Rural Henley Regatta

This the club's annual regatta, loosely based on the Royal Henley. The Klamath basin was settled only 100 years ago, and one of the pioneers was a man named James T. Henley, who owned a ranch near Stukel mountain. His family lived in the Klamath area and his wife became an icon of the early Klamath Basin. Henley High School and the Henley Irrigation district are named after this family.

The Regatta is held annually on the first weekend after the 4th of July and consists of fully Albano buoyed 6 lane 1000m qualifiers for a two lane head to head over the Henley 1 1/3 mile distance. The 1000m qualifiers is held like a standard Master's format although competition is open to all ages. Juniors are handicapped inside the "AA" age group.

If for example there are 4 age groups racing in the 1000m men's heavy 1x event, the two best handicapped times are invited to compete for the 1 1/3 mile distance. A 48 year old could be racing against a 17 year old in the Henley event and the handicap is applied with a staggered start.

The 1000m is awarded separately from the 1 1/3 mile race. G-S-B medals especially struck for the regatta are awarded for the 1000m event. The 1 1/3 miler is the grand final in each boat category and boat trophies are awarded for success in this race.

This years edition will be finished early enough so that people can race in Klamath and be on the road early enough to race the Southwest Masters at Lake Natoma the next day.

We are working on corporate sponsorship of trophies and  beef steaks will be awarded to winners of the Henley events, making these official 'steak' races.

The tentative race schedule is:

Contact by email for entries. 1x - $20, 2x - $30, 4x - $40, 4+ - $40, 8+ - $60