Ship’s Log

NEWPORT, RI (August 25, 2022) – On Sunday, September 11, local sailors plan to race around Conanicut Island in the Sail for Hope. The annual race around Jamestown is a fundraiser to benefit World Central Kitchen Ukraine relief, Save the Children’s Emergency Fund and Sail Newport’s new after-school Marine Exploration Program for Thompson Middle School.  The event was founded in 2001 as “Sail for Pride” in the weeks following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. Twenty-one years later, the sailing community still gathers every…

On Saturday, August 13, the annual Antigua and Barbuda Hamptons Challenge Regatta was back in Sag Harbor, New York after a two-year hiatus and Sag Harbor celebrated the event in style with an all day Caribbean Festival at John Steinbeck Waterfront Park, complete with steel drum bands, craft vendors and artisans, stilt walkers and local musicians. Nineteen boats competed this year for the biggest amateur sailing prize in the Northeast- an all-expense paid trip to participate in…

Over $80,000 was raised in conjunction with the CT Spring Boat Show at Safe Harbor Essex Island the same weekend. Essex, CT  (June 30, 2022) – The fundraising tally is in for the 2022 Gowrie Group CT River Regatta One Design Regatta, held this year on April 30. $58,000.00 was raised through sailing team’s, entry fees, the fundraising party and the silent and live auctions. This event was put on by five area clubs, the Essex, Essex Corinthian,…

MOD70 trimaran is the first Saturday finisher in history of storied race HAMILTON, Bermuda (June 19, 2022)—Jason Carroll (New York City) and the crew of the MOD70 Argo outran every elapsed-time record associated with the Newport Bermuda Race when they completed the 52nd edition Saturday night at 2320:09 (ADT). Argo’s elapsed time of 33 hours, 0 minutes and 09 seconds is more than 30 hours faster than Carroll’s Gunboat 62 Elvis set in the first multihull division in the 2018 Bermuda…

Ready or Not, IC37 Class Jumps into Most Competitive Season Yet Newport, R.I. — The 2022 summer season for the IC37 class officially starts on Friday, June 10 with Day 1 of the New York Yacht Club’s 168th Annual Regatta. But the half of the fleet that sat out last weekend’s training session is already behind, according to IC37 class coach Moose McClintock. “The guys that didn’t sail last weekend, they’re going to be at a disadvantage not…

Virtual competitors in the 2022 Online Newport Bermuda Race can choose to compete in any one of four divisions NEWPORT, RI (June 8, 2022)—The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee (comprised of members of the Cruising Yacht Club of America and the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club) has teamed with Sailonline, a community-owned navigation-simulator game, to provide a virtual race that will mirror the 52nd Newport Bermuda Race, scheduled to start Friday, June 17. The 2022 Online Newport Bermuda Race offered…

SPRINGFIELD, Va., June 8, 2022 – Nearly four decades ago, Linda Newland, a greenhorn sailor, found herself alone on a sailboat with a sorry lack of nautical know-how. She became determined not to have the humbling event define her sailing. Now with thousands of Pacific Ocean sailing miles under her keel and extensive cruising in the Pacific Northwest, Newland made that lonely day on the water a turning point on her a journey to competency, racing, record-setting…

In support of their longtime partnership with US Sailing, the national governing body of the sport of sailing, our friends at Gowrie Group are proud to make a $50,000 donation to the Siebel Sailors Program. The Thomas & Stacey Siebel Foundation is matching, dollar for dollar, up to $5 million, all gifts made to the Siebel Sailors Program.  This generous match from the Siebel Foundation has doubled the impact of Gowrie’s donation.  Established in 2019, the Siebel Sailors Program increases opportunity, access,…

Three-Year World Tour to Empower Girls Through Education New York—May 31, 2022 The Maiden Factor’s mission is to work with, raise funds for and support communities around the world to enable girls into education and empower and support them to remain in school through their teenage years to reach their full potential and create better futures.   Global logistics leader DP World, the title sponsor of Maiden’s 2021-2024 World Tour, employs a strategy of ‘Our World, Our Future,’…

Our friends at Save the Sound have released their latest Beach Grades for more than 200 Long Island Sound beaches. Based on 2021 water quality testing data, the Grades are now live on Sound Health Explorer. Dive into those grades—and in many instances the waters they represent—for a clear picture of how your favorite beaches compare to others along the Long Island Sound shoreline. See how your beach stacks up Save the Sound developed this beach grading…