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New Regulations Seek To Counter Disturbing Trend

July 15th, 2013

When entrants prepare prior to the Newport to Bermuda Race on June 20, 2014, new regulations have been established to ensure both a level playing field for the racers, and to ease some of the burden off the race organizers. For many years, the Bermuda Race Organizing Committee (BROC) has imposed monetary penalties for failure


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New Division Assignment Method

May 15th, 2013

The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee has introduced a performance screen for the 2014 Newport Bermuda Race. The purpose is to identify modern lightweight, high-performance boats with large sail plans for assignment to the Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Division, and more traditional boats for assignment to the St. David’s Lighthouse Division. “In the past, the division break


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Newport Bermuda Race generated an estimated $20.8 million

May 14th, 2013

NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND (May 14, 2013) – The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee (“BROC”) has released the results of an economic impact study which shows that the 2012 edition of the biennial Newport Bermuda Race generated an estimated $20.8 million in local expenditures for Newport and Bermuda.  This world famous ocean race is run jointly by



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