2021 NYYC Grandmasters

August 13-15, 2021
Newport, Rhode Island

General Format

The 2021 NYYC Grandmasters Team Race Regatta, now in its eleventh running, will have 8 teams and 3 days of racing. Competitors will sail in Sonars with 3 or 4 sailors per boat. Skippers must be at least 60 years of age and shall not have skippered in either the 2021 Morgan Cup or 2021 Hinman Masters.  Each crew member must be at least 50 years of age. This regatta is targeted to offer continuing high-level competition to the large number of experienced veteran team racers.

Entry is by invitation. Because the event was not run in 2020, teams who were invited last year are automatically invited to the event this summer. Any other interested teams should submit the Request for Invitation along with a team resume no later than February 8, 2021. In the event space becomes available, teams that have requested an invitation will be considered.

The Commodore Stewart Cup, first awarded to the yacht Seven Seas in 1938, was rededicated in 2010 to be awarded to the winner of the NYYC Grandmasters Team Race Regatta.

2019 Grandmasters winners St. Francis Yacht Club (Photo by Stu Streuli)