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BODRUM CUP

WOODEN YACHT REGATTA

3rd Week of October, every year

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The Bodrum Cup for wooden boats is the only yacht regatta in Europe (maybe even in the world) run with passengers on board, who, if-they wish, can double as crew. Thus chartering is combined with racing and anyone in the world, even a total landlubber, can take part in the regatta. So, the Bodrum Cup is a regatta for beginners as well as old salts.

In the sense stated above the Bodrum Cup regatta is not merely a race, but an international yacht festival.
It is run along the favorite routes of the ''Blue Voyage'', the name given to cruises in the turquoise seas of the southern coasts of Turkey, studded with hundreds of beautiful coves, rich in natural beauty and traces of more than 3,000 years of history. The racers, crews and passengers alike visit major stops along this route during the Bodrum Cup regatta.

The objective of the Bodrum Cup is to encourage and expand the use of sails among Turkey's majestic fleet of traditional wooden charter yachts known as "gulets". The forebears of gulets have cruised these waters for centuries under canvas. This also encourages the construction of better boats benefiting from modern technology and better suited for sailing.

The Bodrum Cup is reserved exclusively for wooden yachts. Modern wood,-epoxy-laminated boats are welcome. GRP or steel hulled vessels can also join, but only as non-competing participants. We want the tradition of yesterday's yachts to survive while adapting the advancements of contemporary technology.

Held annually since 1989 during every 3rd week each October, this fun event is a chance to take part in a sailing race in Turkey's wonderful southwestern waters where the Aegean meets the Mediterranean. Imagine a horizon filled with sails billowing on a fleet of traditionally-built wooden yachts, sparkling blue seas parted by their bows and dolphins racing playfully along. Imagine each night in a different anchorage under a brilliant canopy of stars in merry company of other rovers. That is the essence of the Bodrum Cup Regatta; the mundane details follow:

REGATTA CATEGORIES

1- TRADITIONAL WOODEN YACHTS IN GENERAL
, high displacement cruising yachts built with tradational materials and methods. (Subdivided by length)

2- CLASSIC WOODEN YACHTS IN GENERAL, yachts classified classic in international terminology. This category includes yachts of significntly lighter displacement than the above and built for speed. (Subdivided by length)

3- MODERN YACHTS OF WOODEN CONSTRUCTION
CRUISING YACHTS BUILT WITH MODERN MATERIALS AND METHODS IN ORDER TO ATTAIN LOWER DISPLACEMENT, AS WELL AS YACHTS BUILT FOR RACING PURPOSES AS DEFINED BY ISAF. (Subdivided by length)

4- YACHTS OF NON-WOODEN CONSTRUCTION as guest status, ineligible for prizes.

Rates:
Yacht registration for participants with their own yachts, registration fee: US$ 30.-

Organization:
ERA Bodrum Yacht Club Neyzen Tevfik Cad. No:160/A 48400 Bodrum - Turkey. TEL:(90)(252)316-2310, 316-2054
Reservation:
ERA BODRUM YELKEN KULÜBÜ
NEYZEN TEVFIK CAD.160/A 48400 BODRUM
TEL:00 90- 252-3162310 / 3162054 FAX:252-3165338
website: www.bodrumcup.com e-mail:
bodrumcup@bodrumcup.com