Upcoming Events

HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (June 10, 2019) — The “North American Rally to the Caribbean” (NARC), which is free for participants to join, will celebrate its 20th Anniversary in 2019 when it once again brings together boats on their annual pilgrimage south to the Caribbean from the U.S. East Coast, organizing socials, discounts and shared weather routing. Scheduled for October 26 (or the best weather window near that date), the 20thAnniversary NARC Rally will offer departures from the longstanding participating port of Newport,…

By Talbot Wilson Marion MA, June 12, 2019: The Class ‘A’ boats in the 2019 Marion-Bermuda Race, which starts Friday, June 14, hope that the new handicapping ‘Anti-Bias’ adjustment added to this edition of the race will give them a better chance of winning the Founders Trophy for first place on corrected time. However that settles out, they still have their sights set on the Blue Water Sailing Club Board of Governors Trophy for shortest elapsed time for the 645-nautical…

  By Stuart Streuli   NEWPORT, RI. June 11, 2019 — The return of the Swan American Regatta and the inaugural season of racing in the new Melges IC37 fleet are two of the many reasons why the 165th edition of the New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta is seeing a significant upswing in entries. With just shy of 150 entries, and a few days still remaining until the first gun, this year’s running of North America’s…

By Talbot Wilson Marion MA, June 11, 2019 – For Steve Gordon, the 22nd Marion-Bermuda Race will be his first. Starting Friday (June 14) he will race his Alden 50 sloop Elena in the 645-nautical mile  ‘Race to the Rock’ with two goals in mind— win and have fun. He will enjoy all the adventure his first Marion Bermuda Race promises to deliver.   Steve and Elena arrived in Marion on Sunday after a quicker-than-expected delivery trip up the coast…

With supercharged foiling catamarans capable of 50 knots and six international teams comprising many of the world’s best sailors, SailGP is our sport’s version of Formula 1 auto racing.  The third event of the inaugural SailGP season is coming to New York City on Friday, June 21 and Saturday, June 22, and our friends at the Manhattan Yacht Club are offering an opportunity to watch this spectacular event from the beautiful megayacht Arabella!  Six national teams from…

Our friends at Holmgren Subaru are proud to donate $30,000 to our friends at Sails Up 4 Cancer through the Share The Love Campaign. The check will be presented during a special Celebration Day on Tuesday, on June 11 at 1:30pm at the dealership, located at 3 New Park Avenue in North Franklin, Connecticut, and you are cordially invited! The money, raised by Holmgren, will go toward funding education, prevention, care and cure for all types of…

Our friends at McMichael Yacht Yards & Brokers are proud to announce the opening of their newest brokerage office at West Shore Marina, located at 135 West Shore Road in Huntington, New York. The office will be led by Cameron Campbell (pictured) and will offer brokerage services for used boats, as well as McMichael’s full line of new sailboats including J/Boats, Hanse Yachts, Dehler Yachts, Fountaine Pajot catamarans, and Amel luxury passagemakers. McMichael COO Steve Leicht remarked,…

Oakcliff Sailing in Oyster Bay, New York is hosting their annual Foiling Camp the week of July 1 – 7. Utilizing the fastest boats in Oakcliff’s High Performance fleet (WASZPs, foiling Nacra 17s and foiling carbon Nacra 20s), Foiling Camp will get you up and flying. And because fitness is essential for foiling, Oakcliff’s expert coaches will provide personalized advice on how to take your training to the next level and earn your wings at Oakcliff Airlines….

Brooklyn Boatworks, a Brooklyn, New York-based non-profit organization with a mission of “Encouraging, Inspiring, and Empowering young people through boat building & sailing,” is hosting its annual Student Spirit Boat Launch & Regatta on Monday, June 10 at Pier 2 in Brooklyn Bridge Park.   “This joyous event celebrates the accomplishments and hard work of young boat builders, ages 10 through 18,” said Marjorie Schulman, Executive Director of Brooklyn Boatworks. “At noon we will hold a brief graduation ceremony, featuring…

Aloha! Our friends at the Connecticut Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation are stoked be the race host of the 5th Annual Charles Island SUP Cup, at beautiful Walnut Beach in Milford, Connecticut on Saturday, June 15 from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. June 15 is International Surfing Day, so mark your calendar for an awesome day at the beach with stand-up paddleboard and kayak races. The 5-mile elite race will loop around Charles Island (where Captain William Kidd is rumored to have buried his treasure in…