Race News
March 17, 2014
By Fred Deichmann, Chairman, 2014 Bermuda Race Organizing Committee With two weeks to go before Applications for Entry close on April 1st for the 49th Newport Bermuda Race, 158 boats have filed […]
March 9, 2014
Sailors are reminded that the deadline for Applications for Entry, 1700 hours, April 1, 2014, is rapidly approaching, with only four weeks remaining in which to apply without incurring a […]
February 24, 2014
Newport RI, February 21, 2014— With 120 applications for entry received for the upcoming 49th Newport Bermuda Race, the race’s organizers are noting a larger than usual proportion of first-time […]
February 21, 2014
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 […]
February 15, 2014
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 […]
July 5, 2018
Hello Newport Bermuda Race competitors and fans: They say every Newport Bermuda Race is different, and it is fair to say that the “51st Thrash to the Onion Patch” lived […]
June 25, 2018
The St. David's Lighthouse Trophy, Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Trophy, and 100-plus more awards were presented to conclude the 2018 Newport Bermuda Race. His Excellency, the Governor of Bermuda, John Rankin, […]
June 23, 2018
For those unable to attend the Newport Bermuda Race Prize-Giving Ceremony at Government House, the event was live-streamed on Facebook. The ceremony began shortly after 6pm ADT, Saturday, June 23. […]
June 22, 2018
Two divisions of sailboats competed on Bermuda's Great Sound on Friday in the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club's Anniversary Regatta. Eighteen competitors from the Newport Bermuda Race took part in the […]
June 22, 2018
Nobody was more surprised at Orca's Finisterre Division victory than the crew of the Island Packet 38. By Chris Museler “I can’t possibly understand how we won,” exclaimed watch captain […]
June 22, 2018
Despite a tremendous range of boats and sailors in the Newport Bermuda Race, the class and division winners always seem to have some special quality and drive that pulls them […]
June 21, 2018
Nic Douglass, Adventures of a Sailor Girl, spoke with sailors and skippers on Grundoon, Dreamcatcher, Breezin' Up, and Temptress. After the fleet's mass finish on Wednesday and docking at the […]
June 22, 2018
Except in the Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Division, the smaller boats scored best throughout the fleet. None more so than in the Double-Handed Division, won by a 36-foot Morris Justine named Yankee […]
June 22, 2018
A story in which Commodore Jim Binch and crew Andrew McTavish work out a successful exit strategy. By Chris Museler Becoming a Cruising Club of America member requires thousands of […]
June 23, 2018
Racing "vintage" boats in the Newport Bermuda Racing is changing. By Chris Museler Once upon a time, racing for an award like the Dorade Trophy for boats "25-plus years of […]