Press Release

On Wednesday, August 28, our friends at Port Chester, New York-based based UK Sailmakers and creative agency TBWA joined forces with the United Nations and other partners to create the Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Flotilla, welcoming Swedish climate change activist and Nobel Prize nominee Greta Thunberg, 16, to New York City ahead of the Climate Change Action Summit in September. Thunberg, who crossed the Atlantic aboard the zero-emissions sailboat Malizia II, was greeted and escorted into New York Harbor by…

On Sunday, August 25, 53 swimmers from five states took to the waters of Newport, Rhode Island to advance the mission of Clean Ocean Access by swimming from Perrotti Park to the King Park Swim Area. The Swim to Skim has a focus to bring awareness to the importance of year-round efforts for clean water and healthy oceans. Together with entry fees and sponsorship from Peoples Credit Union and Blount fine foods, Clean Ocean Access raised over…

If you want to know how to best protect recreational boats from damage in a hurricane, ask the experts who’ve been tasked with cleaning up the mess for nearly 40 years: our friends at BoatUS! They’re the ones who’ve seen the evidence after the storm passes: a lack of preparation, poorly maintained docks, low seawalls, fallen boat lifts, and destroyed marinas. So what can you do to protect your boat during the 2019 hurricane season? The editors of…

From seven states across the region, 86 paddlers advanced the mission of Clean Ocean Access on August 17, 2019 by paddling around Rose Island and Goat Island to bring awareness to the importance to protect and preserve shoreline access as part of the 2nd Annual Paddle for Access, hosted by Newport Shipyard in Newport, Rhode Island. The combined effort generated over $8,000 to be used directly to take action to adopt all the rights of way on…

Mystic, Conn. (July 2, 2019) — Mystic Seaport Museum announces it is honoring the Dark Harbor 20 class owners with the William A. Baker Award. The award is given to promote the awareness and appreciation of fine examples of one-design classes or boats of like kind, and to foster faithful preservation and restoration, and encourage their continued use. The owners are being recognized for their effort to preserve and maintain a significant class of American sailing craft.   Antique…

Wickford, Rhode Island – In-Command Seamanship Training offers on-the-water powerboating skills as well as classroom instruction for teens in its Skipper Club™ program. “Our Skipper Club teaches teens ages 13-19 the necessary on-the-water boating skills and classroom instruction for the RI Boating License,” says Capt. Carol Beecher, Program Director for In-Command. “Through these valuable lessons for teens, we are helping prepare the next generation of safe boaters.”  The National Safe Boating Council, in partnership with In-Command Seamanship Training and the…

Our friends at Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut have announced proposed changes to its grounds that will advance the Museum’s role as a leader in the maritime heritage field. The three projects include construction of an underwater research and education center in partnership with the Global Foundation for Ocean Exploration (GFOE), the expansion of public display of its watercraft collection, and construction of a restaurant and boutique hotel. The Global Foundation for Ocean Exploration is a…

Our friends at the Bitter End Yacht Club in Virgin Gorda, BVI are excited to announce that after more than 20 months of demolition and cleanup from Hurricane Irma related damage, including the removal of over 100 structures and remediation of more than 64 acres, the process of rebuilding Bitter End is now underway. Launched in 1969 as a remote island outpost that catered to visiting yachtsman, Bitter End will soon revisit its origins as a rollicking…

Our friends at 11th Hour Racing have announced seven grantees focused on restoring ocean health in the United States, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand. Funded by The Schmidt Family Foundation, 11th Hour Racing’s grant program is committed to mobilizing the sailing, marine, and coastal communities to create systemic change for the health of our oceans. “This round of grantees represents an exciting and diverse approach to addressing ocean health issues — from practical solutions in ecosystem…

NEWPORT, R.I. (June 4, 2019) – The Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) honored three individuals for their contributions to the sport of college sailing by inducting them into the ICSA Hall of Fame over the course of the 2019 ICSA Spring National Championships hosted at Sail Newport Sailing Center at Fort Adams by Brown University with support from the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA), the University of Rhode Island, Harvard University and Dartmouth University. Alyson Leigh Schwerdtfeger…