Author: Stuart Streuli

One of the best ways to track the intensifying competitiveness of the Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup is the number of teams taking time to train in Newport, RI in advance of this year’s edition, scheduled for September 6-13 at the New York Yacht Club Harbour Court in Newport. Over half of the twenty teams entered in the Invitational Cup have traveled to Newport this summer to sail in at least one IC37 class regatta….

Story & photos by Stuart Streuli, New York Yacht Club Director of Communications     For some regattas, the actual competition can seem like a supporting component. That was certainly the case the weekend of June 24 & 25 for Jack Curtin, the owner of the legendary 12 Metre Intrepid, which sailed to a convincing win in Class 1 in the Robert H. Tiedemann Classics Regatta. Winning is always nice, but there’s so much more to this…

Story & photos by Stuart Streuli After 45 races in conditions that ranged from heavy air to survival sailing, four of the ten teams competing in the New York Yacht Club’s third annual Women’s 2v2 Team Race were tied for first place with 7 points apiece. And perhaps that’s appropriate.   Given the dire forecast for Newport, RI heading into the weekend of June 3 & 4, the fact that any races were held at all is…