Races and Regattas

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,”…

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…

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…