This year’s classic event in Falmouth will include three races in 13 classes. There are two races on Friday, June 16 and one on Saturday, June 17.
Racing will take place in the Carrick Roads but larger vessels, such as pilot cutters will follow courses out into Falmouth Bay.
Teamac are sponsoring the Saturday Race and the winner of each of the 13 classes will win a voucher for paint or varnish or antifoul.
Organisers hope this year that all classes will be able to start and complete the set courses. The first of 13 classes will start at 11.30am in the Carrick Roads.
It is expected that over a hundred boats will participate. The fleet will include luggers, pilot cutters, Falmouth Working Boats (with their distinctive topsails) and gaff and Bermudan rigged cruisers and dayboats.
At least a third are likely to have been built before 1950, with the oldest dating from 1881. Most classes, including the Falmouth Working Boats will sail in the Carrick Roads, but the larger craft, including the pilot cutters, are expected to sail a course that will take them out in into Falmouth Bay.
The Teamac prizes will be presented for the day race at the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club on the Saturday evening by Kris Wright, Teamac’s Area Sales Manager Trophies and ceramic mugs will be presented by Lieutenant Pierce Tattersall R.N., Commander of HMS Blazer which will be in port for the weekend.
The Falmouth Classics runs from June 16 - 18, with boats arriving in the port on the June 15.
There are also two parades of sail on Sunday, a Maritime Village on North Quay, receptions for participants and a supper at the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club.
The event coincides with the Falmouth International Shanty Festival, this year with seventy eight groups. The two events are expected to bring over 60,000 to the town over the weekend.
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