Regatta

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A regatta is a boat race or series of boat races. This can include both powered and unpowered craft. The term regatta may describe either a rowing race or sailing race, however it is not usually used to describe a race between powerboats. The term is also used to describe the festivities that occur during the lead up to the races, often a large social event for the town in which the regatta takes place.

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Typically regattas are amateur competitions. They may be organized as championships for a particular area or type of boat, but are most often held for the joy of competition and camaraderie alone. Regattas may be hosted by a Yacht club, sailing association, town or school as in the case of Inter-Scholastic Sailing Association (high school) regattas or Intercollegiate Sailing Association (college) regattas.

One of the largest and most popular is the Henley Royal Regatta held on the River Thames, England. The oldest running regatta in the world is Cowes Week, which is held annually by the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes, England and usually attracts over 900 sailboats. North America's oldest regatta is the Royal St. John's Regatta held on Quidi Vidi Lake in St. John's, Newfoundland every year since 1826. Additional examples of regattas are listed below.

1 Rowing Regattas
2 Sailing Regattas
3 College Sailing Regattas
4 High School Sailing Regattas
5 Other Regattas
6 External links

[edit] Rowing Regattas

Dad Vail Regatta, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Head of the Charles Regatta, on the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts

[edit] Sailing Regattas

America's Cup
Bay Week, Put-in-Bay, Ohio
Balmain Regatta held annually on Sydney Harbour, Australia.
Block Island Race Week, Rhode Island
CORK Regatta, Kingston, Ontario, annually in August.
Cowes Week, Royal Yacht Squadron, England
Fowey Royal Regatta, Fowey Cornwall annually in August.[1].
Key West Race Week, Key West, Florida
Larchmont Race Week, Larchmont Yacht Club, New York
Long Beach Race Week, Long Beach, California
National Offshore One Design (NOOD)
Round Texel, Texel, Netherlands
Youngstown Levels, Youngstown, New York
Bass Week, Bassenthwaite Lake, Cumbria

[edit] College Sailing Regattas

Charleston Open, College of Charleston
Kennedy Cup, US Naval Academy
The Roth Regatta, Roth Pond, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Intercollegiate Sailing Association National Championships, various locations

[edit] High School Sailing Regattas

Mallory Cup, United States high school sailing national championships.
The National School Sailing Assosiation Regatta, UK. Annual Sailing reggatta held in various sailing clubs and competed in by many secondary school students.

[edit] Other Regattas

The Madison Regatta, Madison, Indiana. (hydroplanes)
Kingston Multi-Hull Regatta, Kingston, Ontario (multihull sailboats and sailing hydrofoils)
Henley-on-Todd Regatta - an Australian dry-land event.