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June 17, 2018

More News from the Boats – Sunday 

By Media Team

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 17, 2018

Race Bulletin #17 – Five Boats Ahead of a Tightly Packed Fleet 

By Media Team

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 16, 2018

Merlin’s Path: Spinnaker Repair with the Usual Vlad 

By Media Team

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 16, 2018

Text and Tweets from the Boats – Saturday 

By Media Team

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

Merlin’s Path: Sliding Fast in the Evening 

By Chris Museler

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

Crossing the Starting Line, 169 Boats Set Sail for Bermuda 

By Media Team

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

How to Follow the Newport Bermuda Race 

By Media Team

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

2018 Gulf Stream Pre-Start Analysis 

By Frank Bohlen

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

#16 Race Bulletin: Pre-Race Notes, Goslings Party, Roll of Honour 

By Media Team

  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

Nye and Ecclestone Join Bermuda Race Roll of Honour 

By Media Team

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 […]