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When the Newport Bermuda Race is next sailed in 2016, it will be scored by one handicapping system, the Offshore Racing Rule (ORR). The ORR calculates each boat’s speed potential based entirely on its measurements, using a Velocity Prediction Program...
This past June, as I was getting ready for my own first go at the race, I couldn’t help wondering if I really belonged there. My ride to Bermuda was a fairly ordinary one—a vintage J/37 performance cruiser named Sleijride...
Aug. 23, 2014. The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee has reported a change in the results of the 2014 Newport Bermuda Race. After correction of a scoring error in the previously announced results, Simpatico, Captain William F. Riley (Chatham, MA), has...
By Bill Wagner, CapitalGazette.com, July 10, 2014 It was no small feat for members of the Naval Academy Varsity Offshore Sailing Team to get Swift ready for the Newport-to-Bermuda Race. Swift is one of Navy’s old McCurdy & Rhodes 44-foot...
Following is an excerpt from a thoughtful blog post written by a one of this year’s entrants… Participating in the Bermuda Race last week (my first), got me thinking about the differences between ocean racing and ocean cruising, and what the...
Many of today’s ocean sailors earned their sea legs during boat deliveries back from Bermuda. The spirit of the “sail home” is a theme of Joe Harris’ article from his Gryphon Solo2 blog, posted with other sailors’ memories and observations...
By John Rousmaniere Hamilton, Bermuda, June 27.Updated June 28. The official results of the 49th Newport Bermuda Race have been approved by the Bermuda Race Organizing Committee and the two sponsoring clubs, the Cruising Club of America and the Royal Bermuda...
By Chris Museler There’s a first time for everything: first steps, first unassisted bike ride, first kiss. And if you’re lucky enough, you will have a first Newport Bermuda Race. Like all of the “good” firsts in our lives,...
By Chris Museler Juan Corradi expected this Bermuda Race to take longer for him aboard his 39’10” wooden Concordia yawl, Westray, than for any other competitor. The lowest rated boat in the fleet, Westray is also one of those...
By Chris Museler Michael Cone was depressed when he walked into the Prize-Giving ceremony for the 1996 Newport Bermuda Race. “I swore that I’d never ever do this race again,” he remembered. His Bermuda 40 yawl Actaea was the last boat...
