North American Eight Metre Association

A star is born again ! After an extensive rebuild at Metur Yachts in Bodrum, Turkey, the famous 1927 Int. 8-Metre Hollandia is back in her element and ready to join the fleet! Hollandia was designed and built in 1927 by Holland’s premier naval architect, G. de Vries Lentsch, to represent Holland at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam. Launched the year before she […]

It is with deep sadness that we learned that on December 4th, 2011, our friend Werner Schifferl has passed away. For so many years Werner raced and cruised his Bera, the famous 1924 Olympic Gold medallist. With a crew of family and friends, he participated in any event that would somehow fit his always busy schedule. Werner sailed his boat and lead his team […]

Centennial celebration of the 1912 Olympic Regatta in SwedenIn 1912 Stockholm hosted the Olympic Games while the town of Nynäshamn, about 60 kilometres due south was the chosen location for the Olympic sailing events. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of this the Föreningen Sveriges Klassiska Fritidsbåtar together with Nynäshamns Town Council and the Nynä […]

[Official Site]Come and race with us - for up to four weeksThe Sailing Olympics taking place 27 July to 11 August at Weymouth, on the South Coast of England, have triggered a significant number of sailing regattas in the Solent. The regattas include the Westward Cup, 12-Metre Worlds, Panerai British Classic Week, Oyster Regatta, Superyacht Cup and Cowes Metr […]