NEW YEAR'S REGATTA
Next edition · 28/12–30/12 2026
- 48
- editions
- 1975.
- first regatta
- 1782+
- sailors in the archive
Competitor info
Entries, travel, accommodation and all the practical details.
All editions
Winners, news and photo albums of every international edition since 1975/76.
Sailors
The sailors who left their mark across the editions.
Records and statistics
Most wins and podiums, clubs and nations, the fleet by class — from the whole results archive.
Zdenko Roić of Hvar hit upon the idea that one could sail in winter too. The first New Year's Regatta was sailed in 1975; for the first international edition several clubs bought new Laser dinghies, and at the turn of 1975/76 racing was held in the Laser and Optimist classes and on sailboards.
Programme of the first international edition — International Laser Class Regatta, 1–4 January 1976, YC Zvir Hvar.
Many wondered at the unusual people towing sailboats on trailers across a cold, snow-covered Europe, bound for Hvar. Few believed the regatta would become synonymous with Hvar and the Laser Europa Cup.
Zdenko Roić died in Hvar in August 1980. From that year Nikša Ive — Čane took over the running of the New Year's Regatta. The “Zdenko Roić Memorial” is sailed in his honour.
New Year's Regatta, 1985 — dinghies off the Hvar waterfront.
The Zdenko Roić Memorial
Zdenko Roić and Nikša Ive — Čane on the pier in front of the club (Macel).
In the Memorial all Laser (ILCA) classes sail together: the winner is the sailor with the fewest points across all regular races plus the navigational race, with no discard of the worst result. The Memorial is also sailed in the Optimist class.
From the archive
Photographs from the regatta’s early decades.
Records
Who won the most, the longest streaks, every edition's winners and the fleet figures — from the whole results archive.
- Most Memorial wins
- Mate Arapov (6), Mladen Makjanić (5), Walter Rothlauf (3)
- Longest winning streak
- Mladen Makjanić · 4× (1985/86–1988/89)
- Most class titles (since 2004)
- Stipe Gašpić (3), Roko Stipanović (3), Luka Radelić (2), Sergey Komissarov (2), Toni Bušić (2), Valeriy Kudryashov (2), Bohdan Rukhlin (2), Oskar Madonich (2)
Notice boards of past editions
- 48th International New Year's Regatta — EurILCA Europa Cup (2025/26)
- 47th International New Year's Regatta — EurILCA Europa Cup (2024/25)
- 46th International New Year's Regatta — EurILCA Europa Cup (2023/24)
- 45th International New Year's Regatta (2022/23)
- 44th International New Year's Regatta — Europa Cup (2021/22)