Preparing for the Thrash: Safety Training, Complacency Eradication

"Was I ready for all this?" asks Chris Museler in his account of a busy "gut check" of a day at a hands-on safety at sea seminar. This is the […]

CCA Make-Up Safety Seminar to be Held June 15 at Newport

Here's a new safety-training opportunity for racers, delivery crews, and cruisers who were not among the 300 sailors at the Cruising Club of America Safety at Sea Seminar at Newport […]

2016 Bermuda Race Fleet May Be Second Biggest of All 50 “Thrashes”

  By Talbot Wilson As of April 5, 195 boats have been sanctioned by the Bermuda Race Organizing Committee as qualified entries in the 50th Newport Bermuda Race. Since another […]

Special Entry Required for Family, Youth, Regional, & Other Prizes

  These five prizes require a Special Entry by June 17. They are based on cross-divisional scoring. Pratt Trophy. Top team consisting of three boats entered in one or more […]

April 1 Entry Deadline Looms as Bermuda Race Fleet Nears 200

  By Talbot Wilson The June 17, 2016 Newport Bermuda Race, the 50th Thrash to the Onion Patch, is shaping up to be the largest since the 2006 Centennial celebration. […]

New Initiatives Announced for Youth Sailors in Bermuda Race

The Newport Bermuda Race is well known as a long-distance ocean adventure with a special appeal for ambitious young sailors.  Many of today’s skippers, navigators, and watch captains first went […]

CCA Half-Day Boat Prep-Medical Seminar Set for Sunday March 20

A half-day seminar on ocean sailing and racing -- including detailed discussions of medical issues and boat preparation -- will be held Sunday morning, March 20, at the Marriott Hotel, […]

100-Plus Boats Quickly Apply to Enter 50th Bermuda Race

Talbot Wilson reports on the rapid pace of applications to enter the Thrash to the Onion Patch. Boats include Comanche, Actaea, and Bella Mente. Entries will close on April 1 […]

CCA Safety Seminar Targets Racers, Delivery Crews, Cruisers

The March 19-20 Safety at Sea Seminar at Newport RI will provide valuable advice and information for all who race to Bermuda, sail in a return voyage, or cruise or […]

Looking Back: Great Rides in 2012

John Rousmaniere reports on a new course record and other excitements of the breezy 2012 race, the fastest in the Newport Bermuda Race's 110-year history.  “An out of body experience.” […]

Warren Brown Named to Bermuda Race Roll of Honour

Talbot Wilson reports on the Newport Bermuda Race's recognition of the late Bermudian "consummate yachtsman," Warren Brown:  captain of the War Baby fleet, 20 Bermuda races, 300,000 miles under sail, […]

Looking Back: The Bermuda Race’s freshwater connection

“It is not the salt in the water that makes sailors.” What was said of a talented crew of Great Lakes sailors who raced to Bermuda many years ago can […]

Hanson Medals Awarded Black Watch Crew for Providing “All Possible Assistance” in 2014 Bermuda Race

The United States Sailing Association has awarded Hanson Rescue Medals to the crew of the yawl Black Watch for assisting a disabled competitor in the 2014 Newport Bermuda Race. The […]

The 2016 Notice of Race is Posted

The Notice of Race for the 2016 Newport Bermuda Race is available on this website's Official Notice Board. Responses to common questions and highlights of the Notice of Race's changes […]

CCA/Bermuda Race Safety Seminar to be held in March at Newport

Registration is open for the Cruising Club of America’s biennial US Sailing-sanctioned Safety at Sea Seminar, March 19-20, 2016 at the Marriott Hotel in Newport, RI.  This seminar addresses the […]