Special Presentations Added to March CCA-Bermuda Race Safety Weekend

Several special presentations have been added to the Cruising Club of America-Newport Bermuda Race Safety Weekend on March 15-16, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Goat Island, Newport, R.I. Always […]

Yellowbrick Trackers: Required for Race, Not Available for Return (but alternatives listed here)

Article excerpted from the November Newsletter. [threecol_two]Yellowbrick trackers will be provided to the fleet for race tracking once again in 2014. Pantaenius American Yacht Insurance will serve as a primary […]

Notice of Race and Safety Requirements Posted

The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee has posted the Notice of Race for the 2014 Newport Bermuda Race® in the race documents area. The Newport Bermuda Race Safety Requirements have also […]

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 […]

Inspector Training Seminar

Seventeen Newport Bermuda Race Inspectors gathered at Brewer Pilots Point Marina in Westbrook, CT on Sunday, September 8 for the first inspector training seminar before the next Bermuda Race, which […]

Brewer Hosts First Race Preparedness Seminar

On September 7, Brewer Yacht Yards hosted a Newport Bermuda Race Offshore Preparedness Seminar that focused on helping first-time competitors get a head-start on race preparation and boat optimization for […]

Sinn Fein Recovers from Super Storm Sandy

Sailing with a crew of family and friends headed by Pete Rebovich, of the Raritan (N.J.) Yacht Club, Sinn Fein won the St. David’s Light Trophy in 2006 and 2008 […]

Prepare for 2014 Race with Brewer Yacht Yard Seminar on Sept. 7

Anyone considering sailing in the 2014 Newport Bermuda Race, or otherwise sailing offshore, should know about upcoming seminars sponsored by Brewer Yacht Yard Group, the Official Boat Preparation Resource of […]

Newport Bermuda adds time penalties

For many years, the Bermuda Race Organizing Committee (BROC) has imposed monetary penalties for failure to satisfy eligibility, entry, measurement and registration requirements by set deadline dates. These monetary penalties have […]

Brewer Yacht Yard Group Named Official Boat Preparation Resource

Newport RI, July 11, 2013— The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee has named the Brewer Yacht Yard Group as the Official Boat Preparation Resource of the Newport Bermuda Race. Said BROC Race […]

Bermuda Race Improvements for 2014

A year before the June 20, 2014 start of the 49th Newport Bermuda Race, the Bermuda Race Organizing Committee has announced initiatives to make the race easier to enter and […]

Trouble on Return Delivery

HAMILTON BERMUDA, June 26, 2012- The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee learned from Bermuda Harbour Radio on Tuesday that two boats returning from the Newport Bermuda Race had faced emergency situations […]