Ship’s Log

Summer-long Celebration of the Ocean Begins with New Exhibition Our friends atMystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut have announced the launch of Mystic Seafest 2021, a summer-long celebration of all things to do with the ocean in an ongoing series of events at the Museum from Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day. The festival begins with the opening of the new exhibition A Spectacle in Motion: The Grand Panorama of a Whaling Voyage ‘Round the World on May 29….

Hosted by our friends at Mystic Shipyard in Mystic, Connecticut, the Sails Up 4 Cancer Regatta Weekend (Friday, June 18 and Saturday, June 19) supports a great cause.  Featuring activities for sailors and non-sailors alike, SU4C Regatta Weekend is one of the most enjoyable sailing events in the Northeast. Skipper’s Party: Friday, June 18 at Mystic Shipyard, 6:00 to 9:00 PM SU4C Regatta Weekend kicks off Friday night at Mystic Shipyard, with the Skipper’s Party and Cornhole…

With the unfortunate cancellation of this year’s Marion to Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race, the Bermuda Sloop Foundation (BSF) has a great alternative. The second annual Spirit of Bermuda Charity Rally is a fundraising event with a choice of starting lines in New England and the Chesapeake Bay, with innovative Sailing Yacht Research Foundation (SYRF) Offshore Scoring. SYRF has synthesized many practices in offshore racing to develop the “SYRF Offshore Scoring” system, which uses the predicted speed of…

By Dave Easterbrooks, NBYA Communications Director The inaugural Narragansett Bay Yachting Association ‘Round the Bay Regatta – with an innovative and exciting new format – will debut Saturday, July 24.   This is the first regatta that starts and finishes in every Narragansett Bay sailor’s back yard!  Why travel hours to get to and from the starting area for a race?  You won’t have to if you come out for this one.  There will be four different starting areas,…

Golden Jubilee to celebrate multigenerational dedication to Herreshoff innovation and craftsmanship Our friends at the Herreshoff Marine Museum in Bristol, Rhode Island have launched their Golden Jubilee year; the 50th anniversary of its founding by Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff and Rebecca Chase Herreshoff. Propelled by the donation of a historic powerboat, Thania, from the estate of a Jamestown, RI man they had never met, the Herreshoff family established the Herreshoff Marine Museum in 1971. The donation of historically…

NEWPORT, RI (May 5, 2021) – A group of community boaters is organizing a Newport Harbor Memorial Boat Parade for Sunday, June 6, starting at 5:30 p.m. The parade will pay tribute to members of the community who passed away in 2020 and 2021.  “We’ve lost so many people over the past year who had an enormous impact on our community. The boat parade will be a meaningful tribute to those we have lost and an opportunity for all of us to spend…

Our friends at the C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta and US Sailing are excited to announce that the 2021 U.S. Para Sailing Championships will be hosted by The Clagett Regatta at Sail Newport in Newport, Rhode Island on August, 24-29, 2021.  “This year The Clagett is looking forward to hosting the U.S. Para Sailing Championships again at our annual regatta in Newport R.I. We have had a very long working relationship with US Sailing and…

Our friends at Singles Under Sail are hosting their annual “Meet the Skippers” event on Saturday, May 1 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at Ponus Yacht Club, located at 41 Bateman Way in Stamford, Connecticut. You are cordially invited to come find out what SUS has planned for the upcoming season, meet our skippers, sign up to join the club and go sailing. Skippers will have tables set up with information about their boats, including what type of boat they own,…

The crew of TRADER sits down with Nobleman Sailing Media to explain their takes on opportunity afforded by the Transpac Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxdITb_bc-Q Video by Nobleman Sailing Media Honolulu, Hawaii – TRADER Sailing is more than just another sailing team. One month out from their training session in Honolulu, the team took a break from boat work and work-outs to explain what makes this team unique. The blended team of military veterans and young offshore women are…

Our friends at the Lyme Art Association in Old Lyme, Connecticut are pleased to present Ships to Shore, a marine-themed member artist show that celebrates life on the coast and on the water. The juror for this exhibition is J. Russell Jinishian, owner of the J. Russell Jinishian Gallery in Stonington, Connecticut. Regarded as the Nation’s Leading Authority on Contemporary Marine Art, Jinishian is also a longtime WindCheck friend and contributor. And the LAA is pleased to welcome back the prestigious Hudson…