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June 22, 2014

The Grundoon Log #3: Fast sailing, Frustration & (Yes) More Calms 

By John Rousmaniere

Chris Museler returns us to the up and down world of ocean racing. Sunday morning.  Ocean racing inevitably has its highs and lows, but nowhere is this more prevalent than […]

June 22, 2014

Back of Fleet Drifts Hard Right, Leaders Riding High 

By John Rousmaniere

The big difference between the faster, leading boats and those further back is the Gulf Stream. Carina and Christopher Dragon, two of the leading boats on corrected time, are nearby […]

June 22, 2014

Reports from Boats, June 22 

By John Rousmaniere

From Spirit of Bermuda, Captain Karen McDonald Saturday, June 21, 0800. It was an exciting yet slow start to the 2014 Newport Bermuda Race yesterday.  At 1300, Spirit's start time, the […]

June 21, 2014

The Grundoom Log #2: Shipmates, Surprises, Calms & Dolphins 

By John Rousmaniere

Chris Museler continues his account of the new Carkeek 47's first Bermuda Race  Friday, June 20 -- The first day of the race produced a big surprise when the seabreeze […]

June 21, 2014

Mini-Maxis swap lead, Sinn Fein pushing hard 

By Rush Hambleton

The predicted battle for the elapsed time victory in the Newport Bermuda Race between the three Mini-Maxis in the Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Division is coming to fruition. Based on the […]

June 21, 2014

Race Report; Tips for Spectators 

By John Rousmaniere

  By John Rousmaniere Newport, June 21, 2014, 9am (updated 10:30)-- The predicted battle for the elapsed time victory between the three Mini-Maxis in the Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Division is […]

June 20, 2014

It Was a Little Messy, but the Bermuda Race Fleet has Started 

By John Rousmaniere

By John Rousmaniere Newport. RI, June 20, 2014, 7 PM.  Who would have thought that spinnakers would be flown at the starts of two Newport Bermuda Races in a row?  […]

June 19, 2014

Newport Bermuda Race Preview 

By John Rousmaniere

Follow the race on Pantaenius Race Tracking   By Talbot Wilson Newport RI, June 19, 2014: Friday, June 20 at 12:50 EDT the New York Yacht Club Race Committee will sound […]

June 19, 2014

Chris Museler’s Grundoom Log #1: Finishing Touches 

By John Rousmaniere

Chris Museler reports from Grundoon, Jim Grundy’s new Carkeek 47 racing in the Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Division. Newport, June 19, 2014 — One year over schedule and delivered less than three […]

June 18, 2014

Bermuda Race Memories: Thanking Dad for “this Affliction” 

By John Rousmaniere

Many of this year's Bermuda Race sailors are veterans of several (or more)  races, and a lot of them are  second- or even third-generation “Thrashees to the Onion Patch.”  Here […]