Newport Bermuda Race Archives

Why boats sank during Bermuda Race

May 15th, 2025

The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee (BROC) partnered with US Sailing and the Cruising Club of America has published a detailed

February 18th, 2025

Following three competing teams abandoning their yachts during the 2024 Newport Bermuda Race or return delivery, the Bermuda Race Organizing

February 11th, 2025

When the 2024 Newport to Bermuda Race incurred dismastings, abandonments, and assorted retirements, organizers initiated a review of the incidents

January 24th, 2025

Held on even years, the 2026 edition of the Newport Bermuda Race marks 100 years of the Cruising Club of

November 15th, 2024

During the Newport Bermuda Race this year, the J/122 Alliance struck a submerged object in the Gulf Stream in the

November 8th, 2024

by Jim Teeters, Bermuda Race Technical Committee The fair scoring of sailboat races has always had its challenges. Historically, some

September 13th, 2024

The US Sailing Safety at Sea Committee awarded the Arthur B. Hanson Rescue Medal to the skippers and crew of

August 8th, 2024

The biennial Newport to Bermuda Race had dismastings, abandonments, and assorted retirements in 2024, prompting a review of the safety

July 15th, 2024

On July 2nd, during the return delivery from the 2024 Newport Bermuda Race, the crew of Solution abandoned their 50-foot

June 29th, 2024

This year’s Newport-Bermuda saw a menagerie of conditions, and for Sail Magazine’s Lydia Mullan and her crew aboard J/122 Alliance,