Regatta

A regatta is a term used to describe either a boat race, or series of boat races.

Although the term typically describes racing events of unpowered watercraft, some powerboat race series are also called regattas. Most commonly, a regatta is either a series of rowing, sailing or yacht racing.

Rowing regattas

• Henley Royal Regatta, held every year on the river Thames is the most prestigious British event
• The Boat Race is a rowing race between the Oxford University Boat Club and the Cambridge University Boat Club. It is rowed annually each Spring on the Thames in London.
• Dad Vail Regatta, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Head of the Charles Regatta, on the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts

Sailing regattas

• America's Cup, hosted by prior winner
• Balmain Regatta held annually on Sydney Harbour, Australia
• Bass Week, Bassenthwaite Lake, Cumbria
• Bay Week, Put-in-Bay, Ohio
• Block Island Race Week, Storm Trysail Club Rhode Island
• CORK Regatta, Kingston, Ontario, annually in August.
• Cowes Week, Royal Yacht Squadron, England
• Fowey Royal Regatta, Fowey Cornwall annually in August [1] Archived 2007-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
• Kamer 2 Sailing Marathon, Kaag, Netherlands, annually in September
• 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, annually in June
• Lysekil Women's Match Archived 2007-08-27 at the Wayback Machine, Lysekil, Sweden, annually in August
• Tjörn Runt, Tjörn, Sweden, annually in August
• Washington's Birthday Regatta, Coconut Grove, Florida, annually in February
• Youngstown Levels, Youngstown, New York
• Figawi Race, Hyannis, MA

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

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.

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.
• Royal Hobart Regatta - A Multiple event 3 day Reggatta in Tasmania, Australia.
• Sy Barash Regatta - discontinued event at Penn State
• Worrell 1000, between South Beach and Virginia Beach, Virginia
• For the Cruise Ship Regatta see Oceania Cruises

Regatta Media

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  The Head of the Schuylkill Regatta

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  Rowing, by Lucien Davis, 1898.

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  Britannia Boating Club Regatta 1895

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  A boat race seen from the International Space Station, 2006

Other websites

• How to Start Racing a Boat Archived 2006-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
• The photos and videos of Borneo regatta
• Watski Skagerrak TwoStar, online yacht race in Norway, Denmark and Sweden Archived 2008-11-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Aegean Regatta Photos Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
• International Sailing Federation, the international governing body of sailboat racing
• US Sailing's official homepage
• Sailing Anarchy, a very popular international sailing site