Classic_Boat_2016-04

CORY SILKEN

Nefertiti sailing in

the Nantucket 12-M

Class Regatta

Rawhiti in

Auckland

The Blue Peter

chasing a Carriacou sloop

60 CLASSIC BOAT APRIL 2016

CLASSIC EVENTS

USA and CANADA

17 JUNE

Newport-Bermuda Race

Mystic, Connecticut

bermudarace.com

A few classics taking part

24–26 JUNE

The Wooden Boat Show

Mystic, CT

thewoodenboatshow.com

Huge variation of small boat types,

with boatbuilding on site

7–8 JULY

Great Schooner Race

Greatschoonerrace.com

6 AUGUST

Eggemoggin Reach Regatta

Rockport, Maine

erregatta.com

125+ boats over a 15-mile course

13–14 AUGUST

Corinthian Classic Yacht

Regatta

Marblehead, Mass

corinthianclassic.org

Racing over two days in this

Panerai-sponsored event

20–21 AUGUST

Antique and Classic Boat

Festival

Salem, Massachusetts

boatfestival.org

Salem plays host to a myriad

wooden classics

21 AUGUST

Opera House Cup

Nantucket, operahousecup.org

First classic regatta on the east

coast, 44 this year

2–4 SEPTEMBER

Museum of Yachting Classic

Yacht Regatta

Newport, RI

iyrs.edu/museum-yachting-iyrs/

Two days of racing

9–11 SEPTEMBER

Port Townsend Wooden

Boat Festival

Washington, Woodenboat.org

40th anniversary with 300+ boats.

Main event on the west coast

CARIBBEAN

13–19 APRIL

Antigua Classic Yacht

Regatta

antiguaclassics.com

The king of the Caribbean classic

sailing regattas. World class

28 APRIL–1 MAY

West Indies Regatta

St Barth, French WI

westindiesregatta.com

20–22 MAY (DATE TBC)

Foxys Bar Wooden Boat

Regatta

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

foxysbar.com/woodenboatregatta

AUSTRALIA

MARCH 2016

My State Australian Wooden

Boat Festival

Hobart, Tasmania

australianwoodenboatfestival.com.au

Biennial classic over four days,

probably the biggest regatta of its

kind in Australia

25–27 FEBRUARY 2017

South Australian Wooden

Boat Festival

Goolwa, nr Adelaide

woodenboatfestival.com.au

Steam and sail together on the river

NEW ZEALAND

JANUARY 2017

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 2017

CYNZ Classic Yacht Regatta

Auckland, classicyacht.org.nz

Famous celebration of NZ’s

classic yachts

CORY SILKEN

KATHY MANSFIELD

WILL CALVER