Due to the large interest in this year’s 70th anniversary event, the OA is pleased to announce that the maximum number of teams has been increased to 36. The 2019 event will feature 5 American teams, 2 Irish, 1 Australian and making their debut appearance Team Austria. Rounding out the field will be 27 British teams, including defending champions, the West Kirby Hawks. Recent winners also returning are West Exempt, Royal Forth Hoosiers, and Birdham Bandits.
2019 Accepted Teams
| Back in Black | Paddington Bears | |
| Birdham Bandits | Ocean Drive Boat Cruise (USA) | |
| Bristol Barracuda | Royal Cork Yacht Club (IRL) | |
| Cambridge Black | Royal Forth Hoosiers | |
| Cambridge Blue | Royal Northern & Clyde Yacht Club | |
| College of Charleston Yacht Club (USA) | Royal Thames Blue | |
| Days of Thunder (USA) | Royal Thames Red | |
| Down Under (AUS) | Rutland Raiders | |
| East Coast Drifters (USA) | Screaming Eagles (USA) | |
| Edinburgh Export | SMVC | |
| Exeter Black | Society | |
| Exeter Blue | Society Exodus | |
| George Knights (IRL) | Spinnaker Exiles | |
| Hilbre Highlanders | Team Austria (AUT) | |
| Magdalen College School | Tynemouth Sailing Club – ‘Tarquin’s Angels’ | |
| Manchester University | Wessex Exempt | |
| Oxford Team Racing Academy | West Kirby Hawks | |
| Oxford University Yacht Club Exiles | West Kirby Sailing Club |