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 […]

Dobbs Davis Wraps up 2012 Bermuda Race

Next Newport Bermuda Race Start: Friday, June 20, 2014

The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee (BROC) has announced that the start of the next Newport Bermuda Race will be on Friday, June 20, 2014. While another record-smashing year like 2012 […]

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 […]

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 […]