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June 21, 2020
Staying closer to the rhumbline has paid off for the leaders as of Sunday evening, especially in the Gibbs Hill Lighthouse and St. David's Lighthouse divisions.
June 20, 2020
With winds lightening across the course for 2020 Online Bermuda Race competitors, the fleet spread 200 miles to the east and west looking for breeze.
June 19, 2020
Racers are fanning out quickly in the opening hours of the 2020 Online Newport Bermuda Race, and racers from a NY frostbite group are doing it too!
June 19, 2020
A big fleet of virtual boats started at 1300 ET and is sailing in a moderate southwesterly breeze, close-reaching towards Bermuda.
June 14, 2020
Sailonline.org has opened the racecourse for entry and practice sailing. The start is 1300 EDT on June 19.
June 1, 2020
In this virtual Newport Bermuda Race held on SailOnline.org, competitors and race fans will sail 635 miles in one of four new model boats whose manufacturers have sponsored the race.
May 26, 2020
We would help keep the spirit of the 2020 race alive with SailOnline.org to create an online race for all sailors to participate.
March 23, 2020
The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee (BROC) has made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Newport Bermuda Race due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our position has always been that we can only conduct the race if conditions for competitors and local populations made it safe to do so.
March 18, 2020
Bermuda Race organizers continue to monitor the ongoing COVID-19 situation closely and will make a call no later than May 1st. We are also welcoming input and questions.
March 13, 2020
Bermuda Race 2020 is still on, but the COVID-19 situation is being monitored.
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Daniel Heun reminds us that the Bermuda Race can be just as fun on the return trip as the race there! ⠀
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Looking up and out... Thanks to Lisa Stuart for sending us this unique perspective during the 2018 race onboard White Rhino. ⠀
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😍 Look at that sky! Thanks to Kevin Tongue who sent in this amazing drone photo taken midway to Bermuda of the 2018 Class 9 St David’s winner, Crazy Horse, the J/V 50 owned by Kevin McLaughlin. ⠀
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Thanks to all the crew members sending us tributes to legends in the Bermuda Race. This one from Howard Coon is of Sailing Hall of Famer, John Bonds, doing his thing in the Nav station of the J-44, Gold Digger in 2006. Bonds was instrumental in shaping and requiring Safety at Sea Seminars to make ocean races like Newport-Bermuda safer for everyone. ⠀
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Photo: Kate Wilson/ 2014 onboard the Swan 441 Cygnette
When we asked for inspirational photos, Howard Coon sent in this photo of Jim Bishop at the helm of his J-44, Gold Digger, from 2006. Bishop passed away in 2018 but not before completing 24 Bermuda Races! ⠀
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John Alden, Kirk Cooper, and Bjorn Johnson added to the Bermuda Race Roll of Honour.⠀
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Created in 2006 with the centennial of the first “Thrash to the Onion Patch,” the Bermuda Race Roll of Honour recognizes and celebrates extraordinary sailors who have sailed across the Gulf Stream in this unique ocean race. With the addition of Alden, Cooper, and Johnson, there are now 13 individuals on the Roll of Honour.⠀
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Eric Dowd was 16 on his first Bermuda Race in 2018 onboard Scylla, a Dehler 46. "I was determined to sail fast while of course getting some good GoPro shots." ⠀
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Bob Kinsman sent us this photo from downwind sailing during the Bermuda Race. Can anyone name the boat?⠀
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