UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
9 JUNE
Metre Fest
Newport, RI, metrefest.com
Racing for 2.4, 6, 8 and 12-M yachts
17 JUNE
Great San Francisco
Schooner Race
San Francisco Bay, sfyc.org
17-27 JUNE
35th America’s Cup
Bermuda, Caribbean
americascup.com
The most famous race on earth, this time incorporating the biggest ever J-Class regatta
6-7 JULY
Great Schooner Race
greatschoonerrace.com
Islesboro – Rockland Harbor, Maine, with some 20 vessels in the most evocative rig of them all
7-9 JULY
Vineyard Cup
Martha’s Vineyard, Mass
sailmv.org/vineyard-cup
Foiling kiteboards; classic yachts
22-23 JULY
Stuart Knockabout Regatta
Megansett Harbor, Mass
stuartknockaboutllc.com
Regatta for LF Herreshoff dayboats
27–29 JULY
Camden Classics Cup
Camden, Maine
camdenclassicscup.com
Great racing in a lovely location, back for its second year
5 AUGUST
Eggemoggin Reach
Regatta
Rockport, Maine
erregatta.com
125+ boats over a 15-mile course
12-13 AUGUST
Corinthian Classic Regatta
Marblehead, Mass
corinthianclassic.org
Two days of racing in this
Panerai-sponsored event
18-20 AUGUST
Nantucket Regatta/Opera
House Cup
Nantucket, operahousecup.org
Around 45 boats expected
25-27 AUGUST
Herreshoff Regatta
Bristol, RI, herreshoff.org
Boats by the Wizard and others
26–27 AUGUST
Antique and Classic Boat
Festival
Salem, Mass, boatfestival.org
Wide variety of wooden classics
1–3 SEPTEMBER
Museum of Yachting Classic
Yacht Regatta
Newport, Rhode Island
iyrs.edu/museum-yachting-iyrs/
8-10 SEPTEMBER
Port Townsend Wooden
Boat Festival
Port Townsend, Washington
woodenboat.org
300+ boats, main west coast event
CARIBBEAN
19–25 APRIL
Antigua Classic
Yacht Regatta
antiguaclassics.com
King of Caribbean classic sailing
regattas, followed by a passage
race to Bermuda for the AC
28 APRIL – 1 MAY
West Indies Regatta
St Barth, French WI
westindiesregatta.com
26–28 MAY
Foxys Bar Wooden Boat
Regatta
Tortola, British Virgin Islands
foxysbar.com/woodenboatregatta
Going for more than 40 years!
Organisers are letting
AUSTRALIA
22-23 APRIL 2017
South Australian Wooden
Boat Festival
Goolwa, nr Adelaide
woodenboatfestival.com.au
Steam and sail together
on the river
10-13 FEBRUARY 2019
My State Australian
Wooden Boat Festival
Hobart, Tasmania
australianwoodenboatfestival.
com.au
Biennial classic over four days,
the biggest classic sailing
regatta in Australia
NEW ZEALAND
JANUARY 2018
Ports of Auckland
Anniversary Day Regatta
Auckland (New Zealand)
classicyacht.org.nz
Sailing and watersports clubs
get together for epic, 15-strong
event, including keelboats,
classics, centreboarders,
tugboats, dragon boats,
parades and races
MARCH 2018
CYNZ Classic Yacht
Regatta
Auckland, classicyacht.org.nz
Famous celebration of NZ’s
classic yachts
photo Guido Contini
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