Upcoming Events

Newport, R.I. – Newport Exhibition Group, owners and producers of the Newport International Boat Show, announced today educational courses, seminars and presentations for attendees of its 49th annual Show, September 12-15, 2019. The Show offers a wealth of both fun and educational activities for boating enthusiasts of all ages and experience. America’s Boating Club, known for its courses that enhance a boater’s knowledge and skills while emphasizing having fun on the water, will offer hour-long seminars several times each…

Our friends at the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Milford Flotilla are offering the Charts, Navigation and GPS course on Saturday, July 20. The course ties together electronic navigation and the method of plotting a course on a paper chart. Instructions on basic satellite navigation (GPS) and its functions are presented, as well as pros and cons of relying on electronic navigation devices. Students will be instructed how to interpret and use information printed on charts as well…

NEWPORT, RI (June 20, 2019) – Sail Newport will hold a public sailing festival to salute the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority’s 50th Anniversary celebration of the Newport Pell Bridge on Friday, June 28 from 2 – 6 p.m. The event will provide guests with the opportunity to experience sailing, see Newport and the Newport Pell Bridge from the water, and enjoy Narragansett Bay.  All ages are invited to enjoy sailing aboard the not-for-profit sailing center’s J/22 sailboats. Experienced skippers…

NEWPORT, RI (June 19, 2019) – Manuka Sports Event Management announced today the seventh edition of The Atlantic Cup. The longest offshore race in the Western Atlantic dedicated to the Class40 will start from Charleston, South Carolina on June 10, 2020 and culminate the weekend of June 20-21 in Portland, Maine. Defending 2018 champion Eärendil has confirmed their entry along with three other teams with many more expressing interest. In addition, Sea Bags Maine will return as an official sponsor. The 2020 Atlantic Cup will start…

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…