Classic Yachts Challenge Series

The organizing authority (OA) for the Classic Yachts Challenge Series (CYCS) is the Classic Yacht Owners Association (CYOA) in cooperation with the Organizing Authorities of the participating Series Events.

The Series takes place across three Racing Districts: “Maine”, ”Massachusetts”, and ”RI, CT, NY”.


To qualify for a Series' award, a boat must be scored in a minimum of 5 races, and 1 of these races must be scored outside the vessel’s declared Racing District. Note that some Series Events have more than 1 race; it is races scored that count.


*A previously published result was incorrect due to a clerical error at the final regatta in the series. That has been rectified and explained on the Final Results spreadhsheet. Should you have any questions, please reach out to info@classicyachts.org

2024 Award Winners

Overall Results

Vintage Division:

  1. Marilee – Ken Colburn – 500.00 pts
  2. Dorade – Matt Brooks – 482.22 pts
  3. Black Watch – Black Watch Syndicate – 480.91 pts
  4. Onawa – Mark Watson – 478.33 pts
  5. Spirit – Lars Forsberg – 470.63 pts
  6. Siren – Peter Cassidy – 421.67 pts
  7. Gleam – Andy Tyska – 388.33 pts
  8. Bijou II – Chris Bouzaid – 388.19 pts
  9. Firefly – Trevor W. Nelson – 294.85 pts
  10. Polly – Peter Gallant – 270.00 pts
  11. Aquila – Geoffrey Davis – 245.00 pts

Classic Division:

  1. Lilith – James Emery – 492.86 pts
  2. Abigail – Jesse Terry – 471.90 pts
  3. American Eagle – American Eagle Syndicate – 435.56 pts
  4. Brigadoon – R. Jaffe & R. Morton – 385.00 pts
  5. Dame – Joshua Goldberg – 273.02 pts

Contemporary Division:

  1. Outlier – Harvey Jones – 425.00 pts

Modern Classic Division:

  1. Intrepid – Jack Curtin – 493.75 pts

Spirit of Tradition Division:

  1. Ponyo – Paul Koch – 450.00 pts

RI/CT/NY Region Results

Vintage Division:

  1. Dorade – Matt Brooks – 288.89 pts
  2. Gamecock – Peter McClennen – 284.24 pts
  3. Onawa – Mark Watson – 271.67 pts
  4. Golden-Eye – Michael Emmert – 246.67 pts
  5. Allegro – William Simmons – 220.00 pts
  6. Firefly – Trevor W. Nelson – 218.18 pts
  7. Aquila – Geoffrey Davis – 201.82 pts
  8. Kirawan – Dan Levangie – 144.70 pts
  9. Surprise – Fred Roy – 115.56 pts

Classic Division:

  1. Abigail – Jesse Terry – 300.00 pts
  2. American Eagle – American Eagle Syndicate – 280.00 pts
  3. Brigadoon – R. Jaffe & R. Morton – 275.00 pts
  4. Nefertiti – Jack Klinck – 283.33 pts
  5. Polaris – Leif Arntzen – 125.00 pts

Modern Classic Division:

  1. Intrepid – Jack Curtin – 300.00 pts

Spirit of Tradition Division:

  1. Ponyo – Paul Koch – 250.00 pts

Maine Region Results

Vintage Division:

  1. Marilee – Ken Colburn – 300.00 pts
  2. Spirit – Lars Forsberg – 290.63 pts
  3. Black Watch – Black Watch Syndicate – 290.00 pts
  4. Bijou II – Chris Bouzaid – 271.52 pts
  5. Gleam – Andy Tyska – 255.00 pts
  6. North – John Priestly – 201.39 pts
  7. Falcon – Bob Scott – 182.50 pts
  8. Chetah-Cheetah – C. Nethersole/J. Turner – 163.54 pts
  9. Celia – Rob Parish – 147.92 pts
  10. Isla – Henry May – 142.71 pts

Classic Division:

  1. Lilith – James Emery – 292.86 pts
  2. Phalarope – Thomas Ashton – 271.43 pts
  3. Mermaid – Brooke Parish – 261.43 pts
  4. Snow Falcon – A. Breece & G. Gans III – 209.64 pts
  5. Rogue – Seville Simonds – 177.78 pts
  6. Dame – Joshua Goldberg – 169.75 pts
  7. Thunderhead – Steve Ross – 116.43 pts
  8. Loki – Patrick Jones – 57.14 pts

Modern Classic Division:

  1. Lions Whelp – Phineas Sprague – 300.00 pts
  2. Vortex – Steve White – 221.67 pts

Contemporary Division:

  1. Isobel – Todd Lalumiere – 266.67 pts
  2. Hopgrasser – D. & M. Lyman – 150.00 pts

Spirit of Tradition Division:

  1. Mystery - W. Keenan & J. Wiegleb - 266.67
  2. Zingara- Robert W. Stephens - 2 43.33

Massachusetts Results

Vintage Division:

  1. Siren – Peter Cassidy – 150.00 pts
  2. Polly – Peter Gallant – 128.57 pts

Classic Division:

  1. Grace – Michael Herde – 100.00 pts

Contemporary Division:

  1. Outlier – Harvey Jones – 300.00 pts

2024 Calendar

CYOA Annual Meeting and Awards

The Sailing Museum

Please Save the Date for the CYOA Annual Meeting and the CYCS Awards to be held in Newport, RI at The Sailing Museum.

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