1st Metre & Classic Keelboat Regatta at Cowes Classic Week
And - 100 years of Olympic Sailing

Following last year's successful Centenary Regatta, there is real interest in making this an annual event. It is being organised during what is emerging as a Cowes Classic Week at which we are expecting for the first time some of the big boats, such as Lulworth and Mariquita. It is also 100 years since the first Olympic sailing at the 1908 Olympics, sailed in the Solent, organised by the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. The metre boats have also been invited to take part in the Pendennis Classic Superyacht Regatta during Falmouth Classic Week and a passage race is under discussion to link these events together. This event has its own web site - goto www.themetreregatta.org.

Other Star Events

The other key events for 6mR sailors are the British Open at Plymouth and the Europeans at La Trinité in addition to other local events - goto the 2008 Calendar page for full details.

New on the Site

• Voting is in for your new committee - go to the members section.
  
  

The class sails as two fleets; Classics pre- and Moderns post-1965. Both fleets race together and the faster Classics are competitive with the Moderns. We are affiliated to the International Six Metre Association and meet regularly at European and World Championships - it is a very international class.

We are a membership organisation with administrative responsibilities for the class along with associate membership for crew and others just interested. Why not join us - Contact Rees Martin by eMail reesm_at_6mr.org.uk