Happy New Year!
Registration for the 2016 Newport Bermuda Race opens via the race website in approximately two weeks, on January 12, 2016. A Guide to Entry and schedule of important deadlines and events is provided below for your planning purposes.
An amended Notice of Race is now posted on the race website's Official Notice Board. The amendment brings minor edits for rewording and a more significant change to RRS 41(c), which concerns outside information.
Registration for the CCA's March 19-20, 2016 Safety-at-Sea Seminar in Newport, RI is open online at this link.
Please do not hesitate to contact us at one of the email addresses listed at the bottom of this bulletin if you have any questions.
We look forward to seeing you on the starting line on June 17, 2016.
Kind regards,
A. J. Evans
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Guide to Entry
Like any other blue water voyage, preparation for the Bermuda Race is often a complex task. To help you through the race's entry process, we have posted a Guide to Entry on the race website. If you still have questions, we invite you to contact one of us listed at the bottom of this email or request an Ambassador.
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Schedule of Events and Deadlines
This schedule is intended for your convenience. Please see the Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions for official deadlines and events.
| January 12 | Entry system opens online |
| March 19-20 | CCA Safety at Sea Seminar, Newport Marriott |
| 1700, April 1 | Deadline to submit an Application for Entry |
| April 16 | Storm Trysail Foundation Safety at Sea Seminar, SUNY Maritime |
| 1700, May 4 | Deadline to request Measurement (NoR 6.1(a)) |
| 1700, May 16 | Entry Deadline (online forms, fees, Captain's Waiver) |
| 1700, May 26 | Measurements Deadline |
| May 27 | Practice Opportunity: Storm Trysail Club's Block Island Race |
| 1700, June 3 | Crew Deadline (crew registration and waivers) Inspections Deadline |
| June 10-12 | NYYC Annual Regatta (first part of the Onion Patch Series) |
| June 12-15 | Newport Headquarters open for Registration (Immigration schedule TBD) |
| June 15 | Registration Deadline at 1600 Gosling's Rum Crew Party at Newport Shipyard (time TBA) |
| 1700, June 16 | Captains' Meeting at Jane Pickens Theater |
| 1450, June 17 | First Signal (as scheduled) |
| June 19-24 | Bermuda Headquarters open for Check-In |
| June 24 | RBYC Anniversary Regatta (third part of the Onion Patch Series) Gosling's Rum Party at Barr's Bay Park |
| 1800, June 25 | Prize Giving (by invitation only, jacket and tie required) |
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Safety Requirements FAQ
We are maintaining a list of Frequently Asked Questions on the race website to help explain the race's rules and procedures. Here are two of the most recent updates:
- Personal AIS beacons are not required for each lifejacket in the 2016 edition of this race.
- Satellite systems that require a separate smartphone to make or receive telephone calls do not satisfy the satellite phone requirement found at paragraph 3.11.3 of the race's Safety Requirements.
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SHIP Your Yacht Back to Newport After the Race
A limited amount of space is available for shipping your yacht from Bermuda back to Newport aboard a lift-on/lift-off ship. A minimum number of bookings are required by February 1, 2016 to schedule the ship's call at Bermuda.
For more information, contact Ann Souder at [email protected].
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Berthing Arrangements
Berthing Reservations can now be made at RBYC using this form.
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