Historic Trophies: Two lighthouses, one beacon, and Sir Thomas Lipton

Today, when three of the Newport Bermuda Race’s major prizes are replicas of Bermuda aids to navigation, and when many other prizes honor sailors, it may come as a surprise […]

Historic Prizes: The Herbert L. Stone Memorial Trophy

The 108-year-old Newport Bermuda Race is enriched by its tradition of presenting many historic trophies. Here is the story of one of them. The Herbert L. Stone Memorial Trophy, presented […]

Early Newport Bermuda Race Applications Point to Large Fleet

Two weeks after the opening of registration for the 2014 Newport Bermuda Race, Applications for Entry are coming in at a rate that indicates a strong turnout on the starting […]

A First-Time Skipper’s Lessons Learned

The learning curve of a first-time Bermuda Race captain may seem steep and winding, but as this report by one-time first-timer shows, it's not Everest.  A Connecticut doctor who had […]

Bermuda Race Entry Portal Opens Monday, Jan 13

The 2014 Newport Bermuda Race opens for online registration on Monday, January 13. Captains wishing to sail in the 49th running of the offshore classic may apply for entry on the […]

Newport Bermuda Race Adopts New US Safety Equipment Requirements

By John Rousmaniere [twocol_one]   Newport RI, October 25, 2013— The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee has adopted US Sailing’s new Safety Equipment Requirements for the 2014 Newport Bermuda Race, with […]

Pantaenius Yacht Insurance Sponsors Bermuda Race Tracker

The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that the Pantaenius Group has joined its distinguished stable of sponsors for the 2014 Newport Bermuda Race®.  Pantaenius American Yacht Insurance […]

Bermuda Race/CCA Safety Seminar Registration Opens

[fourcol_three]Registration is now open for the Cruising Club of America’s biennial US Sailing- sanctioned Safety at Sea Seminar, which will be held at Newport, R.I. on the weekend of March 15-16, 2014. […]

Four-Handed Cruiser Prize Introduced by Bermuda Race

In recognition of a popular trend in sailing, the Newport Bermuda Race is introducing a new prize for the top boat sailing with just four crewmembers in the race’s Cruiser […]

2012 Race, a Retrospective

Here’s how a Bermuda Race veteran of long ago described his first steps when he staggered ashore after a Thrash to the Onion Patch: “We made tracks for the yacht […]

Evacuation at Sea: Lessons Learned from the 2012 Newport Bermuda Race

The Newport Bermuda Race is closely followed by an onshore team of race officials alternating four-hour watches as they monitor emails, satphone and radiotelephone calls, and the online tracker that […]

How to Win the Bermuda Race – Words from Past Winners

Everybody knows there are plenty of ways to lose a Bermuda Race, but only a very few people actually know how to win one. Listen to what the winners have […]

A Trying Return

Nothing, of course, can be taken for granted offshore, but at least sailors can hope for an easy sail home from Bermuda. It used to be said that the comfortable […]

The Nyes Swing for the Fences

  Only one other Bermuda Race boat has done as well as three-time winner Carina (1980, 2010, 2012) and that’s the famous Finisterre of Carleton Mitchell, winner of three straight […]

The Fastest Race

Out of Body Experiences - Reflections on the 2012 Race When the boats in the 2012 Newport Bermuda Race poured into Hamilton Harbour a day earlier than usual after their […]