*[[Marathon Rowing Championship]] a continuous 26.2-mile rowing regatta on [[Cane River Lake]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], [[Louisiana]]
*[[Marathon Rowing Championship]] a continuous 26.2-mile rowing regatta on [[Cane River Lake]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], [[Louisiana]]
*[[Maltese regatta]]
*[[Maltese regatta]]
*[[The Great Vally Regatta]], This presitigious even is located in Great Valley, NY. Held on the first weekend of may, this is the reason why boats an booze were created. Amen.
*[[The Croco's Cup]], international rowing regatta at University level held every year in Paris since 1985, organised by students of [[ENSTA]] (Paristech).
*[[The Croco's Cup]], international rowing regatta at University level held every year in Paris since 1985, organised by students of [[ENSTA]] (Paristech).
A regatta is a series of boat races. The term 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 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.
A view from the Race Committee boat at the start of Vanderbilt Sailing Club's annual SAISA regatta in 2005.IACC-class Yacht at the Kiel Week 2005Rowing, by Lucien Davis, 1898
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 a particular area or type of boat, but are often held just for the joy of competition, camaraderie, and general promotion of the sport.
Sailing race events are either held for either for a single class, a single model of boat such as the Islander 36 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 etymology of the word "regatta" is debated: some maintain it is derived from the Italian "riga", line, for the starting line; some say it comes from the Latin "aurigare" which means to race; others consider it derived from the Latin "remus", oar.
Royal Canadian Henley Regatta, in St. Catherines, Ontaria Canada, in the first week of August is one of the largest annual regatta's in North America, attracting hundreds of clubs in 128 junior, senior, and master's events.
Hangon Regatta, an annual event in the city of Hanko, Finland, infamous for attracting large groups of partying youths with a tangential interest in the sailing itself
The NSSA National Youth Regatta is the largest dinghy sailing regatta and the largest youth sailing regatta in the UK. Due to its size the NYR visits a new location each year alternating between coastal and inland venues. Previous years venues include Bridlington (North Yorkshire), Datchet Sailing Club (West London) Plymouth (Devon), Redcar (North Mt. Baker Varsity 8 at Brentwood Regatta, April 2009.East England), Deal (Kent), Grafham Water (Cambridgeshire), Weymouth (Dorset) to name just a few.