Race News
June 19, 2018
Overnight, the TP52 Spookie finished, the sixth boat across the line in the 2018 Newport Bermuda Race, well in front of the other 162 boats still racing. Finishing a full […]
June 18, 2018
Lighter winds on the racecourse put the clubhouse leaders in a strong position to win their divisions. By John Burnham Five fast race boats between 62 and 88 feet long […]
June 17, 2018
Leaving most of the fleet far behind in light winds, George David’s Rambler 88 crossed the finish line off St. David’s Lighthouse at 5:51:51 Eastern daylight time on Sunday evening. Earning […]
June 17, 2018
Bloggers report from Shearwater (Mason 43), Dreamcatcher, and Inisharon. Updated as of 2330, Sunday. Shearwater Reports June 17 - 1115 Good morning everyone and Happy Fathers Day - the fathers […]
June 16, 2018
The euphoria of pacing with the Grand Prix fleet floated away as the wind backed north overnight and we tore our A2 kite from leech to leech. By Chris Museler. […]
June 17, 2018
The Saturday evening update from the Newport Bermuda Race media team. After a day of relatively light winds in the 51st Newport Bermuda Race, the competitors had made moderate progress […]
June 18, 2018
On the third day of the race, Merlin's crew is settling into the rhythm of the race, sailing well despite light winds, and getting to know each other. By Chris […]
June 16, 2018
Updates from the fleet came in overnight in a variety of media formats, including a steady feed of tweets (see @bdarace and search at twitter.com on #bermudarace). Below are more […]
June 15, 2018
Onboard report several hours into what has been a light-air Newport Bermuda Race so far. By Chris Museler “It’s nice being famous.” Crewmate Chris Watt’s comment this afternoon pretty much […]
June 15, 2018
The racing fleet is underway from Newport to Bermuda for the 51st time since sailors first raced to Bermuda in 1906. The combination of a light southeast wind and more […]
June 15, 2018
Fans of the Newport Bermuda Race can keep up with the action in several ways. First, our Pantaenius Tracker system will show the courses and progress of the 170 boats […]
June 14, 2018
In the final days before the start, the view of the Gulf Stream's structure and flow is somewhat clouded. By W. Frank Bohlen Due to persistent cloud cover, satellite views […]
June 13, 2018
Hello Bermuda Race competitors and fans: Two days to go, and today is our final day for sailors to complete registration, ending at 1600. Bermuda Border Control will be […]
June 13, 2018
Two outstanding sailors were named to the Bermuda Race Roll of Honour in 2018: Richard S. Nye and E. Llwyd Ecclestone, Jr. One hundred years after the first Bermuda Race […]
June 12, 2018
A fresh breeze blew into Newport, R.I., today with the arrival of sailing's social media star Nic Douglass and her video team of Celeste Bible and Aaron McLachlan. The Australian […]