Ship’s Log

Iconic Offshore Race to Celebrate 120 Years and 100 Years of Historic Partnership Newport, RI  (June 19, 2025)— The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee is proud to announce that entry opens Friday June 20, 2025 at 1300 EDT, for the 2026 Newport Bermuda Race, one year prior to the start on Friday June 19, 2026 at the same time. This upcoming edition will mark a historic milestone as the Race celebrates 120 years since its founding in 1906, and…

EDGARTOWN, MARTHA’S VINEYARD, MASS. (June 19, 2025) – Edgartown Race Weekend’s 88th ’Round-the-Island Race (’RTI) is scheduled for Saturday, June 21 and will see 40 boats at the 8:00 am start off Edgartown’s Outer Harbor. Revered as one of the nation’s oldest distance races, the ‘RTI could possibly be the most spectacular in terms of venues and finest as far as what it offers sailors looking for smart competition and a good time. “It’s a relatively quiet year,”…

Our friends at the Connecticut River Museum in Essex, Connecticut are hosting an Independence Day Boat Parade on Friday, July 4. Enjoy the spectacle of dazzling boat displays and thundering cannon fire after viewing the museum exhibits and taking on a special scavenger hunt. For kids, crafts and other fun activities will be available. The museum, located at 67 Main Street (foot of Main) on the banks of the Connecticut, opens at 12:00 pm. The parade begins…

Annapolis, MD, June 17, 2025 – The 2025 Annapolis to Newport Race celebrated a historic milestone last week as the J/42 Allegiant became the first all-women crew to complete the legendary 475-nautical-mile offshore race. Under the leadership of skipper Maryline Bossar, the team showcased remarkable skill, resilience, and seamanship to conquer one of the most demanding ocean courses in the U.S. The race started from Annapolis, Maryland on June 6. Bossar’s all-female crew aboard Allegiant navigated the…

Rhode Island sailor is the only woman skipper in the North American offshore race HAMILTON, BERMUDA – Rhode Island sailor Erica Lush completed the first leg of the Bermuda 1-2 regatta as the only woman skipper in the fleet. Lush sailed solo from Newport to Bermuda, handling a boat new to her, and rough sea state. Her time for this leg was 4 days and 18 hours, placing third in her class. After a few days’ rest in Bermuda, Lush and…

Milford, Conn. ─ Take the Weekend Navigation and GPS Charting class and complete the practicals all on the same day in the same location at U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Milford Flotilla on Saturday, June 28, 2025, at 8 a.m. at its Training Center located at 1 Helwig Street, Milford, the location for all navigation and boating safety classes listed below. For advance registration prior to the class date, go to http://a0142403.uscgaux.info/ . You can sign up here…

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…