High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta is the largest regular intercollegiate rowing event in the USA, drawing over a hundred colleges and universities from North America. The event has been held annually on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, since 1953. Briefly in late 2009, it was planned that the regatta would be held in Rumson, New Jersey in 2010. The event has since been announced as returning to Philadelphia.