Kennedy Cup

Kennedy Cup

 

The John F. Kennedy Memorial Regatta is the first truly national intercollegiate sailing competition to held in large yachts. It is patterned after the traditional McMillan Cup Regatta which John F. Kennedy won sailing for Harvard in 1938. It is an intersectional event with representatives from each of the ICYRA districts invited. In 1965, the U.S. Naval Academy received permission from the Kennedy family to name the regatta in honor of the late President.

The 1965 Kennedy Cup marked the transition from the Naval Academy's original wooden Luders yawls to the new fiberglass yachts of the same design. The 1991 Kennedy Cup Regatta was the first sailed in the new Navy 44 foot sloops, marking yet another transition for Navy Sailing. Fittingly, President Kennedy's alma mater, Harvard University, won the first Kennedy Cup Regatta. The late President's brother, Senator Edward Kennedy, and sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, were on hand to present the trophy to Edward Butler, skipper of the Harvard boat. Nineteen different colleges have won the trophy since its inception.

Since 1994, the winning team has received the U.S. invitation to participate in the Student Yachting World Cup, an international university big boat championship held in France.

 

	2005 Kennedy Cup
	2004 Kennedy Cup
	2003 Kennedy Cup
	Previous Winners - a list of winning teams since 1965

- This page last updated 05/09/2005 -