Ship’s Log

After last year’s pandemic-related cancellation, the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Regatta (GLIOR) is back on September 25 & 26, and it promises to be bigger and better than ever. Storm Trysail Club (STC) and Columbia Yacht Club (ColYC) are joining forces as the Organizing Authority for 2021 and beyond.  “The new partnership this year between the STC and ColYC is something we are very excited about. STC brings a lot of experience, along with Larchmont Yacht Club, as…

SPRINGFIELD, Va., July 6, 2021 – Race has been at the top of many minds this year, which has led to some uncomfortable conversations, self-examination, and commitments for change. For Marie Rogers, a captain, instructor, avid West Coast sailboat racer and the first Black woman to serve as commodore of the historic Los Angeles Yacht Club (LAYC), it’s always been about inclusion and sharing her “happy place” – at the helm of a sailboat. Rogers is this…

Three perfectly restored sailing yachts designed by Captain Nathanael G. Herreshoff and built at the famous Herreshoff Manufacturing Company in Bristol, Rhode Island, were showcased at the first major event of the Golden Jubilee anniversary celebration of the Herreshoff Marine Museum. Held at New York Yacht Club’s Harbour Court in Newport, Rhode Island on June 24, the waterfront reception featured stunning examples of three of the club’s iconic one-design classes—the New York 30 AMORITA, the New York…

The C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta and Oakcliff Sailing are pleased to announce that applications are open for an invitation to the 2021 Clagett/Oakcliff Match Race Clinegatta hosted by The WaterFront Center in Oyster Bay, New York.   This year the Clagett/Oakcliff Match Race Clinegatta will be held September 17-19 and will be sailed in the three-person Sonar which are being supplied by The WaterFront Center. Invitations will be sent to those sailors who contact Patrick Burk at regatta@oakcliffsailing.org to express…

Ben Tuff, the Ocean State’s own superhero, is setting out to be the first person to swim 19 miles nonstop from Block Island, RI to Jamestown, RI through the Rhode Island Sound and into Narragansett Bay on August 1, 2021, to raise funds and awareness for environmental non-profit organization Clean Ocean Access, based in Middletown, RI. After training every day for the past year, Ben is prepared to take on the challenge of the 19-mile open ocean…

By Nick Bowen The Twenty Hundred Club had their second race of the season on Saturday June 19.  The “Around Aquidneck” race starts just south of Hog Island near the Mount Hope Bridge, takes the sailors about 12 nautical miles (nm) south to buoy R2 at Brenton Reef. This mark is about 2 nm south of Castle Hill and there the boats turn east for a 5.5 nm run across Rhode Island Sound.  Then at the buoy…

Our friends at Save the Sound cordially invite everyone in the WindCheck Community to attend the release of their 2021 Long Island Sound Beach Report on Thursday, June 10, either in person at Orchard Beach in the Bronx, New York or virtually on the Save the Sound Facebook page. WHAT:  Press Conference and Release of 2021 Long Island Sound Beach Report WHEN:  Thursday, June 10 at 11:00 a.m. WHERE: Orchard Beach, Main Pavilion Pelham Bay Park, Bronx,…

Tomorrow, Friday, June 4, Dr. Philip Haydon will depart Newport, Rhode Island aboard his Quest 33S Cepheus, on Leg 1 of the Bermuda One-Two Yacht Race.  Aside from two of the world’s finest sailing destinations, the “1-2” is unique in that the first leg is sailed singlehanded and the second doublehanded.  Starting Thursday, June 17, Phil and co-skipper Joe Cooper are racing Cepheus back to Newport. For Phil and Coop, this race is about much more than…

Early interest from schools predicts one of the largest turnouts in the Regatta’s history Our friends at theStorm Trysail Club and Larchmont Yacht Club in Larchmont, New York are pleased to announce that the Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta Presented by ShopRite of Carteret is on for Columbus Day Weekend 2021. The eagerly anticipated return after so many pandemic cancellations is welcomed by the teams, clubs, and volunteers. “There is great interest on the schools’ behalf as much of…

Our friends at the Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound (JSA) are thrilled to announce the formation and launch of Ocean Advocates @ JSAofLIS, an interdisciplinary team of climate stewards leading the charge to reduce our collective environmental impact. The team is open to anyone within the JSA – sailors, instructors, parents, sailing directors, and more. Ocean Advocates @ JSAofLIS is formed in collaboration with Sailors for the Sea Powered by Oceana and is adapted from…