Announcing the 2022 Classic Yacht Challenge Series

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Announcing the 2022 Classic Yacht Challenge Series

by Classic Yacht Owners Association Feb 23 20:51 UTC

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In 2021, 196 boats competed in the 10 regattas that made up the Classic Yacht Challenge Series resulting in 19 possible races for sailors across the three racing districts (Maine, Massachusetts and RI/CT.NY). For a boat to qualify for the overall trophies in any of the Classic Yacht Racing divisions (Vintage, Classic, Modern Classic and Spirit of Tradition), it had to compete in a minimum of 5 races in 2 districts. 15 boats qualified for the CYCS, which resulted in awards given out last November.

New for 2021 was the District Awards to honor those local teams to earn money and traveling teams to have a “home base win”. To qualify, a classic must participate in 3 races in 2 events in its declared division on the CRF certificate. That doubled the number of qualifiers to 30 with most of those Maine boats. Unfortunately, due to Hurricane Henri, the cancellation of the Nantucket and Opera House Cup prevented this district from having enough races to have awards. So we can’t wait to have more qualifiers this summer!

Now in 2022, individual regatta organizers are eager to welcome more boats creating more opportunities for more races and hoping that even more teams will travel for events now that the pandemic is dissipating. 13 regattas are planned for a total of 26 possible races from Maine to New York for 2022.

For the official rules, please read the Series Notice for 2022 on classicyachts.org. There aren’t many changes from 2021 except for more clarity regarding draws, district trophies and divisions. A new contemporary division has been added to accommodate more boats.

To participate, teams must be members of the CYOA, declare their intention to participate, declare a district of origin when applying for their CRF certificate, and then participate in one of the regattas below.

Stay tuned for our March newsletter when we sit down with Technical Committee Chairman Jim Taylor or what’s new in the Classic Scoring Formula.


Classic Yacht Challenge Series Regattas: (Name of event, place – date, (race district))

1. New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta (Tiedemann Trophy), Newport RI – June 11-12 (RI, CT, NY)
2. Boothbay Harbor YC Regatta and Shipyard Cup Classics Challenge, Boothbay Harbor ME – July 23-24 (Maine)
3. Camden Classics Cup, Camden ME – July 29 – 30 (Maine)
4. Castine Classic Yacht Race, Castine ME – August 4 (Maine)
5. Camden-Brooklin Wooden Boat Race, Camden ME – August 5 (Maine)
6. Eggemoggin Reach Regatta, Brooklin ME – August 6 (Maine)
7. Corinthian Classic Yacht Regatta, Marblehead MA – August 13-14 (Massachusetts)
8. Nantucket Regatta, Nantucket MA – August 19-20 (Massachusetts)
9. Opera House Cup, Nantucket MA – August 21 (Massachusetts)
10. Herreshoff Classic Yacht Regatta, Bristol RI – August 27 (RI, CT, NY)
11. Newport Classic Yacht Regatta presented by IYRS, Newport RI – September 3-4 (RI, CT, NY)
12. Indian Harbor Classic Yacht Regatta, Greenwich CT – September 10-11 (RI, CT, NY)
13. Heritage Cup, Sea Cliff NY – September 17 (RI, CT, NY)

Visit www.classicyachts.org/cycs-2022 for links to the above events, to see who is attending and to read the series notice.

Members: if you attend these events and want to let us know, update your profile on classicyachts.org!

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