Race officer Liz Shaw O’Toole chats with Bluenose II Captain Phil Watson
Pat Nelder and David Creighton talking about Helly Hansen Chester Race Week 2021 on Global Halifax
Pat Nelder, on-water chair, and David Creighton, commodore for the Chester Yacht Club, joined Paul Brothers on Global Morning Halifax to talk about Helly Hansen Chester Race Week 2021. Check out the video here.
Helly Hansen Chester Race Week Media Kit 2021
Taking the top prize: Dormie Workshop designs special leather belts for overall winners
The overall winners at Helly Hansen Chester Race Week are in for a surprise on award nights. This year, one of the event sponsors, Dormie Workshop, which designs and creates custom leather golf headcovers, will be creating one-of-a-kind leather belts for the overall winners. The belts are just like those for winners at any championship […]
For Randy Stevens, Helly Hansen Chester Race week is all about the competition, location, and entertainment
After years of racing in Chester Race Week in a C&C 39, Randy Stevens is back to the races with a J70 named Great White, pictured at left. Photo: Randy StevensThis article originally appeared in Canadian Yachting Magazine, Onboard e-newsletter, July 2021. Randy Stevens started racing at Chester Race Week in the early 1970s and […]
Back to the races:” I think it’s going to be a good year.”
This story originally appeared in Atlantic Boating Magazine, June 2021. Brian Todd served as a race officer with Chester Race Week for about 12 years. But Todd has since retired from that role and this August is racing at Canada’s largest keel boat regatta. “I am fairly old and it’s time for younger people to […]
See Helly Hansen Chester Race Week up close with Salty Dog Sea Tours
Visitors looking to catch an up-and-close look at the racing at Helly Hansen Chester Race week this year can book a seat with Salty Dog Sea Tours. Three times each race day, Salty Dog Sea Tours’ Captain Tony Sampson will take guests out on his pontoon boat, Bayside Belle, for one-hour tours during the races. Sampson […]
Registration for 2021 Official Media Boat
The Chester Race Week organizing committee is pleased to offer a complimentary media boat service to accredited media on a daily, first-registered, first-seated basis during Chester Race Week which runs from Wednesday, August 11th to Saturday, August 14th in beautiful Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Chester Race Week POSTPONED to 2021
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