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Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series – Annapolis
May 3-5, 2024 • Hosted by the Annapolis Yacht Club
Event Information
May 3-5, 2024
Final Results
Final Scratch Sheet
Speaker Series – Annapolis – Charlie Enright
Annapolis Yacht Club hosted the Speaker Series with Sailing World ’s Dave Reed and Charlie Enright for a fun and freewheeling conversation about the fulfillment of ocean racing, technology at the top of the sport, and the fundamentals of winning—on and off the water.
Enright, recent recipient of the Rolex Yachtsman of the Year award, led the first American team to win the grueling high-performance Ocean Race while being followed by a global audience of more than 52 billion. Listen first hand to Enright’s story.
Annapolis Social Pass
Social events and fees are separate from entry fees; all sailors, members, and guests are welcome. It is the intent of the OA to host the Sailing World Speaker Series on Thursday, a Happy Hour post racing on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the AYC Sailing Center. Regatta Social Passes should be purchased in advance on the event website.
Local Knowledge & Coaching Tips by Quantum Sails
Quantum Sails coaches Dave Gerber and Andrew Waters were on the water with you, taking notes and footage of many interesting situations boat and sail set-ups. Enjoy the replay of this interactive debrief with high level regatta takeaways that will improve your racing in any class! We’ll discuss mark roundings, trim, tune, and boat setup. Get in touch with your questions!
Mount Gay Rum Cocktail Contest
Winning Cocktail: Patriot Punch Winning SWRS Team: Patriot – Dawn Kass, Sam Vineyard, Tyler Raven, Jamie Gilman, Michael Komar and Ray Wulff Ingredients and How to Make coming soon.
Regatta News: Annapolis
Brothers of the Waszp
Brothers Gaetan and Antoine Ismael share their love of the Waszp and the new exciting challenges it brings to them.
Casting Couch Is Top Team at Regatta Series in Annapolis
A full weekend’s racing finds local Cate Muller-Terhune Casting Couch at the top of the J/70 fleet and the Overall Winner.
Pressure Mounts At Regatta Series in Annapolis
Shuffles atop the one-design standings, distance racers sending it across the Chesapeake, and Harbor 20s getting in the action on Saturday at the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta in Annapolis.
Regatta Series Brings The Big Fleets to Annapolis
It’s a new season in Annapolis, and the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series is about to kick it off in a big way.
Finishing Strong In Annapolis
It was a high-stress finale for the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in Annapolis. But these winners kept their cool.
Scoreboard Shuffle At the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series Annapolis
The wind was light, the current strong and big changes on the scoreboard resulted. Here’s how the second day of the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series Annapolis played out.
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Annapolis Yacht Club
Founded as an informal canoe club in 1883, the Annapolis Yacht Club has built a tradition of excellence. Our mission is to encourage and support a wide range of boating activities, and to provide and maintain a suitable clubhouse and associated facilities for the recreational and social use of its members.
Stories from Annapolis Yacht Club
AYC beginnings were in 1883 as an informal canoe club. A building was constructed two years later on a pile of oyster shells at the foot of Duke of Gloucester Street, which, in 1886, became the Clubhouse for the formally-organized Severn Boat Club. This oyster pile was rented from St. Mary’s Church and was next to a rickety wooden bridge across Spa Creek. In 1897 a new clubhouse was built and was enlarged in 1912.
In 1904, the first records of meetings indicate a membership of 30. In 1910, the first wharfs were built, and the first club manager was hired in 1911 at a salary of $15 a month. Members began to acquire small sail boats and organize club regattas. These were uncomplicated affairs held on Memorial Day and Labor Day. Shell and canoe races started up Spa Creek at Old Woman Cove and ended at the Eastport Bridge. There were also swimming races and diving competitions. The club owned several single and double shells, two four-oared shells, and was given an eight-oared shell in 1911 by the US Naval Academy.
World War I and the depression slowed boating activities until the mid-30s. A hurricane damaged the clubhouse; the wharf was reduced to pilings in 1933 and it was difficult to keep the club’s quota of 100 resident members. By 1936, there seemed to be little interest by members in the club and changes were needed. With renewal in mind, in 1937 the Annapolis Yacht Club was incorporated and the first formal regatta (Annual) was held that year. The Fall Series first year was in 1940 with five boats competing. World War II interrupted organized racing, but in 1946 the Spring Series was started with three classes – 30 Square Meters, Stars and Chesapeake 20s. By 1948, Moths, Comets and Hamptons were also taking part. The Annapolis to Newport Race (Newport to Annapolis back then) started in 1947 and has been run every two years since. A dining room was added to the club in the late 1940s and in 1948, the first Smoking Lamp newsletter appeared as a single page mimeographed sheet. The junior fleet started in 1948, and the first junior trophy was presented in 1953. The first junior boat, Dolphins, were replaced by Penguins, which were next followed by 420s which the junior fleet still races. By 1959, membership had risen to 1000 and a new club building was badly needed. This was opened in 1963, with the first deck left unfinished due to lack of funds. Frostbite and Wednesday Night Racing soon demanded more club social space, and the Skipjack Lounge was finished in 1969.
The land across the Eastport Bridge where the junior fleet building is now (Holden Property) was purchased in 1969. The junior fleet was established there and a new building for them was completed in 1995. In 1989, women were welcomed as members, and the White Rocks Marina property (now the Harborside Sailing Center) was added in 1990. The club’s first official one-design fleet, the J/22, was started in 1991 with a crane added to Harborside for launching of the boats. The clubhouse again underwent a major renovation in 1995.
Today, AYC is at full membership with very active social, racing, and cruising programs. Large international events such as the Star Class World Championship, Rolex International Women’s Keelboat Championship, and many North American championships are hosted every year at AYC. Harborside is filled with one design boats (J/22s, J/24s, Etchells, Stars, Melges 24) while the in-the-water boat slips are in high demand. AYC is known worldwide thanks to the members who are prominent in participating in, promoting, and organizing the sport of sailboat racing, as well as those who opt to leisurely cruise the waters of the Chesapeake and beyond.
Michael R. Krissoff
AYC Foundation President
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Wednesday Night Race Series
Woodwind and Woodwind II will be racing every Wednesday night when there is an Annapolis Yacht Club (AYC) Race. Both boats will start on the AYC starting line at 6:40 pm, and then sail on a set racecourse.
2024 Wednesday Race Nights: April 24- August 28. No racing on July 3.
“Party Like A Sailor!”
Devil’s Backbone from Rosedale, VA is partnering with us to offer you an Orange Smash Cocktail while enjoying a sailboat racing experience.
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Aboard each Woodwind :
- We will be serving Devil’s Backbone Orange Smash cocktail ($7.00 each) along with all of our local craft beers, wine, and bubbly.
- On each boat, one lucky raffle winner will receive a free promotional T-shirt
- After the exciting race, you will receive a Devil’s Backbone free drink voucher to be used at the Boatyard Bar & Grill a few short blocks away when you buy food. You can use it on Devil’s Backbone Beer or Smashes.
- While at the Boatyard Bar & Grill, watch the videos of that night’s racing on the flat screens in the bar and restaurant. Enjoy the camaraderie of all the fellow racers that gather here as the sailor’s place to be ! Plus their food is great, too!
Tickets are $75.25 per person (the same price as our weekly sunset sails), and include a complimentary soft drink or bottled water. Tickets go on sale six days prior to the date you want to go sailing.
For more information please read our Frequently Asked Questions here.
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Sailing Center: 510 Severn Ave, Annapolis, MD 21403 Activity Center: 314 Sixth St, Annapolis, MD 21403 Clubhouse: (410) 263-9279
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Wednesday Night Race Series. Woodwind and Woodwind II will be racing every Wednesday night when there is an Annapolis Yacht Club (AYC) Race. Both boats will start on the AYC starting line at 6:40 pm, and then sail on a set racecourse. 2024 Wednesday Race Nights: April 24- August 28.
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With this, I am afraid to say, the Annapolis Yacht Club has fallen into this category as well, driven directly by the new Commodore, C. Edward Hartman, III. The article below, is from Annapolis Yacht Club's Smoking Lamp, the newsletter which is published and delivered monthly.
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The Annapolis Yacht Club properties span three of the four properties surrounding the Spa Creek Bridge in Annapolis. The Club boasts over 75 wet slips and dry dockage for our expanding one design fleets. The Annapolis Yacht Club is a private membership organization with a Sec. 501 (c) (7) Federal tax exemption.
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