PROVINCETOWN — The year 2020 will see the 19th annual Great Provincetown Schooner Regatta, starting on Labor Day and running for four days, as long as somebody steps forward to take charge of organizing the event. Planning usually gets underway in winter. But after nine years at the helm, Cheryl Andrews says she is stepping down.

This is a familiar situation: the regatta has been a sort of dearly loved orphan ever since it was born in 2002. White knight organizers have saved the event on at least two other occasions, and the local sailing community is hoping that someone will come forward once again to keep the regatta afloat.