WHO: 19 Yacht Club Teams from 14 Nations

WHAT: Inaugural New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup

WHEN:

OPENING CEREMONIES: Tuesday, Sept. 16, 6:30 p.m.
PRACTICE: Monday, Sept. 14, Tuesday, Sept. 15
RACING: Wednesday, Sept. 16 through Saturday, Sept. 19, 11 a.m.
PARADE OF NATIONS: Saturday, Sept. 19, 9 a.m.
AWARDS: Saturday, Sept. 19, 6:30 p.m.

WHERE: Harbour Court, New York Yacht Club/Rhode Island Sound and Narragansett Bay

While the current America’s Cup competition is embroiled in legal battles, the New York Yacht Club is running an international event that features teams from as far away as China, Finland, Germany and New Zealand. The event will showcase the finest amateur sailors in the world and will be the most significant event that the New York Yacht Club has hosted since the last America’s Cup here in 1983.

A local team, with PUMA (Volvo Ocean Race) skipper Ken Read aboard, will represent the USA on behalf of the New York Yacht Club.

CONTACT: Barby MacGowan, Media Pro Int’l, 401-225-0249 (on-site mobile)