Behind every Clean Regatta certification there is a dedicated team paying attention to important details. Meet the sustainability heroes of Clean Regattas and learn how they protect the waters they love!
Taking Sustainability Offshore
Most of our Clean Regattas are based in only one land location – so how do the Best Practices apply when most of your event isn’t on land? Offshore races and rallies have adapted the Clean Regattas program to use while they’re underway and in multiple stopover locations. While working with teams across locations can […]
Island Events
Community is Key for Island-Based Events
Hosting a water-loving event on an island can present unique sustainability challenges, from difficulty sourcing food and materials to limited waste infrastructure and fragile coastal and marine ecosystems. Islands are closely interconnected to the sea, so events can have a significant impact on the local environment. While these events took place on islands in such […]
Limited Facilities
No Clubhouse? No Problem!
Are you concerned that your event won’t be able to achieve the Clean Regattas best practices because you don’t have access to facilities? Maybe your sailing organization is a club in name only and doesn’t have a physical clubhouse, or perhaps the facilities are very limited – whatever the reason, our Clean Regattas program is […]
Boat Shows
A Potential Showcase for Sustainability
Not all Clean Regattas are regattas! While boat shows might not immediately come to mind when you think about Clean Regattas, our program is designed to enhance sustainability for any event near water. In recent years, we’ve collaborated with events like the USVI Charter Yacht Show, the Annapolis Sailboat Show, and the Newport International Boat […]
Race Week
49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships
Diverting Waste and Bringing The Community Together Go Hand in Hand in the Land Down Under Royal Akarana Yacht Club, Auckland, New Zealand With a dedicated Green Team and a solid sustainability plan, the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships held at the Royal Akarana Yacht Club in Auckland, New Zealand achieved Platinum Level […]
Collegiate Regatta
Baker Trophy
Hosted by Chicago Yacht Club, May 23 – 24 Considered the “Super Bowl” for high school sailors who team race, the Baker Trophy brings teams from around the country for a weekend of highly competitive sailing. Chicago Yacht Club, who hosted the event this year, decided to up the competitiveness of this event by shooting […]
Race Week
BVI Spring Regatta
Reducing the environmental footprint left from hosting a week-long regatta is not a new goal for the BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival. For the last decade, they have partnered with Sailors for the Sea to bring innovation to other Caribbean regattas. Their motto has always been “recycle, reuse, repurpose.” Living in a territory of […]
Junior Regatta
Marblehead Junior Race Week
Marblehead Junior Race Week at Pleon Yacht Club is a perfect example of a junior regatta going completely right. There are a number of advantages and opportunities when running a Clean Regatta at a youth event. This is how Pleon Yacht Club met the challenges of running a Clean Regatta in an effective and elegant […]
Junior Regatta
Youth Sailing World Championships
Junior regattas come in all shapes and sizes. From a Clean Regattas perspective, they run the gamut between being very well organized to “disorganized but well-intentioned.” The Corpus Christi Youth Sailing World Championships held in July 2018 definitely fits into the former category and was able to make sustainability such a priority that we awarded […]
Race Week
Nantucket Race Week
Nantucket Race Week is a 10 day event with over 3,000 participating sailors in a range of different boat classes. NRW has been participating in Clean Regattas since 2009. In 2010, the regatta went Gold with several events throughout the week. Read on for a description of how Nantucket Race Week reduced their impact of […]
