MARBLEHEAD – (Links – Photos – Videos) The Boston Yacht Club and the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron are presenting the 37th Biennial Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race. The race will start on Sunday July 9th 2017, and is open to all yachts meeting the requirements published in the Notice of Race and which are accepted by MHORC. The race will offer scoring under IRC, ORR, PHRF Racing, PHRF Cruising and HPR. The race will start in Marblehead, Massachusetts, and will finish in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and is an ISAF Category 2 event.
Jennie Aspinal – Vice Commodore – Boston Yacht Club – Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race with Bill Newell
This race is a qualifier for the Northern Ocean Racing Trophy for IRC yachts, the New England Lighthouse Series for PHRF yachts and the ORR East Coast Championship. Special competitions will include double handed crew in the spinnaker divisions, club teams, and elderly crews.
The Olin J. Stephens Trophy will be awarded for the yacht scored under ORR with the best combined performance in the Newport Bermuda Race and the Marblehead-to-Halifax Race. Dual scored yachts in PHRF Racing or IRC are also eligible for this trophy.
Chelsea Clock Trophies will be awarded for the best combined performance in the Annapolis to Newport and Marblehead-to-Halifax Races in the IRC, PHRF Racing, and Doublehanded Divisions.
The Friar Trophy will be awarded to the yacht with the best combined performance in last year’s Route Halifax Saint-Pierre and this year’s Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race. The race will start Sunday 7/9 at 1 p.m.
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