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Celebrating 35 Years of Racing
Voted #1 Regatta in the 2008 Best of the Bay Awards by Chesapeake Bay Magazine

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The Governor’s Cup Yacht Race is the oldest and longest overnight race on the Chesapeake Bay. This year marks the 35th running of the race from Maryland’s current capital city to its first capital in St. Mary’s City.
St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s elite sailing team has won 12 national championships and produced more than 100 collegiate All-American sailors since 1991. St. Mary’s College of Maryland is ranked one of the best liberal arts colleges in the nation by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review. With roots going back to 1840, SMCM is the state’s only public honors college, offering the academic excellence of a top private college with the openness and affordability of public education.
2008 Governor's Cup Yacht Race
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Post Office Box 156
St. Mary's City, Maryland 20686
240-895-3039, FAX 240-895-4378
E-mail: govcup@smcm.edu
Donate $1,000 or more to the River Center and become a member of the St. Mary's College of Maryland 1840 Society - a giving club of $1,000+ donors - that commemorates the founding of the College. The benefits described below are intended to convey our gratitude for your support.
All members of the 1840 Society receive: