Regatta facts for kids

Windjammer Parade at Kiel Week in Germany, the world's biggest regatta and sailing event

Rowing, by Lucien Davis, 1898.

A view from the Race Committee boat at the start of Vanderbilt Sailing Club's annual SAISA regatta in 2005.

IACC-class Yacht at the Kiel Week 2005.

A team during a regatta (Lorient, France).

Britannia Boating Club Regatta 1895

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.

Although regattas are typically amateur competitions, they are usually very highly organized, formally structured events, with complex rules precisely describing the schedule and procedures of the event.

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]
• 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
• 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

Images for kids

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  The Head of the Schuylkill Regatta

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  A boat race seen from the International Space Station, 2006

See also

In Spanish: Regata para niños