Preposition: of

• season: The club will be out in force at Trentham Regatta this Saturday, the last regatta of the season.

Converse of object

• sail: Effectively losing his discard, he would have to sail a near faultless regatta to regain his crown.

• organize: The town can also boast of a Swimming Association which organizes an annual regatta.

• win: This could range from winning a local regatta to Olympic gold.

• hold: The regatta held on the river Lea is a side by side sprint over a short course of 600m.

Adjective modifier

• pre-Olympic: Both crews had beaten the British boat in Lucerne at the final pre-Olympic regatta.

• Olympic: It was only ever raced three times - in the heat, the semi-final and then the final of the Olympic regatta.

• two-day: The weather was co-operative and it certainly seemed that the first two-day regatta was most successful.

• premier: Skandia Cowes Week is the world's premier sailing regatta, with over 1,000 yachts and 8,000 competitors taking part in some top-class sailing.

• annual: Day 1 of the 4th annual regatta at the top of the world got off to a slow start.

• famous: For over a century now Cowes has some of the world's most famous yachting regattas.

Modifies a noun

• fleet: A regatta fleet of 18 included many who were sailing in an open event for the first time.

• organizer: Useful links World Rowing 99 - the official Canadian regatta organizers ' website.

• season: The moral of the story in the run up to the summer regatta season... .

• committee: In charge of organizing medals and awards and regatta committee kit.

Noun used with modifier

• yachting: For over a century now Cowes has some of the world's most famous yachting regattas.

• Henley: If there had been sufficient time before Henley regatta, there would doubtless have been another big reshuffle between the two crews.

• sailing: Moving to the Isle of Wight The Town of Cowes is internationally famed for the Cowes Week sailing regatta held annually in August.

• rowing: Henley Royal Regatta The Henley Royal Regatta is the oldest rowing regatta in Europe.

• summer: The moral of the story in the run up to the summer regatta season... .