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Newport, RI 2019 Sailing Calendar

Newport isn’t known as the Sailing Capital of the World for nothing! Here’s a list of of all the regattas happening around Newport in 2019.

April 28: Pete Milnes Memorial Regatta  -@SN

May 4: ILYC Commissioning
May 8: Shields Spring series starts
May 9: J 24 Spring series starts
May 11: NYYC Harbour Court Commissioning
May 14: Jamestown YC Spring series starts
May 15: CHNYC Rhodes 19 Spring Series starts
May 17-19: WASZP East Coast Championship @ SN
May 21 – June 5: ICSA National Championships @ SN
May 25: Mitchell Memorial Day Regatta @NYC. Overseas 12M arrive?

June 2: Newport Yacht Club commissioning
June 7/8: Annapolis to Newport race starts
June 8: Bermuda One/Two starts @NYC
June 8-9: Leukemia Cup@NYYC:   Sail Newport Youth Challenge
June 14-16: NYYC Annual Regatta
June 14-19: Brooke Gonzalez Regatta
June 18: Jamestown YC Summer series starts
June 19-23: Clagett Memorial Regatta
June 20: Bermuda One/Two return starts
June 22: Shields Aloha # 1
June 22/23: NYYC Member Fleet races 1 & 2
June 23-28: Block Island Race Week STC
June 25: Transatlantic Race starts (NYYC etc) Newport to Cowes, IOW, UK
June 26: Shields Summer series starts
June 27: J 24 Summer series starts
June 29-30: Newport Trophy Regatta (12M) @ ILYC

July 5: NBYA Opti regatta @ ILYC
July 5-7: Sail Newport Regatta – includes Shields NE Championship and 12M yachts
July 8-13: 12M Worlds @ ILYC.
July 11: 12M Gala,
July 13: 12M Harbor Parade
July 10-13: Cornerstone Cup – NYYC
July 15-20: NYYC 175th Anniversary Regatta
July 16-17: Mary Rose Marshall Clinic – NBYA
July 20: George Winslow Memorial regatta @ CHNYC
July 21: The Queen’s Cup –@NYYC
July 22 – 24: C420 National Championship
July 24: Rhodes 19 Summer series starts
July 26: NE Solo/Twin regatta @NYCJuly 27: Shields Aloha # 2
July 27/28: NYYC Member Fleet race 3&4

August 3-10: NYYC Annual Cruise – Newport to Newport
August 9-11: Morgan Cup @ NYYC, J Fest @ SN
August 10: Cross Rhodes Regatta@ CHNYC
August 10-11: J Fest @ SN
August 14: Shields Fall series starts
August 16-18: NYYC Hinman Trophy; S Class Centennial Regatta @ Sail Newport?
August 16: ILYC Distance race
August 17-18: S Boat 100th Anniversary @ SN
August 23-25: NYYC Grandmasters Trophy
August 24-25: Herreshoff Classic Yacht Regatta – Bristol
August 24: Shields Aloha # 3
August 25: ILYC Club Championship
August 25/26: NE Multihull Unlimited regatta @ NYC
August 27-29: 3 day Youth Championship ? @ SN
August 31-September 1: IYRS Newport Classic Yacht Regatta

September 1: Conanicut YC Round The Island race? Classic Yacht Labor Day regatta @ NYC
September 7-14: Invitational Cup @ NYYC
September 8: Jamestown YC Fall series starts
September 9: Sail Newport Fall Fundraiser
September 14: Shields Aloha Reserve day
September 18 Shields family race
September 19-22  Shields Nationals@ Chicago YC
September 19-22 VX One North American Championships @ SN
September 20-22: 12M North American Championship
September 27-29: Melges IC37 National Championship
September 28: Sail For Hope @SN

October 9: Shields Fall series concludes
October 12: Mitchell Columbus Day Regatta @NYC.        ILYC Closing/party?
October 12-13: ICSA Match Race New Englands @SN
October 20: Archipelago Rally @SN
October 26-27: Halloween Howl Regatta
October 27: Newport YC Awards Party


Shields – Wednesdays – Spring May 8 to June18, Summer June 26 to Aug 7, Fall Aug 14 to Oct 9

Newport YC – Thursdays – May 16/23/30. Wednesdays – June 5 – Aug 28 – One design series

                         Thursdays – June 6 – Aug 29 – PHRF series (not on July 4th)

Jamestown YC –Spring – Tuesdays May 14 to June 11; Summer – Tuesdays June 18 to August 27, with exception of July 23 Crew Rotation Race; Fall – Sundays September 8 to October 6

Coasters Harbor Navy YC Rhodes 19 Spring series – May 15 to July 17, Summer – July 24 to Sept 25