166th Annual Regatta

October 2-4, 2020
Newport, RI

North America's oldest annual regatta will feature three great days of racing including the separately scored Around-the-Island Race on Friday, October 2. Competition will take place in ORC, PHRF, and one-design classes and during the Two-Day Series we intend sail in the format that the fleets are accustomed to - ie drop mark buoy racing for most and navigator racing for some. The focus of this year's event is getting back on the water and sailing. At this time, there are no planned shoreside or social activities. 

This year's edition will also include the Melges IC37 National Championships. 

The New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta was first run on July 16 and 18, 1846, on the Hudson River. Only one boat, Louis Depau's Mist, finished the first race. Commodore John Cox Stevens' Gimcrack took line honors in the second race, which was won on corrected time by A. Barker's Hornet. The race was run in or near New York City until 1988 when the purchase of Harbour Court in Newport, R.I., gave the Club a waterfront clubhouse from which to run all its regattas. The current format, featuring a round-the-island race on Friday and two days of buoy or navigator-course racing has been in place for more than a decade.
Photo by Rolex / Daniel Forster