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For the first time in Newport Bermuda Race history, in this year's 50th "Thrash to the Onion Patch" special recognition is being given to young sailors.  Two new Youth Crew prizes […]

Chris Museler shares his secrets for starting the race dry and rested and comfortable, and staying that way all the way to St. David's Head.  Good gear helps.  So do […]

Writes Chris Museler: "Every sailor has to choose between two options: Either figure out how to recover from seasickness, or take steps to prevent it. I chose option two." He's […]

Dr. Frank Bohlen’s initial Gulf Stream analysis and tutorial for the 2016 Newport Bermuda Race was posted on May 16. Bermuda Race navigators, tacticians, strategists, captains, and all others facing […]

"Was I ready for all this?" asks Chris Museler in his account of a busy "gut check" of a day at a hands-on safety at sea seminar. This is the […]

Here's a new safety-training opportunity for racers, delivery crews, and cruisers who were not among the 300 sailors at the Cruising Club of America Safety at Sea Seminar at Newport […]

  By Talbot Wilson As of April 5, 195 boats have been sanctioned by the Bermuda Race Organizing Committee as qualified entries in the 50th Newport Bermuda Race. Since another […]

  These five prizes require a Special Entry by June 17. They are based on cross-divisional scoring. Pratt Trophy. Top team consisting of three boats entered in one or more […]

  By Talbot Wilson The June 17, 2016 Newport Bermuda Race, the 50th Thrash to the Onion Patch, is shaping up to be the largest since the 2006 Centennial celebration. […]

The Newport Bermuda Race is well known as a long-distance ocean adventure with a special appeal for ambitious young sailors.  Many of today’s skippers, navigators, and watch captains first went […]