BIIRW is traditionally held in late April or May and has an 70+ year history. Originally created as a spring event between RBYC and the East Coast Clubs such as Indian Harbor and Long Island Sound in Six-Meter and International One Design classes, it quickly evolved into a multi-class fleet racing event. 

Recent editions have continued to see the International One Design Class come for a week of racing with other classes, such as the Etchells, RS21 and J/105s participate over a long weekend.

This is an invitational event given by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club.

2024 Information and Online Notice Board
 

Every Autumn, for 3 days, the Bermuda Keelboat Regatta is held in Bermuda. Racing is held primarily for one-design boats such as Etchells, J105s, International One Designs and Viper 640. The 2024 event is open to anyone who wishes to compete in  IODs, and RS21s. 

Overseas competitors looking to charter a boat should contact the following Class contacts:

IODs Contact - Fleet Captain

J105s - Fleet Captain

RS21 - Fleet Captain

2024 Event Information

This year's event will be held Friday October 4 through Sunday October 6. Entry and other Race Documents can be found on the Official Notice Board. In addition, the IODs will be holding their invitational North American Championship, which will run concurrently.

Schedule:

• Thursday October 3 - Opening Social
• Friday October 4 - Racing, Club available for Dinner
• Saturday October 5 - Racing, Oktoberfest at RBYC
• Sunday October 6 - Racing, Prize Giving

Every  Cup Match the Bermuda Sailing Association, in conjunction with Heineken, run the fun 'Round the Islands' Race. RBYC hosts the prize giving and BBQ after racing.

The 2023 Race will take place on SATURDAY August 5.

2022 Notice of Race
2022 Entry Form

This is a team racing trophy, establish by the RBYC Sailing Committee in 2019, to be raced between a RBYC Team and an invited team from overseas.

The 2019 inaugural event is between Bermuda and Nantucket teams in the IOD class October 11 - 13, 2019.

 Results

2019 - Bermuda

The Amorita Cup has a long history with RBYC and the International One Design Fleet. The Cup was donated  in 1937 by Frederick M. Hoyt to be presented to the winning team of a team racing event between the USA (originally Larchmont Yacht Club) and RBYC in the 'new' International One Design class.

It was out of this event and the King Edward VII Gold Cup match racing event that the Bermuda International Raceweek was born. The competitors got together to race a team racing event, the match racing event and a fleet racing event. Eventually all three events spun off to be run individually.The Amorita Cup event was won by the Bermuda team consisting of Harry Powell, Penny Simmons, P/C B. W. 'Jordy' Walker, Paul Fisher and Richard Thompson in 1982.

The RBYC, along with the Bermuda IOD Fleet, were happy to extend a challenge to the Long Island IOD Fleet in 2018. Bermuda won.

This event is scheduled to resume in October 2022 in Bermuda.