REGATTA HISTORY

A little bit behind Annapolis YC 3-2-1 Invitational®...

Throughout the years, the Annapolis Yacht Club and its members have been working hard to build a team racing program that makes other clubs in the U.S. envious of AYC. With anything that is being built from scratch, AYC's Adult Inter Club.

Racing program, composed of members who have passion for sailing, was slow going and came with growing pains. In its infancy, team AYC was able to travel to a few away regattas that were hosted at other clubs. At this point, it became very clear that AYC needed to host our own event with the pleasure of inviting others to come join us here at home.

The big question was:

What would our regatta look like?

With a lot of back and forth, we at AIRC came up with a clever idea. Let's figure out a way to incorporate both 3v3, 2v2 and bring back 1v1 (match racing) with a rotation that forces all six members of each team to perform different roles on each boat throughout the three different disciplines within the entire regatta, all in one. It seemed like a great concept on paper, but could it be executed in real life out on the water?

With this question hovering over us, we decided to have a test or "the dry run" in the spring of 2019 where we invited some local teams to our club on a Saturday afternoon to test our concept. Well, that Saturday afternoon was a great success, and the Annapolis YC 3-2-1 Invitational® was born. At this point, it was time to send the invites to clubs across the country and the rest is history.