Panerai British Classic Week
Ten yachts attended the inaugural BCYC regatta held in Cowes, July 2002, marking the start of an annual regatta which has continued to grow in size and popularity. What started as a long weekend of informal racing has now grown to a week long regatta of rallying and racing split into many classes. In 2006 40 yachts ranging in size from the 31ft International 5 Metre, Sensa, to the 95ft J Samuel White Bermudan ketch, Berenice, attended the regatta coming from all over the UK & Europe. By 2011, over 60 Yachts, racing in four divisions, were joined by a growing fleet of cruisers.
The British Classic Yacht Challenge strives to make each event as individual as possible, tweaking the format each year to retain the successful features of the week and develop others. The fact that many of the yachts continue to come back year after year is testament to the success of this evolving formula. This regatta is now the key classic yacht event of the UK yachting calendar.
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