REGATTAS & RESULTS

2026

Winter Sailing- November 2-April 5

District 8 Spring Fling-April 11

Oyster Bay Challenge - May 2-3

The Oyster Bay Challenge began as a spring team race invitational regatta in 2004 in order to provide an early season multi-club team race for some of the best keelboat team racing clubs in the United States. In 2006, the regatta format was changed to a multi-club Masters Team Race.

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RECORD OF WINNERS
2010 Noroton Yacht Club
2011 New York Yacht Club
2012-13 Noroton Yacht Club
2014 Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club
2015-18 Noroton Yacht Club
2019-20 No Race

Fleet Racing at Sagamore-May 6-September 16

LIS J/24 Corinthian Nationals - May 14-17

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Friday Night Summer Solstices Series - May 15-August 14

The Summer Solstice Series was established in 2016 to promote entry level club PHRF and One Design Racing. Set to take place on Friday evenings from early June through late August taking advantage of the late sun during Daylight Savings Time. The Racing is designed to be inclusive, fun, relaxed and yet still competitive, getting our sailors on the water to start their summer weekends.

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Alfred Roosevelt Regatta - May 16

Endowed by Mrs. James A. Roosevelt, of New York, as a memorial of her eldest son, who was one of the twelve founders of the Club.

The Deed of Trust, under which the principal of the fund is held by the Treasurer of the Club as Trustee, provides that the Club shall offer every year as a prize in a race, the class, terms, and conditions of which shall be determined by its Race Committee for the time being, a Cup of the value of not less than seventy-five dollars, to be delivered to the winner upon compliance by him with the rules and regulations of the Club then in force concerning prizes and prize-winners.

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Sunday Series Racing - May 17-October 25

ELIGIBLE DIVISIONS:
PHRF Spinnaker
PHRF Non Spinnaker
Viper
Sonar

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Outlaw Trophy - May 23

The Outlaws were a class of yachts raced in 1916. The Club history book had this to say about them: “At the time of this writing, I can find no description or picture of them, either in Lloyd’s Register, the Club records or minutes, the archives of the New York Yacht Club, or old yachting magazines. No older members remember them.” The Outlaw Trophy was conceived as a cruising class race to a destination on Long Island Sound, with a return race back to Seawanhaka. Each year, the Race Committee and PHRF Racing Committee will determine the destination. In 2015 this series was started with races to Black Rock Yacht Club; in 2019 the race was from SCYC to American Yacht Club.

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PHRF Spinnaker
PHRF Non Spinnaker

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Seawanhaka Cup - May 26-30

 


2026
Seawanhaka International Challenge Cup
"The Seawanhaka Cup"



May 26 - May 30, 2026


The Seawanhaka Cup is the oldest yachting trophy, originating in the United States, that is still in active competition. The goal of the event is to promote small yacht racing and develop the Corinthian spirit among sailors.


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Ladies Sailing Series Racing - June 3-September 2

Viper 640 Open - June 6-7

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Commodore Swan Cup - June 20-21

The Commodore Swan Cup was created in 2017 and named to honor and recognize Seawanhaka’s first Commodore, William L. Swan, who along with eleven other gentlemen founded Seawanhaka on his sloop, Glance, in 1871, to provide a club dedicated to Corinthian sailors. The following summer, Commodore Swan won the first annual club regatta. The trophy he received for this victory, a beautiful chalice, has been dedicated to this event. The Swan is one of several Grandmaster Team Race events sailed around the nation. All helms are required to be at least 60, at least two crew members must be 50 and older, and the fourth may be any age.

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RECORD OF WINNERS
2017      Noroton Yacht Club
2018      Texas Corinthian Yacht Club
2019      Texas Corinthian Yacht Club
2020      No Race
2021      Texas Corinthian Yacht Club
2022      Texas Corinthian Yacht Club
2023      Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club
2024      Texas Corinthian Yacht Club
2025      Storm Trysail Club
 

Rose Cup - June 25-28

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Junior Senior Challenge - July 4

The Independence Day Challenge Trophy was presented as a memorial to P. James Roosevelt, Commodore of both Seawanhaka Corinthian Junior Yacht Club (SCJYC) and Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club (SCYC). He was the son of Philip J. Roosevelt, Commodore of SCYC and one of the flag officers who established SCJYC. The trophy is a collage of photos of him from his sailing days at both clubs.

The regatta is sailed on the Fourth of July by teams from both the Senior and Junior Clubs in classes currently raced at SCJYC. The format includes fleet, team and match races as agreed upon by the flag officers of both clubs; the trophy awarded to the club winning the most series. The winning club shall have its burgee affixed to the frame with the year of its victory. That club may then hang the trophy in its clubhouse for the rest of the season.

This trophy is fondly presented by J. Wooderson Glenn III. It was created with the kind assistance of Maryellen W. Mooney. His son Philip, the TR Society and the Senior Club provided the photos.

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RECORD OF WINNERS
2010      Juniors
2011      Juniors
2012      Juniors
2013      Juniors
2014      No Race
2015      Seniors
2016      Juniors
2017      Juniors
2018      Juniors
2019      Seniors
2020      No Race
2021      Seniors
2022      Juniors
2023      Juniors
2024      Juniors
2025      Juniors
 

Annual Rendezvous - July 11-12

Instituted 1954
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That the undersigned, JAMES O. WILHITE, HENRY H. BRIGHAM, EVAN T. PUGH and DONALD L. TALBOTT, in appreciation of the courtesies and hospitality extended by the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club to members of Baruna’s crew while fitting out in 1953 for her voyagsolstice from New York to San Francisco, do by these presents give and confirm unto the Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht Club the following inscribed trophy:
A 10-inch silver Revere bowl inscribed “Golden Gate Trophy.”
This gift is made upon the following conditions, and acceptance by the donee shall be considered as evidencing its agreement to abide by said conditions:
1. Said trophy shall be a perpetual one and shall be known as the “Golden Gate Trophy.”
2. The trophy shall be placed in competition annually in a race or series of races designated by the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club.
3. Competition for the trophy shall be open to cruising class yachts of less than 36 feet water line length rated under The Cruising Club of America Rule.
4. The winner of the Cup at the end of each season shall retain possession until the opening of the following season, when the Cup shall be returned to the Club through the Chairman of the Race Committee, and the holder shall be responsible for the safekeeping of the Cup while it remains in his possession.
5. The name of the winning boat and helmsman shall be inscribed in a suitable manner on the Cup each year.
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6. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Board of Trustees of the Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht Club is hereby authorized and empowered to make such modifications of the aforesaid conditions as the said Board shall deem necessary or advisable in its opinion to accomplish the purposes of the donors.

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Corinthian Youngs Guns - July 18-19

The Corinthian Young Guns Team Race Regatta was created in 2017 to provide a top level national team race for younger sailors (18-39 year olds).

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RECORD OF WINNERS
2017           Roger Williams University
2018           Corinthian Yacht Club
2018           Corinthian Yacht Club
2020           No Race
2021           New York Yacht Club
2022           New York Yacht Club
2023           Chicago Yacht Club
2024           Ida Lewis Yacht Club
2025           Larchmont Yacht Club

Club Cruise - July 18-25

Kiwassa Cup - July 22

Named for his schooner, the Kiwassa, this cup was donated to our group by Dr. Henry Rusch in 1954. Its purpose is to encourage all members of Ladies Sailing to participate in a formal regatta in the position of skipper.  The current guidelines for the race are that it will be sailed in Sonars by members of the Ladies Sailing Association who have not previously won the Squaw or Kiwassa Cups, or a girls' or women's championship. 

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Dooley Roosevelt Regatta - August 1

This regatta is sailed in memory of Julian K. (“Dooley”) Roosevelt by cruising class yachts of Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club and Sagamore Yacht Club. Dooley was an Olympic Gold medalist (6 Metre Class, 1952 Helsinki) and longtime International Olympic Committee Member. He donated many of the International Yacht Club burgees displayed in the Seawanhaka Bar. He was an active member of Seawanhaka and Sagamore and a life-long supporter of sailing in Oyster Bay.

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Atlantic Nationals - August 13-15

Squaw Cup - August 15

The second oldest sailing group at Seawanhaka, Ladies Sailing was started in 1952. Our first, and oldest, trophy is the "Squaw's Cup", instituted that year to be awarded to the "Lady Club Champion", and open to all women members, or wives or daughters of members, of Seawanhaka.

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Stratford Shoal Race - August 29

Oral tradition is clear that this race was born during a Saturday night dance when a discourse took place in the Men’s Bar as to the relative speed of Seawanhaka’s S Boats contrasted with the new Victory Class. C. Sherman Hoyt upholding the merits of S Boat’s thereupon challenged the Victory protagonist to a match race around Stratford Shoal light and return with the start to take place upon the spot. The concept caught on and formal Stratford Shoal night races have been run more or less annually since. The first of these took place in 1920 on a clear night in the fall with fifteen starters. It was won by Pompano, a Fish Class boat sailed by Charles G. West Jr. Until comparatively recently it was open to all corners especially Club one-designs.

This is a qualifier for YRA of LIS PHRF Trophies & the Stratford Shoal Lighthouse Trophy. Guest moorings available on a first come, first served basis (516) 922-6305 for details & reservations.

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Thompson Cup - September 1-4

The Thompson Cup was rededicated in 2018 as a high-level match racing competition: Graded by World Sailing as a Grade 2 event in 2018 and as a Grade 1 event in 2019, the two most competitive gradings for match racing other than the World Championship. The Thompson Cup is part of a four-regatta series called the Grand Slam Series which takes place in late summer early fall each year. The four Match Races are held by the Chicago Yacht Club “The Chicago Grand Slam”, Bayview Yacht Club “The Detroit Cup”, Oakcliff Sailing “The Oakcliff International” and Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club “The Thompson Cup”. The winner of the Grand Slam Series is awarded entry to the Congressional Cup, hosted by Long Beach Yacht Club, the longest running Grade 1 match race regatta in the United States. Additionally, as of 2021 the Thompson Cup is the 11th stop on the World Match Racing Tour. The 17 Tour Regattas are held in 12 different nations around the world where the top sailors in this discipline battle it out for the world title.

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Fall Regatta - September 6 & 7

Benzie Cup - September 9

Lipton Cup - September 12-13

Commodores' International Cup - September 16-26

North American Championship Regatta - September 25-27

Lee Memorial Cup - October 10-11

Fall Series for the Astor Trophy - October 17-18