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With more than 45 destinations and a fleet of more than 900 yachts, Dream Yacht Charter has grown hugely since its six-yacht fleet in 2001. The Annapolis, MD-based company has announced further expansion for next year with the addition of three new bases, three new cabin cruising routes and 100 new boats.

As hurricane relief efforts from Irma and Maria continue in the Caribbean, Offshore Passages Opportunities (OPO), the largest crew networking service in North America, is using the power of its membership to make a difference in St. Maarten and Dominica.

Block Island Race Week 2018 will take place June 17-22, 2018 and feature a week of racing with division trophies and an overall winner crowned at the conclusion of the week.

Clean Ocean Access (COA), a Middletown, RI-based environmental organization, has announced the selection of its new Director of Development, Elena T. Kissel.

The AYC Leukemia Cup Regatta aims to raise funds to support The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s mission to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. In 2016, American Yacht Club set a record for the most funds raised by a first-time Leukemia Cup host. The club raised even more this year, totaling more than $150,000.

McMichael Yacht Brokers of Mamaroneck, NY, announced today that it has added Cameron Campbell and Bill Biebel to their team of yacht sales professionals.

The next start is on June 15, 2018 off the Castle Hill Light in Newport, RI. The 635-mile race will finish off St. David’s Lighthouse in Bermuda. The Newport Bermuda Race is open to blue-water capable yachts sailing with full crews and double-handed, from family cruisers and cruiser-racers to state-of-the-art racing machines.

A newly formed partnership between Lime Charters, a Port Jefferson, NY-based charter company, and Aeroyacht Ltd., a veteran yacht dealer specializing in luxury sailing catamarans, will be offering both bareboat and captained yacht charters in waters from New York through Long Island Sound and Cape Cod starting in the spring of 2018.

Accepting the RIMTA Anchor Award are Newport Exhibition Group employees (l – r) Nancy Piffard (Newport International Boat Show Manager), Lisa Knowles, Caroline Flynn, Jocelyn Emory, Gail Alofsin, Luke Peckham, Liz Nittmann and Chuck Moffitt.

SoundWaters, a Stamford, CT-based non-profit environmental organization with a mission to protect Long Island Sound through education and action, recently launched a new tradition of honoring great friends and advocates for Stamford Harbor and Long Island Sound by naming Stamford native and businessman Raymond L. Redniss as its first HarborFest Commodore.