Events Calendar 2025 - Rest of World
While we do our best to get the details right – do check with the organisers.
It is the first edition of what we hope will be an annual Calendar.
The events listed are those suggested by Members of AYH.
If you are aware of other events that might be of interest to members, please let us know.
In addition, and recognising our international membership, the Classic Yacht Info website lists events in all five oceans:
Worldwide Classic Yacht Regatta Listing
Date |
Event |
Contact |
Note |
Visitors |
February 5-8 |
Australian Wooden Boat Festival |
Goolwa, Australia |
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April 26-27 |
Australia Day Regatta |
Sydney, Australia |
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April 15-21 |
Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta |
West Indies |
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April 25 |
Anzac Day regatta |
Auckland, New Zealand |
Late-season regatta |
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April 26-27 |
South Australian Wooden Boat Festival |
Sydney, Australia |
Claimed to be the world’s oldest continuously conducted sailing regatta. Moderns and classics |
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June 27-29 |
Wooden Boat Show |
Mystic Seaport, CT, USA |
Big exhibition of boats and crafts |
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July 4 |
Great Schooner Race |
Penobscot Bay, Maine, USA |
20+ vessels in this evocative rig |
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July 11-13 |
Vineyard Cup |
Mass, USA |
Mixed fleet of classic and modern |
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July 24-26 |
Camden Classics Cup |
Camden, Maine, USA |
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July 24-31 |
Salish 100 |
Port Townsend, Washington, USA |
Popular small-boat cruise |
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August 2 |
Eggemoggin Reach Regatta |
Rockport, Maine, USA |
125+ boats – one of the big events in the American calendar |
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August 9-10 |
Corinthian Classic Regatta |
Marblehead, Mass, USA |
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August 13-17 |
Nantucket Race Week |
Nantucket, USA |
Classics and moderns |
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August 17 |
Opera House Cup |
Nantucket, USA |
The jewel of the east coast classic regatta scene |
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August 22-24 |
Herreshoff Classic Yacht Regatta and Rendezvous |
Bristol, RI, USA |
Herreshoffs and other classics organised by the Herreshoff Museum |
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August 23 |
Belvedere Classic Regatta |
San Francisco Bay, California, USA |
Includes Great San Francisco Schooner Race |
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August 30-31 |
IYRS Newport Classic Yacht Regatta |
Newport, RI, USA |
Staged by the International Yacht Restoration School (IYRS) |
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September 5-7 |
Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival |
Port Townsend, Washington, USA |
Main west coast event with over 300 boats taking part and loads going on shoreside as well |
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January 2026 (tbc) |
Ports of Auckland
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Auckland, New Zealand |
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March 2026 (tbc) |
Wooden Boat Festival |
Auckland, New Zealand |
Famous celebration of New Zealand’s classic yachts |
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