Ship’s Log

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…

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…