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July 14, 2013

Bermuda Race Improvements for 2014 

By Rush Hambleton

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 […]

July 11, 2013

Brewer Yacht Yard Group Named Official Boat Preparation Resource 

By Rush Hambleton

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 […]

April 26, 2013

Frequently asked questions regarding the appropriate response to a received DSC distress 

By Media Team

Knowledge of Digital Selective Calling (DSC) is a requirement of the race for all crew.

January 29, 2013

Evacuation at Sea: Lessons Learned from the 2012 Newport Bermuda Race 

By John Rousmaniere

The Newport Bermuda Race is closely followed by an onshore team of race officials alternating four-hour watches as they monitor emails, satphone and radiotelephone calls, and the online tracker that […]

July 11, 2012

Next Newport Bermuda Race Start: Friday, June 20, 2014 

By Talbot Wilson

The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee (BROC) has announced that the start of the next Newport Bermuda Race will be on Friday, June 20, 2014. While another record-smashing year like 2012 […]

June 26, 2012

A Trying Return 

By John Rousmaniere

Nothing, of course, can be taken for granted offshore, but at least sailors can hope for an easy sail home from Bermuda. It used to be said that the comfortable […]

June 26, 2012

Trouble on Return Delivery 

By Rush Hambleton

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 […]

June 23, 2012

2012 Race, a Retrospective 

By John Rousmaniere

Here’s how a Bermuda Race veteran of long ago described his first steps when he staggered ashore after a Thrash to the Onion Patch: “We made tracks for the yacht […]

June 22, 2012

2012 Bermuda Race Prize List Posted 

By Rush Hambleton

[ilink url="http://bermudarace.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/NewportPrizelist2012-July-14-4.pdf" style="download"]Bermuda Race Prize List[/ilink] The prize list for the 2012 Newport Bermuda Race has been posted online. More than 100 prizes will be awarded at the race’s traditional […]

June 21, 2012

Dobbs Davis Wraps up 2012 Bermuda Race 

By Rush Hambleton