Races and Regattas

The Newport Regatta has become a Premier East Coast Sailing Event Four Decades After its Launch. NEWPORT, RI (July 12, 2024)—This weekend marks the 40th Anniversary of the Newport Regatta at Sail Newport in Newport, Rhode Island, featuring 147 boats and ten one-design racing classes. The event has grown so successful over the years that sailors from an average of 17 U.S. states and several countries travel to Newport each year to compete.  “Sailors are captivated by sailing in Newport. What…

Royal Thames makes event debut, while veteran Chesapeake team could be the favorite With BNY Wealth signing on as presenting sponsor and a deep field of sailing talent across all the rosters, the table is set for the 4th edition of the Corinthian Yacht Club’s National Women’s Invitational Team Race, the only women’s 3v3 team racing event in keelboats with spinnakers. Six teams from across the US and beyond will vie for the Thayer Trophy off the coast…

Up to $450,000 in prize grants will be awarded. April 03, 2024 for immediate release (Oyster Bay, New York) The 2024 Triple Crown Series is expanding to five events, significantly increasing domestic competitive training opportunities and prize grants for athletes. The expanded series, jointly hosted by Oakcliff,  Windmark Foundation, and Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, invites ILCA 6, ILCA 7, 49er, 49erFX, 470, and Nacra 17 sailors to compete in Oyster Bay and The Great South Bay, Long Island this summer….

Introduction by Brett Lyall, McMichael Yacht Yards & Brokers After winning the 2023 Bermuda One-Two at just 29 years old, Cole Brauer is back on the open ocean. She is one of five Americans on the roster of twenty skippers competing in the 2023 Global Solo Challenge. She is the only female sailor in the fleet, and if successful she will be the first American woman to have raced solo around the globe. As Cole said, “I don’t notice…

NEWPORT, R.I. — One of offshore racing’s great adventures will return in 2025. The New York Yacht Club and the Royal Ocean Racing Club, in partnership with the Royal Yacht Squadron and the Storm Trysail Club, are proud to announce Transatlantic Race 2025, which will start from Newport, R.I., on June 18, 2025, and finish off Cowes, England. The west-to-east Transatlantic Race was most recently run in 2011, 2015 and 2019. This slightly extended break has allowed the race to…

Our friends at Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut are hosting the 74th Dyer Dhow Derby on Saturday, October 21, from 10am to 5pm.  The Dyer Dhow Derby is open to all, and there is no fee for an individual or group to register for the use of a boat. There is a suggested donation of $20 from individuals to help support the sailing programs at Mystic Seaport Museum. For more information and to register, contact Liz…

Our friends at Essex Corinthian Yacht Club in Essex, Connecticut are hosting the Cross Sound Challenge (XSC) Regatta on Saturday, September 23rd. In its tenth year, the XSC is an ECSA sanctioned points race and offers crews a unique racing experience sailing cross current from the mouth of the Connecticut River to the vicinity of Truman Beach on the north shore of Long Island and back.  The course length is approximately 15 miles. The regatta is open…

Our friends at Thames Yacht Club in New London, Connecticut are hosting the second annual Thames River Finn Championship on Saturday, October 7. In the last year, Thames Yacht Club members have acquired and rebuilt seven classic Finns. Rob Scalia (pictured), who sailed Cazzy to victory in last year’s regatta, will be defending his title and Finn sailors from other clubs are looking forward to sailing again this year.  “Our goal is to have ten Finns sailing…

The 125th Larchmont Race Week is just around the corner and the Race Organizers are introducing a new schedule format for the nine-day event to offer something for every type of sailor and sailing fan on and off the water.  For distance sailing enthusiasts, the first night will kick off the overnight Execution Rocks Race, now a stand-alone distance race, on Friday, July 14, with a 1730 warning.   Then the first weekend, July 15 – 16, will be for…

First US team to win in the event’s 50-year history US offshore sailing outfit 11th Hour Racing Team has won The Ocean Race – the world’s longest and toughest team sporting event. The Newport, RI-based team is the first US-flagged entry to win The Ocean Race in its 50-year history.In unprecedented scenes, the crew heard about their win via a satellite phone call from team CEO, Mark Towill, as they delivered their 60-foot IMOCA, Mālama, to Genoa….