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Online Newport Bermuda Race To Be Held
The 2020 Newport Bermuda Race has been cancelled, but sailors are being invited to take part in an online competition instead in “a test of navigational and routing skills in a race simulation under the same conditions that the 2020 fleet would have sailed.” A spokesperson said, “All are welcome to compete in the 2020 Online Newport... Read more of this article
2020 Newport Bermuda Yacht Race Cancelled
The 2020 Newport Bermuda Yacht Race – which had some 200 entries and was due to start on June 19th — has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Bermuda Race Organizing Committee Chairman Jay Gowell said, “The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee [BROC] has made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Newport Bermuda Race... Read more of this article
Over 150 Boats Registered For Newport Race
Over 150 boats have registered so far for the 52nd Newport Bermuda Race, with the 635 mile sailing race set to start on June 19th, 2020. A spokesperson said, “The fleet is growing and getting prepped to race, far ahead of the June 19, 2020 starting time. To date, the entry list includes 153 boats that have submitted entries and begun completing... Read more of this article
102 Submit Entries To Newport Bermuda Race
Starting your preparations early for an ocean race far from land is a key to sailing a long distance, quickly and safely. This salty truism suggests that more than 100 boats and crews will be better prepared than ever for the next Newport Bermuda Race, which opened entries last June—a year in advance of the start and several months earlier than in... Read more of this article
2020 Yacht Race Attracting A Large Fleet
The event doesn’t get underway for another nine months but already a fleet of 63 yachts has signed up to participate in the 2020 Newport Bermuda Race. In May the Bermuda Race Organizing Committee [BROC] broke with tradition and opened registration for the biennial yachting classic a year in advance of the June 19, 2020 race start. 2018 Division... Read more of this article
Entry Opens Earlier For 2020 Newport Race
Breaking with tradition, the Bermuda Race Organizing Committee [BROC] is opening registration for the biennial Newport Bermuda Race a year in advance of the June 19, 2020 race start. In issuing the Notice of Race for the 52nd running of the event, the initial entry date moves up several months compared to 2018. The organizers’ goal is to make it easier... Read more of this article
2020 Race to Open Downtown Newport HQ
The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee announced that the headquarters for the next running of the 635-mile Newport Bermuda Race will be centrally located on Newport’s storied harbor. “The Bowen’s Wharf Company and the Seamen’s Church Institute, adjacent to each other, will anchor the race headquarters, providing easier access to... Read more of this article
Newport Bermuda Race Wins Gold Certification
The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee have announced the 2018 Newport Bermuda Race has earned gold-level certification from Sailors for the Sea’s Clean Regattas program, a race of its own aimed at restoring ocean health. Clean Regattas is a certification system with five levels—Participant, Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum—enabling sailors to... Read more of this article
Photos: Newport Bermuda Race Prize-Giving
The prize-giving for the 2018 Newport Bermuda sailing race was recently held, with the top sailors recognized for their efforts in the 635-mile race. The organisers said, “His Excellency, the Governor of Bermuda, John Rankin, hosted the Newport Bermuda Race Prize-Giving on Saturday, welcoming hundreds of guests to the grounds of Government House... Read more of this article
Division Winners In Newport Bermuda Race
The division winners of the 2018 Newport Bermuda Race were finalized today [June 21] with the arrival of the remainder of the fleet, after a slow but strategically challenging race. Of the 169 boats that started in Newport on June 15th, 166 completed the 635-mile race in two to six days time [there were three retirements]. After making very slow progress... Read more of this article
Rambler 88 Wins Line Honours In Newport Race
Leaving most of the fleet far behind in light winds, George David’s Rambler 88 crossed the finish line off St. David’s Lighthouse at 5:51:51 Eastern daylight time on Sunday evening. Earning line honours among the 169 boats racing in the 51st Newport Bermuda Race, the big gray boat’s elapsed time over the 635-mile course was 50 hours, 31 minutes,... Read more of this article
Five Boats Ahead Of A Tightly Packed Fleet
After a day of relatively light winds in the 51st Newport Bermuda Race, the competitors had made moderate progress down the 635-mile course toward the finish line at St. David’s Lighthouse on the northeast corner of Bermuda. Led by Rambler 88, George David’s 88-foot Juan K design, five boats crossed the Gulf Stream and opened up a significant gap... Read more of this article
169 Boats Set Sail In Newport Bermuda Race
The combination of a light southeast wind and more than one knot of current flowing out of Narragansett Bay pushed the fleet of sailboats starting the Newport Bermuda Race on the way towards Bermuda on Friday afternoon with few incidents of note. “In spite of the light conditions,” said Jonathan Brewin, chairman of the Bermuda Race Organizing Committee,... Read more of this article
170 Boats Will Start In Newport Bermuda Race
Making attempts at breaking records, surviving rough seas, reveling in starry nights and bonding over the adventure of navigating 635 miles of open water are all part of the longstanding and storied history of the Newport Bermuda Race, first held in 1906. Since its inception, over 52,000 sailors [more than twice the population of the city from which... Read more of this article
Youth Teams Enter Newport Bermuda Race
For some people, thrash, whether used as a noun or a verb, sounds like a bad thing. But for the 1500+ sailors on 180 vessels entered in the 51st “Thrash to the Onion Patch,” more formally known as the Newport Bermuda Race, this biennial race is a bucket list challenge. When the boats – in seven divisions – depart Narragansett Bay starting at... Read more of this article
Newport Bermuda Race To Aid Ocean Health
The Newport-Bermuda Race is joining the race to restore ocean health with the Sailors for the Sea Clean Regattas program. A spokesperson said, “The ocean is in crisis—every year, 8 million metric tons of plastic enters the ocean from land, and 40% of the oceans are heavily affected by human activity, including pollution, overfishing and destructive... Read more of this article
