Monthly Archives: August 2020

Racing was held August 28-30 for the Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Annapolis. The final of three days of racing treated sailors across 78 teams to cooler temperatures, sun and moderate (but signature Annapolis shifty) winds for the final two to three races among the two divisions and 10 fleets. In the largest fleet of the…

The Lunenburg Yacht Club in Nova Scotia hosted the first Welcome Back Regatta on August 21-23. They had just over 200 competitors and 36 boats across five classes. Due to COVID restrictions, the club’s property had a maximum of 250 people onsite, so sailors had to be limited for health safety reasons. Winds on day…

The fourth Annual Storm Trysail Club Ted Hood Regatta was held in Marblehead, MA from August 21-23. As befitting a regatta named after the multi-faceted Ted Hood – sailmaker, yacht designer, inventor, yacht builder, and America’s Cup-winning skipper, designer, sailmaker and builder – the Storm Trysail Club’s Ted Hood Regatta had a wide variety of…

The 2020 Verve Cup Offshore Regatta, open to any sailboat of 29 feet LOA or greater, was held August 7-9 in Chicago, IL. A mix of windward-leeward and distance races were held for 62 teams. Six J/105s registered for the event, which saw eight races. Jon Weglarz’s The Asylum notched five bullets for the clear…