Ship’s Log

By Timothy Grimes, 20HC Commodore When you have a 2.5hp engine, you often have to leave the dock extra early to get to the starting line. So, to get to Hog Island Light for the start of the Twenty Hundred Club’s Spring Around Aquidneck Race on Saturday, June 7th, Zephyros set off at around 7:30am into the foggy morning from Newport. Because of the nearly zero visibility and the precariously light forecast, we were left wondering, would…

Four Iconic 12-Metres To Race for STEM Education Fund The Herreshoff Museum and the America’s Cup Hall of Fame are proud to announce the 2025 America’s Cup Hall of Fame Challenge, set to take place October 4-5, 2025, in Newport, Rhode Island. This prestigious sailing event will bring together elite teams to compete aboard four historic 12- Metre yachts, honoring the rich legacy of America’s Cup racing in Newport. “We are thrilled to host this extraordinary event,…

Great Races! Great Party! Great Cause! For over 30 years, the Mystic River Mudhead Sailing Association has raised funds and awareness for worthy charities. We are proud to partner with Sails Up 4 Cancer for the 2025 event. The Mudhead Benefit Cup Regatta is a fund raiser for Sails Up 4 Cancer. Sails Up 4 Cancer’s mission statement really says it all. SU4C is a non-profit organization dedicated to funding education, prevention, care, and cure for all…

Mystic River Jam, at the beautiful Mystic Shipyard (100 Essex Street, Mystic, CT), is back on July 11-12, 2025, showcasing music from amazing bands – while proudly supporting two great charities, Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center and Always Home. The Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center mission is to improve and enhance the quality of life of residents of all ages living within the communities we serve by providing basic human needs, social interaction & senior transportation to medical care. (pawcatuckneighborhoodcenter.org). Always…

Event Host Noroton Yacht Club (NYC) at the Center of Thriving Women’s Sailing Program Darien, CT – June 3, 2025 – Up to a dozen of the country’s top women sailing teams will come to the Noroton Yacht Club (NYC) again to compete in the 2025 Susan Widmann Sinclair Women’s Championship June 13th-15th. NYC launched the biennial event in 2023 to honor the memory of Susan Widman Sinclair, a lifetime member of NYC whose sailing pedigree included…

By Timothy Grimes, Commodore The Twenty Hundred Club’s first race of the season took place on Narragansett Bay on Saturday, May 31 with 21 boats spread out over four classes taking part. What looked like an obvious early decision to take the tide north to the Mount Hope Bridge first, gave way to some indecision in the fleet at the time the racing got started. At least as it relates to the Spinnaker A class, three boats…

Third Annual Rhody Regatta rewards perserverance in 30+ knot breezes NEWPORT, R.I. (June 2, 2025) – The third annual Rhody Regatta will go down in the event’s short history as one of the toughest due to demanding winds and formidable waves encountered on an 18-mile course around Conanicut Island. The event, held May 31, was hosted by theInternational Yacht and Athletic Club (IYAC) and benefitted the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. “Of the 18 race boats that entered, three did not start and six did…

McMichael Yacht Yards & Brokers is excited to add Marex Boats to its lineup of power and sailing yacht brands. Marex is a family-owned Norwegian company that has been designing and building luxury family cruising yachts since 1973. Marex is renowned for exceptional designs, innovations, and market leading sea handling. With a team of over 400 dedicated and highly skilled boatbuilders providing quality boats in Europe, and now the U.S., Marex has become a highly awarded boat…

Author: Dave Harris We are sad to report that Mark Ellis, co-founder of Harris & Ellis Yachts, has died at the age of 80 in Essex, Connecticut. Mark was, above all, my friend. He was also my colleague, my business partner, my mentor. He was the guy who regularly dragged me out for lunch to his favourite local Indian buffet when we shared an office, which we did for more than 30 years. I met Mark In…

The Mudheads are Going Green for the 17th consecutive year! The Mystic River Mudhead Sailing Association proudly announce that they have registered their annual Mudhead Benefit Cup (MBC) Regatta in support of Sails Up 4 Cancer (SU4C) on July 19, 2025, as a certified Clean Regatta with the non-profit organization, Sailors for the Sea for the seventeenth year.  In doing so, the Mudheads and SU4C pledge their commitment to clean waters and shores, and vow to fulfill and encourage others to…