Races and Regattas

Come & Celebrate with Sails Up 4 Cancer Sponsored by Mystic River Yacht Club, the Sails Up 4 Cancer Regatta is open to all, from serious racers vying for Eastern Connecticut Sailing Association points as well as weekend cruisers and daysailors. This regatta is meant to be fun while supporting a great cause. Racing begins on the water in Fishers Island Sound in the vicinity of Seaflower Reef at 12pm. Registration is $50/yacht & includes four tickets…

Yale University walked away victorious in the inaugural Women’s Team Race National Championship, hosted by Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island April 23 and 24. The Bulldogs of Yale finished the event with a 13-3 overall record, behind an impressive group of sailors, including three fantastic first-year skippers, Mia Nicolosi, Emma Cowles, and Carmen Cowles. Those three Yale youngsters sailed with a depth of crews, Meredith Ryan ’23 and Ximena Escobar ’25 (sailing with Mia Nicolosi), Anisha Arcot…

Twenty-Twenty-Two brings with it the 20th Anniversary and a new decade for the C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta.  In the 20 years since the first Clagett Regatta, which had five boats racing in Newport R.I., it has evolved into a multi-program organization providing opportunities for sailors with disabilities. The organization has rebranded for its future to be known as Clagett Sailing and with it a motto of Learn–Race-Win.  Learn-to Reach for Success!, Race-in the Corinthian spirit, Win-self-empowerment….

The Mystic River Mudhead Sailing Association proudly announce that they have registered their annual Mudhead Benefit Cup (MBC) Regatta in support of Always Home, on July 16, 2022, as a certified Clean Regatta with the non-profit organization, Sailors for the Sea for the fourteenth year. In doing so, the Mudheads pledge their commitment to clean waters and shores, and vow to fulfill and encourage others to fulfill the goals and requirements set forth by Sailors for the…

August Event Offers Traditional Offshore Course; IN BAY Race Discontinued NEWPORT, R.I. (April 8, 2022) – The Ida Lewis Distance Race, with Bluenose Yacht Salesreturning as the Presenting Partner, is set to sail its 18th edition over August 18-20, 2022. Hosted by Ida Lewis Yacht Club, the event will go back to its tradition of offering a single-item menu of overnight offshore racing while discontinuing the IN BAY Race that was added in 2020 and ‘21 due to Covid-19 restrictions. “This…

Essex Yacht Club’s Sam Wetherill Overnight Race starts May 20 By Terry Ann Klee, Essex Yacht Club Communications Chair Sub-chasers, ocean racing, and ukeleles? Yes, there is a connection. It took only one month for this year’s Sam Wetherill Overnight Race to get twenty-five registrations. Hosted by Essex Yacht Club in Essex, Connecticut and set for May 20, many skippers see this race as a serious tune-up for upcoming competitions, such as the Newport Bermuda Race, plus…

Our friends at the Classic Yacht Owners Association have announced the dates for the Classic Yacht Challenge Series 2022. In 2021, 196 boats participated in the 10 regattas that made up the Classic Yacht Challenge Series culminating in 19 possible races for the sailors among the three racing districts (Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island/Connecticut/New York). For a boat to qualify for the overall trophies in one of the Classic Yacht Racing divisions (Vintage, Classic, Modern Classic, and…

LARCHMONT N.Y. – Our friends at the Storm Trysail Club posted today the Notice of Race (NoR) for the 75th Block Island Race, and opened the Registration to accept entries.  The 186nm race will start on Friday, May 27, 2022 off Stamford, Connecticut.  “In 2020, the Race was canceled due to the pandemic and in 2021, ‘N over A’ was hoisted to abandon racing the morning of the start due to a combination of extreme weather conditions that would have made racing unsafe…

Same as It Ever Was, Yet Better To paraphrase the Talking Heads (with apologies), you may find yourself wishing for a regatta. And you may find yourself wanting the perfect venue. And you may ask yourself, where can I find one-design Mecca? All of that and much more will be readily available this spring at Charleston Race Week – a regatta unlike any other. Veteran attendees of Race Week – now in its 26th year – understand…

The 7th edition of the Atlantic Cup returns on May 22, 2022 with two new features. Leg 1 will go from Charleston, S.C. to Newport, R.I. increasing the first leg of the race by 80nm. In addition, for the first time in its history The Atlantic Cup will open Leg 2 (Newport-Portland) to PHRF double-handed boats between 30 and 45 feet. Since 2011 the Atlantic Cup has been the dedicated Class40 race in the United States featuring double-handed teams. As the appetite for double-handed…