2024 St. Thomas International Optimist Regatta

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2024 St. Thomas International Optimist Regatta

St. Thomas YC, US Virgin Islands

St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Registration opens on January 1, 2024, at Noon (AST) for the 31st International Optimist Regatta (IOR). The IOR, TOTE Clinic, and the TOTE Team Race will take place June 9-16, 2024, at the St. Thomas Yacht Club. More specifically, the TOTE Clinic takes place June 10-12, followed by the TOTE Team Race, on June 13, and the IOR on June 14-16. For over three decades, this week-long event has been recognized throughout the Caribbean and the World for providing great skill-sharpening grounds for top sailors and an excellent entry-level platform for juniors new to the sport. 

“The St. Thomas Yacht Club (STYC) invites sailors to the 2024 IOR, TOTE Clinic, and TOTE Team Race,” says Lauren Hodgins, regatta co-director with Lori Vaughan. “This year, the IOR offers a fantastic opportunity to tune up for the Optimist North American Championships, set for July 13-20, in neighboring San Juan, Puerto Rico. Also, IOR sailors have gone on to become college All-American sailors, Olympic and America’s Cup sailors, which underscores the caliber of the competition and conditions here in the U.S. Virgin Islands. We look forward to welcoming sailors, their friends, and families to St. Thomas to race with steady tradewinds, sunny warm seas, and great competition.”