3-7 MAY
PalmaVela
Palma, Mallorca, palmavela.es
Moderns, lateens and classics
12–14 MAY
Voiles De Cassis
La Ciotat, lesvoilesdecassis.com
Around 20 participating boats
19–21 MAY
Calanques Classiques
Marseille, lanautique.com
30 MAY – 3 JUNE
Loro Piana Superyachts
Porto Cervo, Sardinia
yccs.it
31 MAY – 4 JUNE
Voiles d’Antibes
voilesdantibes.com
Season opener, Panerai sponsored
14–18 JUNE
Argentario Sailing Week
Italy, argentariosailingweek.it
15–18 JUNE
Les Voiles du Vieux Port
Marseille, France
lesvoilesduvieuxport.com
21–24 JUNE
Superyacht Cup
Palma, Mallorca, Spain
thesuperyachtcup.com
22-25 JUNE
Spetses Classic Yacht
Regatta
Greece, spetsesclassicregatta.com
23-25 JUNE
Grandi Vele a Gaeta
Gaeta, near Rome, Italy
24 JUNE – 5 JULY
Trophée Bailli de Suffren
Passage race: Saint-Tropez – Porto
Rotondo – Trapani – Malta
tropheebaillidesuffren.com
Overnight and day passages
1-2 JULY
Vele d’Epoca a Napoli
Naples, Italy, ryccsavoia.it
12–15 JULY
Puig Vela Clàssica
Barcelona, Catalonia, Sparin
puigvelaclassicabarcelona.com
16–19 AUGUST
Regatta Illes Balears Classic
Mallorca, velaclasicamallorca.com
27 AUGUST – 10 SEPTEMBER
Corsica Classic
corsica-classic.com
29 AUGUST – 2 SEPTEMBER
Copa del Rey
Menorca-Mahon
velaclasicamenorca.com
13-17 SEPTEMBER
Monaco Classic Week
yacht-club-monaco.mc
Biennial for classic sail and power
SEPTEMBER (TBC)
Trophée Pasqui
Villefranche
tropheepasqui.com
23–30 SEPTEMBER
Régates Royales
Cannes, yachtclubdecannes.org
30 SEPTEMBER – 8 OCTOBER
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez
lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr
World’s biggest classic yacht party
ADRIATIC
4 JUNE
Vogalonga
Venice, vogalonga.com
23–24 SEPTEMBER
Trophy Arsenale Venezia
30 SEPTEMBER – 8 OCTOBER
Barcolana Regata
Trieste, barcolana.it
Big regatta with classic fleet
SWEDEN
BALTIC CLASSIC CIRCUIT
The Baltic Circuit for classic yachts is now an established part of the classic sailing world. It has grown over the last few years to produce an alternative European circuit to the much larger one in the Mediterranean and, like the French Atlantic circuit (see boxout below, right), we keep hearing good things about it. This year’s events, all in Sweden, are listed below:
18–19 JUNE
Finnish Independence Regatta
Aristio Sailing Club, Åbo Båtvarv
One-off regatta to commemorate 100 years of Finnish independence
Three days of racing 25-30-mile archipelago courses
2-5 JULY
Åfor Classic (Around
Gotland Off shore Race)
Stockholm-Visby-Sandhamn
220-nm passage race
4-5 AUGUST
Champagne Regatta
Helsingfors Sailing Club
Helsinki, Finland
10–12 AUGUST
Sandhamn Regatta Classic
KSSS, Sandhamn, Sweden
25-30-mile archipelago courses
GERMANY
25–28 MAY
Max Oertz Regatta
Neustadt, max-oertz-regatta.de
15–18 JUNE
Kiel Week
Kiel, klassiker-rendezvous.de
23-25 JUNE
Havel Klassic
Berlin, asv-berlin.de
29 JUNE – 2 JULY
Robbe & Berking Sterling
Cup, 12-M Europeans
Flensburg
fsc.de
6-7 AUGUST
Hamburg Summer Classics
Berlin, asv-berlin.de
The main event in the FKY
calendar
DENMARK
10–12 AUGUST
Svendborg Classic
Regatta
Svendborg, Sweden
classicregatta.dk
13–17 SEPTEMBER
Dorestad Raid
Nr Amsterdam, natuurli
classicregatta.dk
CB ARCHIVE
NORWAY
3–5 AUGUST
Risor Traditional Boat
Festival
Risör, trebatfestivalen.no
BELGIUM
25–28 MAY
Oostende Voor Anker
Maritime festival with plenty of Belgian beer.
A favourite of the OGA.
Chris Brown photo
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