Every year in the third weekend of August, the island of Nantucket (Massachusetts, USA), a prestigious tourist resort south of the celebrated peninsula of Cape Cod, hosts the Opera House Cup, the second leg of the North American Circuit of the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge.
The Opera House Cup takes its name from the eponymous venue whose owner, in 1973, had the idea of organizing a regatta reserved for wooden sail boats, and it is the oldest regatta of this kind to take place along the East Coast of the United States. Every year, a large fleet of vintage boats gathers, giving life to a unique and thrilling spectacle against the backdrop of marvelous scenery offered by the location.
Years Running: 44
Yacht Club: Nantucket Community Sailing (Nantucket, RI – USA)
Founded: 1994
2015 OHC Results
2014 OHC Results
2013 OHC Results
Entry is open to wooden yachts with hull material of wood or wood-based cold molded with a minimum LOA of 24 feet. No yachts having any composite or carbon hull material will be eligible. There will be two divisions: Cruising Division (yachts designed and built for the purpose of shorthanded cruising and seaworthy for ocean crossings) and Day Racing Division (yachts designed and built for the purpose of competition around buoys).
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