National Offshore One-Design , or NOOD, is a 9 city sailboat racing circuit held in the U.S. The series is organized by Sailing World Magazine , and takes place in St. Petersburg, Florida , San Diego, California , Annapolis, Maryland , Detroit , Michigan , Chicago , Illinois , Seattle, Washington , Marblehead, Massachusetts , Larchmont, New York , and Houston, Texas .
11-470: The organizers define the races in their Notice Of Race (NOR) to include boats of defined minimum size and equipment so at least in name they are capable of off-shore sailing. If a minimum number of one-design boats show an interest in a regatta , the organizer arranges for the class to have a separate starting sequence, or class start. In recent years the J/105 class sailboats has been the sailboat that often has
22-690: A particular area or boat type, but are often held just for the joy of competition, camaraderie , and general promotion of the sport. One of the largest and most popular rowing regattas is the Henley Royal Regatta held on the River Thames , England. One of the largest and oldest yachting regattas in the world is Cowes Week , which is held annually by the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes , England, and usually attracts over 900 sailing boats. Cowes Week
33-456: A single one design class and usually last more than one day. Regattas may be hosted by a yacht club , sailing association, town or school as in the case of the UK's National School Sailing Association and Interscholastic Sailing Association (high school) regattas or Intercollegiate Sailing Association (college) regattas. The Barcolana regatta of the yacht club Società Velica di Barcola e Grignano
44-611: Is currently the Guinness world record holder as the "largest sailing race" with 2,689 boats and over 16,000 sailors at the starting line. Currently, The Three Bridge Fiasco, conducted by the Singlehanded Sailing Society of San Francisco Bay with more than 350 competitors is the largest sailboat race in the United States. Interscholastic Sailing Association The Interscholastic Sailing Association also known as ISSA
55-593: Is predated by the Cumberland Cup (1775), Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta (1822) and Port of Plymouth Regatta (1823). North America 's oldest regatta is the Royal St. John's Regatta held on Quidi Vidi Lake in St. John's, Newfoundland every year since 1818. There exist other traditional and centuries old boat races like Vallam kali of Kerala, India and Dragon Boat Race from China. Sailing race events are typically held for
66-678: Is recorded as having occurred in ancient Egypt , and it is likely that people have engaged in races involving boats and other water-borne craft for as long as such watercraft have existed. A regatta is a series of boat races. The term comes from the Venetian language , with regata meaning "contest, contention for mastery"(from regatare ("compete, haggle, sell at retail"), possibly from recatare ) and typically describes racing events of rowed or sailed water craft, although some powerboat race series are also called regattas. A regatta often includes social and promotional activities which surround
77-844: Is the organization that serves as the governing authority for all sailing competition between both public and private secondary schools throughout the United States . The organization's headquarters is located in Barnstable, Massachusetts . The ISSA was formed in 1930 to govern sailing regattas between preparatory schools in New England . Now, the ISSA is organized into seven District Associations within ISSA that schedule and administer regattas within their established regions: Individual schools are also responsible for scheduling dual meets and team-racing events. Although there are over 350 high schools across
88-420: The United States that field varsity sailing teams, relatively few of these schools own their own boats. Instead, most schools have established partnerships with community sailing organizations, colleges, or yacht clubs in order to gain access to a fleet of boats. Additionally, most high school sailing teams are involved with fundraising. Many high school sailors go on to participate in college sailing (governed by
99-460: The most boats in their class for any individual regatta, and has a class start in every NOOD regatta. In One-Design racing, sailboats compete against other boats in identical boats as defined by their class association, so the first boat over the finish line wins (as opposed to handicap racing, where sailboats of different designs compete against each other, and the winner is determined by calculations involving each boat's individual time, rating and
110-480: The race course distance). In theory, since the boats are equal, it is the skill of the team of sailors on each boat that determines who wins the regatta. This racing -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This sailing -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Regatta Boat racing is a sport in which boats , or other types of watercraft , race on water . Boat racing powered by oars
121-406: The racing event, and except in the case of boat type (or "class") championships, is usually named for the town or venue where the event takes place; for example “valley field”. Although regattas are typically amateur competitions, they are usually formally structured events, with comprehensive rules describing the schedule and procedures of the event. Regattas may be organized as championships for
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