOR for the 2025 Team Race World Championship can be found  here . The next edition will be held in August 2026 at the Gamla Stans Yacht Sällskap, Stockholm, Sweden, and is supported by the City of Stockholm and the Swedish Sailing Federation.

Teams that meet the eligibility requirements set out in the  Notice of Race  may submit a Request for Invitation by using this  link . 

Photos: Stuart Wemple / New York Yacht Club

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The New York Yacht Club, which sparked the keelboat team racing revolution with the creation of the Hinman Masters Team Race in 2000, will see this discipline attain the highest competitive level in the sport when it hosts the World Sailing 2025 Team Race World Championship, May 28 to June 1, at Harbour Court in Newport.

The first team racing world championship in a decade will be sailed in the Club’s fleet of 23-foot  Sonar keelboats  in a two-on-two format. While not as widespread as the three-on-three format that is used in scholastic and collegiate racing in the United States and elsewhere around the world, the two-on-two format has won a lot of support with its easy-to-understand scoring format—whichever team finishes in last position loses the race—non-stop action and smaller team size.

“When this came forward, when the bid package came out, we said of course we’d want to run this,” says Susan Daly, co-chair of the New York Yacht Club’s Team Racing subcommittee. “It’s a natural fit for us given our history both with keelboat team racing and having run a team race worlds in 2005 in Vanguard 15 dinghies. This world championship is a great way to kick off a packed 2025 regatta calendar at Harbour Court.” In addition to the Hinman Masters regatta—for which skippers must be 45 or older and crew must be 40 or older—the New York Yacht Club runs three other highly regarded team race events each summer: the Morgan Cup, the New York Yacht Club Grandmasters and the Women’s 2v2. The Club also created the Global Team Race Regatta and hosted it in 2018 and 2022. The Club expertly maintains a fleet of 22 Sonar sailboats that are reserved for team racing and the occasional fleet race regatta. In the four team-race regattas hosted by the New York Yacht Club, spinnakers are used. But the format for the world championship will mandate the jib-and-main-only configuration.  A dozen teams are anticipated, including one from the host New York Yacht Club. The remainder will be qualified through their member national authorities. For United States sailors hoping to compete, a qualifying regatta is anticipated in early 2025. The NOR for the 2025 Team Race World Championship can be found  here . The next edition will be held in August 2026 at the Gamla Stans Yacht Sällskap, Stockholm, Sweden, and is supported by the City of Stockholm and the Swedish Sailing Federation.

Teams meeting the eligibility requirements set out in the  Notice of Race  may submit a Request for Invitation  using this  link .

For more on previous editions of the Team Racing World Championship, click  here .

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