J/109 Great Lakes Championship at CYC Verve Cup

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When:
August 9, 2024 – August 11, 2024 all-day
2024-08-09T00:00:00-04:00
2024-08-12T00:00:00-04:00
Where:
Chicago YC
400 East Monroe Street
Chicago, IL 60603
USA
J/109 Great Lakes Championship at CYC Verve Cup @ Chicago YC | Chicago | Illinois | United States

The Chicago Yacht Club will host the annual Verve Cup Offshore Regatta. The event features a three-day offshore regatta, as well as a one day Distance Race. As the largest course-racing regatta in North America, Verve Cup has developed as a world-class event, attracting national and international sailing competitors. This three-day event will attract 170 yachts to the beautiful Chicago lakefront. Participating yachts range in size from 25 feet up to 80 feet in length, and carry crew from 4 to 20 persons. During the regatta, Chicago Yacht Club will welcome over 3,000 racers, spouses and guests at their Monroe harbor clubhouse. These participants are treated to three days of top quality racing, followed by food, entertainment and camaraderie.

Competitors participate in multiple races, and boats sail either with a rating handicap or a one design so that boats of different size and character can compete against one another in one of the 18 plus racing sections. Overall prizes are awarded to the top finishers in each section, with one offshore boat winning the perpetual Verve Cup Trophy. The Verve Cup trophy dates from 1893 and is Chicago Yacht Club’s oldest trophy. Overall prizes are awarded for each class of boat.

Fleet 11 Nearshore Championship Event

Fleet 11 Great Lakes Championship Event

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