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Essex Corinthian Yacht Club in Essex, CT, in cooperation with Pettipaug Yacht Club (also in Essex), is hosting the 2018 Connecticut River One-Design Leukemia Cup Regatta on Saturday, August 11, 2018.

Eighty boats crossed the starting line in big breeze to begin the 73rd edition of the 186 nautical mile Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race.

The fourth annual Dinghy Race by Volvo Construction Equipment, formerly known as the Secor Volvo Race, will be sailed July 12 and 13, 2018.

Kaye Williams displays the deed to five acres of prime Martian real estate on which he plans to open the planet’s first fish & chips shack.

Mystic Seaport in Mystic, CT has announced the launch of its new brand identity, with the introduction of the addition of Museum to its name and a redesigned logo, website, and large-scale ad campaign. T

Soundkeeper Bill Lucey at the helm of his patrol boat last year with Waterkeeper Alliance President Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and CFE/Save the Sound board member Kiki Kennedy, MD

Rozalia Project, a Granville, VT-based non-profit organization with a mission to clean and protect our ocean, is seeking volunteer crew members for expeditions this summer aboard the greenest sailing research vessel in the world, the 60-foot American Promise.

Pettipaug Sailing Academy in Essex, CT is offering two US Sailing Safe Powerboat Handling courses

Organized by the Charleston Ocean Racing Association and sailed in the waters off North Charleston, SC, Sperry Charleston Race Week is the largest keelboat regatta in the Americas. With a whopping 246 boats in 16 classes for this year’s 23rd edition (April 12 – 15, 2018), hundreds of enthusiastic sailors enjoyed the great racing and Dixie hospitality for which this event is famous.

By Grace M. Vincens When it comes to the perfect summer destination, the quaint town of Watch Hill on Rhode Island’s Little Narragansett Bay is second to none. Upon arrival by boat, you are met with a view of oceanfront stores and restaurants with the historic Ocean House in the background. The Ocean House one of only eight Forbes Triple Five-Star Hotels in the world.   © oceanhouseri.com Watch Hill sits at the most southwestern point of Rhode…