Marblehead Junior Race Week

On Monday July 25, Marblehead Junior Race Week 2016 kicked off with the largest number of sailors in the event’s 127-year history. With nearly 400 participants, MJRW has grown to be the second largest youth sailing event in the United States. Hosted by Pleon Yacht Club, the first junior yacht club in the country run by and for sailors under the age of 21, MJRW is always a spectacle and a point of pride for the historic seaside town north of Boston, attracting sailors ages eight to 18 from across New England and beyond to compete in three classes of dinghies: Club 420s, Optimists, and Lasers. This year’s regatta is also a regional

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With nearly 400 participants, MJRW has grown to be the second largest youth sailing event in the United States.

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