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Chapman Regatta Information
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CHAPMAN REGATTA
The Chapman Regatta was started in 1950 as an annual race of the Mississippi Coast Yachting Association. Henry B. Chapman and Wallace Chapman donated a perpetual trophy in memory of their father, Will J. Chapman and brothers Will W. and Alfred W. who were sailing enthusiasts on the Mississippi Coast for many years. The Chapman Trophy is awarded to the club that wins the regatta and that club is considered to be the Mississippi Coast Champion for that year. The Chapman Regatta is believed to be the oldest consecutively sailed interclub Team Racing contest in the United States. The regatta consists of four races sailed in Flying Scots which are nineteen-foot open sailboats that carry a mainsail, jib and spinnaker. The teams consist of three boats from each of the seven Mississippi Coast Yacht Clubs. Each boat has three or four crewmembers. No individual may skipper more than one of the series' four races. This regatta involves a significant number of sailing enthusiasts from one end of the Mississippi Coast to the other, and it annually attracts many of the best sailors on the Coast.
2009 Chapman Regatta - Bay Waveland Yacht Club, May 30th & 31st
2008 Chapman Regatta - Biloxi Yacht Club, June 7th & 8th [results][photos]
2007 Chapman Regatta - Gulfport Yacht Club, June 2nd & 3rd
2006 Chapman Regatta - Pass Christian Yacht Club, June 3rd and 4th
2005 Chapman Regatta - Bay Waveland Yacht Club, June 4th & 5th
2004 Chapman Regatta - Ocean Springs Yacht Club, June 5th & 6th
2003 Chapman Regatta - Biloxi Yacht Club, June 7th & 8th
2002 Chapman Regatta - Gulfport Yacht Club
2001 Chapman Regatta - Long Beach Yacht Club June 2nd & 3rd