The Around Long Island Regatta's 190-mile course combines ocean and coastal-water racing. Designed for all levels of sailors, the race usually lasts two or three days. It caters to friends who wish to compete as a team, to cruising sailors who race only occasionally, to owners of multi-hull and classic yachts and to serious racing yachtsman competing for the Northern Ocean Racing Trophy and other IRC distance racing trophies. In short, this unique race is for everyone. Sea Cliff, New York

The organizing authority is the Lake Erie Interclub Cruise Committee which is represented by the following clubs: The Buffalo Yacht Club, Buffalo Canoe Club, Dunkirk Yacht Club, Erie Yacht Club, Sugarloaf Sailing Club, Buffalo Harbor Sailing Club and the Port Dover Yacht Club. The event will consist of five days of cruising/racing for clubs from New York, Pennsylvania, and Ontario, Canada.