Races and Regattas

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…

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…

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…

Jamestown, RI native clinched berth into prestigious regatta during this weekend’s Solo Maître CoQ LES SABLES D’OLONNE, FRANCE – Rhode Island-based offshore sailor Erica Lushhas officially qualified for the prestigious Solitaire Du Figaro this past weekend in the Solo Maître CoQ race in Les Sables d’Olonne, France. After months of training and qualification regattas on the west coast of France, Lush now begins preparation for the Solitaire in September. “Qualifying for the Solitaire is a huge accomplishment!…

Jamestown, RI native sailing towards history in the Solo Maître CoQ 2025 LES SABLES D’OLONNE, FRANCE – Rhode Island-based offshore sailor Erica Lush is making her next attempt to qualify for the prestigious Solitaire Du Figaro this week in the Solo Maître CoQ race in Les Sables d’Olonne, France. This regatta is the final step in the qualification process for the Solitaire. If successful this week, Lush will be one of the first American women to qualify. “I have learned an incredible amount over…

Newport, R.I. — The past decade for team racing has featured the emergence of a new, spectator-friendly format and the continued spread of the discipline around the globe. What it hasn’t seen, however, is an official world championship. That drought will end in a month’s time when the New York Yacht Club Harbour Court in Newport, R.I., hosts the 2025 Team Racing World Championship, scheduled for May 28 to June 1. “We are very happy to be the first…

By Ted Corning Photos by Donna Clapp and Mike Barnes On Saturday, April 5, The Corinthians held their annual Frostbite Regatta at the Mystic Seaport Museum’s Sailing Center in Mystic, CT. This year’s event had a great turnout out despite a forecast of strong winds and rain. But just as is the case so often in New England, the actual weather did not agree with the forecast so races were easily completed with windward-leeward courses on the…

Get ready for RS Fest Miami 2025! The second edition of RS Sailing’s multi-class event in North America. The three-day regatta will be a celebration of all things RS – hosted in tropical Miami by Coconut Grove Sailing Club.  Regatta racing will be held from Friday, March 28th, to Sunday, March 30th, for the RS Aero, RS Tera, RS Feva, RS Venture, and RS21 classes. New for 2025 will be the addition of the RS Open Class, allowing…

Newport, R.I. — The New York Yacht Club is pleased to announce the inaugural International Women’s Championship, a female-only competition that will be sailed in the Club’s fleet of 37-foot IC37 yachts, September 12 to 19, 2026. “The New York Yacht Club envisions that this event, like the very successful Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup, will emerge as one of the sport’s top events,” says L. Jay Cross, Commodore of the New York Yacht Club. “The…