Regattas here and abroad are wonderful and exciting events to witness.   You can find out about most US regattas by going to :  https://www.regattacentral.com/regattas  (You can filter the list of regattas by state by selecting “United States” in the first drop down and then in the next drop down you can select the state you want to see regattas in. ) 

Learn to Row with the Rondout Rowing Club, 2024 Schedule

LOCAL:  Kingston High School Crew Spring Schedule 2024

Atlantic Challenge USA, July 21-28, 2024, Belfast, Maine                            More than 80 gigs have been built by 16 nations for participation in Atlantic Challenge. Typically 12 nations gather for the biennial Contest of Seamanship.      There has been a Contest every two years from 1986-2018. Atlantic Challenge USA is hosting the 2024 Contest.  Video of 2016 Event.

NEW JERSEY:  Overpeck Summer Sprints Saturday, Sat & Sun, July 27-28, 2024

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2024 AT 12 PM – 6 PM
Albany Irish Rowing Club 2024 Regatta
Jennings Landing Albany, NY   The Irish once again will invade Albany for the Albany Irish Rowing Club’s 19th Annual currach regatta!  Amateur racing clubs from across the country are competing for the NACA cup.  Up to ten races consisting of men, women and both will race in traditional Irish currachs. The history of these magical boats are thousands of years old.  NOTE:  NACA (the North American Currach Association) consists of 8 currach rowing clubs):

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Snow Row: Sat., March 2, 2024 (ALL Traditional Rowing Boats)
Hull Lifesaving Museum’s signature-rowing race, the Snow Row, a stunning array of wooden pulling boats – peapods, dories, wherries, whitehalls, pilot gigs, captain’s gigs, and Irish currachs.  
Hosted by the Hull Lifesaving Museum  Video of Race in 2016

Story and pictures of March 5, 2022 Snow Row taken by the Rondout Rower.

NEW JERSEY:  Overpeck Summer Sprints Saturday, July 29 2023

CENTER CITY SLAM INDOOR ROWING REGATTA, Saturday, February 25th, 2023
Drexel University Rec Center
Philadelphia, PA

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2023 AT 12 PM – 6 PM
Albany Irish Rowing Club 2022 Regatta
Jennings Landing Albany, NY   The Irish once again will invade Albany for the Albany Irish Rowing Club’s 19th Annual currach regatta!  Amateur racing clubs from across the country are competing for the NACA cup.  Up to ten races consisting of men, women and both will race in traditional Irish currachs. The history of these magical boats are thousands of years old.  NOTE:  NACA (the North American Currach Association) consists of currach rowing clubs from the following cities:
Albany, Annapolis, Boston, Columbus, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and New London, CT

LAST YEAR:   SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2022 :    Head of the Weir River Race
The Head of the Weir Race is a celebration of the estuary at the height of its fall beauty and the fabulous array of the region’s open water rowers from all over New England and New York. This highly-contested 5 1/2 miler, begins at West Corner (on the Hingham/Hull/Cohasset line), past Bumpkin Island across Hull Bay to the museum’s Windmill Point Boathouse at Hull Gut. This is an exceptionally exciting race and a great spectator event.
Page down on this link: https://www.hulllifesavingmuseum.org/openwaterrowing.html#weir

Head of the Charles Race Oct 21 – 23, 2022 in Boston https://www.regattacentral.com/regatta/?job_id=6144

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Here are some of my favorite REGATTAS AROUND THE WORLD:

EVERY DECEMBER – THE ATLANTIC CHALLENGE BY Talisker Whiskey

THE VENICE VOGALONGA:    Sunday, May 28, 2023                                               VIDEO  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zMI1g5sIvA     
Rental info https://coastal-boats.eu/en/vogalonga-with-coastal-boats/                          Lodging info: https://www.carnifest.com/venice-vogalonga-2023/

The Great River Race, London, Saturday, September 10th, 2022 ….                                   Watch this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CeQijDDPqY

The Historic Kontxako Bandera (Basque) or Bandera de la Concha (in Spanish, meaning “Flag of the Kontxa”) is one of the oldest and most famous estropada races along the Bay of Biscay, held annually in the Kontxa, the main bay of San Sebastián, Spain. It was first held in 1879 .
Sunday, September 3, 2022 11:00 AM and then
Sunday, September 10, 2022 1:00 PM                                      https://sansebastiandetails.com/calendar/regatta
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CAKz4DByXg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACqU6xM1lDE&t=13s

I recently learned about currach rowing in Barcelona!  https://fb.watch/d4_3K7YFCo/

Every December:  The World’s Toughest Row!  Atlantic Challenge Race