The Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race (MHOR) is a biennial sailing race which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2005. It runs between Marblehead, Massachusetts and Halifax, Nova Scotia. It is believed to be the longest running offshore ocean race in the world and is considered one of the pre-eminent ocean races of the North Atlantic. History The first race was held in 1905, starting on 21 August. The Boston Globe ran an article titled “Invitation Ocean Race Marblehead, U.S.A – Halifax, N.S.” The regatta committee of the Eastern yacht club announces that the club is arranging for an ocean race from Marblehead to Halifax, to be sailed in August.This is the first international ocean race to be sailed between a port In the United States and one in the provinces, and much good to yachting may be expected from it.The promotion of such a race is in keeping with a policy adopted by the club last year, to actively encourage sailing on deep water.A consideration bearing on the selection of Halifax as the termination of the course, was a desire to establish more neighborly relations with our cousins across the gulf of Maine.The start on the morning of Aug 21 is timed to find most of the large vessels of the New York yacht club, that will have made the cruise of that club, still at Marblehead, where they will have arrived on the afternoon of the 17th, if on time. The annual regatta of the Eastern club will have been sailed on the 19th, Saturday, and on Monday, the 21st, there should be the largest fleet of the year in Marblehead harbor.Refreshed by a day of rest on Sunday, their crews should be eager to start on such a splendid summer sea turn as from Boston bay to Halifax, with the anticipation of a royal welcome from our provincial cousins at the end of the race.The owners of the leading schooners, single-masted vessels and yawls in the New York yacht club have been invited to participate in the race. That first race was won by Elmina II in 45 hours 53 minutes 18 seconds, with Hope Leslie, and Corona third. The race was run sporadically until 1939, when the Boston Yacht Club joined with the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron to formalize a biennial event. In the 1939 race, thirteen yachts started and saw light-to-moderate winds and fog conditions