Newport, R.I. — Rating rules may make noise with the large custom raceboats, but it’s the rank and file that drive sustained success. The 74-foot Bella Mente will likely be the most eye-catching boat competing under the ORC rating rule at the 2023 edition of the New York Yacht Club’s Annual Regatta, June 9 to 11. But it’s the plethora of racer-cruisers from 30 to 45 feet in length that are the real proof that ORC has established itself…

NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, USA (May 15, 2023) – Less than three months away and on the heels of The Ocean Race stopover, the 2023 12mR World Championship will be the next world sailing competition in Newport, R.I. Sanctioned by the International Twelve Metre Association and hosted by the 12 Metre Yacht Club Newport Station in partnership with Organizing Authority Ida Lewis Yacht Club, the event is scheduled for July 30-August 5 and will see ten or more historic 12 Metres sailing on Narragansett Bay…

Photos: Nancy Restrepo, NYYC American Magic W&YAC Task Force Newport, R.I. — Over the past nine months, the New York Yacht Club American Magic Women’s & Youth America’s Cup Task Force has assembled a talented core roster of sailors with the drive and ability to claim the inaugural editions of the Women’s and Youth America’s Cup regattas in late summer and early fall of 2024. “It should come as no surprise that the United States has a wealth of…

NEWPORT, R.I. (May 11, 2023) – The inaugural Rhody Regatta, hosted by the International Yacht and Athletic Club (IYAC), takes place Saturday, June 3 on Narragansett Bay. The event consists of one race, approximately 18 miles in length, around Conanicut Island and is designed to benefit the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. This is a great idea,” said Newport’s Clay Deutsch, who plans to add his C&C 30 Just a Friendto the growing roster of registrants, “not only because it supports…

Victory for Rhode Island’s home town means the leaderboard is close heading into the transatlantic leg NEWPORT, RI; May 10, 2023: 11th Hour Racing Team won Leg 4 of The Ocean Race, leading the fleet into their hometown of Newport, Rhode Island today on a spectacular spring afternoon in New England.  Skipper Charlie Enright was beaming as he stepped ashore, moments after his team held off Team Malizia to cross the finishing line for their first leg…

Ocean Live Park is the race village for The Ocean Race Newport Stopover (May 13-21) NEWPORT, R.I. (May 4, 2023) — One week from today the first finishers on Leg 5 of The Ocean Race from Brazil to Newport will be either across the finish line at the tip of Fort Adams, or close to it. In preparation for the fleet’s arrival in Newport, Ocean Live Park, the race village for the Newport Stopover, is undergoing a transformation. Pavilions…

Our friends at the Mystic River Mudhead Sailing Association are presenting their Mudhead Spring Seminar with professional sailor Cole Brauer at 6:00 pm Wednesday, May 10 at Shennecossett Yacht Club in Groton, Connecticut. Tickets are $15 in advance (cut off at noon Friday, May 5) and $20 at the door. To purchase tickets, click on mudhead.org/events/spring-sailing-seminar/ An offshore and inshore sailboat captain and professional sailor, Cole Brauer dreams of being the first American woman to race solo…

[Bristol, RI – May 3, 2023] – The Herreshoff Marine Museum is thrilled to announce the opening of its newest exhibit, “Challengers, Defenders, and Contenders: The Hodgdon Collection of America’s Cup Models – 1851-1937.” Opening its doors to the public on Thursday May 4th, 2023, this captivating exhibit promises to take visitors on a fascinating journey through the early history of the America’s Cup. Spanning over eight decades of the prestigious sailing competition, the “Challengers, Defenders, and…

Shaped by Water screening will precede a concert by American musician Caroline Jones NEWPORT, R.I. — 11th Hour Racing announced today the first public screening of its new film, Shaped by Water, followed by a live concert with American multi-genre singer-songwriter and musician Caroline Jones. The free outdoor event will take place, rain or shine, on Sunday, May 14, from 4:30-7:30 pm EDT at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, R.I.  Shaped by Water comprises a short art film with an…

Editor’s note: We’re pleased to share great news about one of our favorite sailors, courtesy of our friends at French sailing media Tip & Shaft. A little over two months after announcing Banque Populaire’s decision to part company with her, Clarisse Crémer is once again focused on the Vendée Globe 2024, with a boat, the ex-Apivia, a team, Alex Thomson Racing, and a partner,L’Occitane en Provence.Tip & Shaft tells you the story of this express return from the…