NOOD Regatta visits Marblehead for 125th Race Week

The largest sailboat racing tour in the United States, the Sperry Top-Sider NOOD Regatta series, returns to the greater Boston area July 24-27 as part of the landmark 125th running of Marblehead Race Week. Nearly 1,000 sailors will hit the waters of Massachusetts Bay, just offshore of Marblehead Neck, to contend for the event?s top prize – an invite to the British Virgin Islands to compete in the Sperry Top-Sider NOOD Championships.During the four-day event hosted at Corinthian Yacht Club, sailors within a variety of boat classes will compete in a series of daily races, accumulating points based on placement in each individual race. The boat finishing with the fewest total points will be declared the winner of its respective class.Race officials from Sailing World and the race committee will determine the regatta?s overall winner, based on the strongest finish in the most competitive class.The overall winner in Marblehead will be invited to participate in the Sperry Top-Sider NOOD Championships in the British Virgin Islands at the end of the season to compete against the other overall winners in the 2014 series courtesy of Sunsail.The 2014 Sperry Top-Sider Marblehead NOOD Regatta will feature four days of racing from July 24-27. Racing will run from approximately 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the first three days of the regatta, while Sunday, July 27 will only run from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. In addition to Marblehead, the 2014 Sperry Top-Sider NOOD Regatta series was also held in St. Petersburg, Fla., San Diego, Calif., Annapolis, Md., Seattle, Wash. and Chicago, Ill.