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CYOA Awards 2023
Thank you to all who joined us at The Sailing Museum for the CYOA Annual Meeting and the CYCS 2023 Awards! Looking forward to seeing you all on the water in 2024!
Welcome Gesture
Get to know the 1941 S&S designed yacht GESTURE who will making a debut on the East Coast next summer after a West Coast restoration.
Classic Yacht Challenge Series 2023 Recap
See who won the Classic Yacht Challenge Series and RSVP for the Annual Meeting and Awards next month. Photo: Alison Langley/ LangleyPhoto.com
RSVP for 2023 Annual Meeting and CYCS Awards
Please join us for the CYOA Annual Meeting this November 10th at 6pm held at The Sailing Museum in Newport, Rhode Island. What: CYOA Annual Meeting and CYCS Awards When: […]
Celebrating the Success of the 7th Annual Camden Classics Cup
This year’s Camden Classics Cup provided regatta participants, their friends and families, and the local community with fantastic racing that showcased the best of what these Penobscot Bay can deliver.
Perfect Sailing Conditions Provided Exciting Sailing in BoothBay
 (Boothbay, ME) - The 49th Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club (BHYC) Regatta and Shipyard Cup Classics Challenge fleets provided a breathtaking scene Saturday and Sunday. There were over 60 classic and […]
Robert H. Tiedemann Classics Regatta at New York Yacht Club
By New York Yacht Club 26 Jun 06:58 PDTJune 24-25, 2023 Some regattas, the actual competition can seem like a supporting component. That was certainly the case this weekend for […]
Refinements to CRF 2022 for CRF 2023
By Jim Taylor, CYOA Technical Committee Chair Each year, the CYOA Technical Committee does an in depth review of the Classic racing held during the season just completed.  Issues such […]
CYOA Annual Meeting and Awards 2022 to be held the new Sailing Museum
November 11th at 6pm. All members please RSVP to attend or sign Proxy Form here
Classic Yacht Challenge Series Sees Participation Increase 
2022 Awards to be handed out at the new Sailing Museum in Newport in November
Maine District Recap 2022 – Everyone wins
The Maine Regattas have wrapped for 2022 and we have new District Winners!
Camden Classics Recap 2022
Originally posted on Camden Classics Cup Website Camden, Maine, USA —July 31, 2022 — Great things happen when fresh breeze meets gorgeous yachts on a historic patch of New England […]
Recapping a Classic Yacht’s Journey in the Bermuda Race
By Jesse Terry, owner of Abigail, 1956 auxiliary ketch on getting ready for the 635-mile offshore sailing race.
CYOA will recognize Classics in the Bermuda Race with a new Trophy
To honor the sailors taking on Newport Bermuda Race, a massive undertaking, CYOA will present a new trophy for the Best Corrected Time for a CYOA Yacht in the Newport-Bermuda Race
Announcing the Classic Yacht Challenge Series 2022
The CYCS expands for 2022!
Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta Returns
It was great to see the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta return earlier this month for its 33rd edition after two years of postponements with a few CYOA members in attendance as well. 
Preparing a Classic Yacht for the Bermuda Race
By Jesse Terry, owner of Abigail, 1956 auxiliary ketch on getting ready for the 635-mile offshore sailing race.
What is new with CRF in 2022? Q&A with Jim Taylor, Chair of Technical Committee
Taylor took some time to explain what is new for CRF 2022.
Indian Harbor Classic Yacht Regatta
Indian Harbor's spectacular Classic Yacht Regatta with boats of all sizes hosted September 11-12.
Iconic Herreshoff and 12 Metre Yachts Paint the New England Coastline During Summer Yacht Series
Herreshoff Classic Yacht Regatta and the Classic Yacht Challenge Series drew some of the most iconic yachts to the coast this past summer. Dy Dave Schmidt for Cruising World
Annual Meeting Recap 2021
On November 13th, the Annual Meeting and CYCS Awards were hosted at the Herreshoff Marine Museum in Bristol, Rhode Island. Thank you to all who traveled (through Tornado Warnings!) to join us in the celebration and to Pure Insurance, Gowrie Group, and Rumson's Rum for making it possible. 
Join us for the 2021 CYOA Annual Meeting & Fall Classic Party
The 2021 CYOA Annual Meeting & Winter Classic Party will take place on Saturday, November 13th at 5:30 pm at Herreshoff Marine Museum in Bristol, RI brought to you by Pure Insurance.
Herreshoff Classic Yacht Regatta Celebrates 50th Jubilee Anniversary
Outlier sails past the Herreshoff Marine Museum on the Jubilee Anniversary of the institution. Photo: Alison Langley
Eggemoggin Reach Regatta sails
The Eggemoggin Reach Regatta had its 36th year of racing Saturday, August 7. The tradition was started in 1995 by Steve White and Frank Hull of Brooklyn Boatyard and features wooden and classic boats. This year was hosted by Brooklin Boat Yard and Rockport Marine.

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