Historic showdown
12 Metre North Americans to be hotly contested.
18 September 2018
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From Friday through Sunday, 21 to 23 September, nine historic 12 Metre yachts, including four past winners of the America’s Cup, and 150 of some of the world’s top sailors will be racing on Rhode Island Sound and Narragansett Bay in quest of the title 12 Metre North American Champion.
The 2018 North American Championship will be the last major regatta before the 2019 World Championship season, which includes the 2019 12 Metre World Championship scheduled for next 8 to 13 July in Newport.
Competing in the Traditional Division will be Defending Champion US-17 Weatherly, US-16 Columbia, USA-19 Nefertiti, USA 18 Easterner and US-21 American Eagle. Competing in the Modern Division will be Defending Champion KA-10 Challenge XII, US-26 Courageous, US-30 Freedom and K-22 Victory ’83.
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Event Host Ida Lewis Yacht Club, whose long association with the 12 Metre Class began in 1958 when the boats were first selected for the America’s Cup, will likewise host the 2019 12 Metre World Championship where organisers are expecting 22 plus entries, making it the largest ever gathering of these historic yachts in the U.S. and the second largest gathering ever in the world. (The largest was the America’s Cup Jubilee held on the waters off Cowes, England in 2001.).
“The U.S. fleet has been gearing up for this historic regatta for almost four years,” said Gerard. “During that time at least five of the 12 Metres have been completely renovated, with the balance of the fleet undergoing major upgrades.”
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