Upcoming Events

Maiden will be visiting Kingston, New York June 8 – 12 as part of her world-wide tour encouraging women in STEM. Maiden was the first all female team to participate in the Whitbread Round the World Race.Our friends at the Hudson River Maritime Museum will be offering documentary screenings, a lecture with Captain Tracy Edwards, field trip opportunities and community visits to the boat. Maiden is the famous 58-foot sloop captained by Tracy Edwards, MBE,  which earned fame in 1990 when she…

River Jam is a local music festival at Mystic Shipyard (100 Essex Street, Mystic, Connecticut) on June 24 & 25, 2022 showcasing music from rock to reggae, blues to country – while supporting two great charities! Tickets for Friday are $10; Tickets for Saturday are $15, or get a weekend pass for $20. 2022 Lineup Friday, 6/24: The Troublemakers 6-7:45pm & Mystic Dead 8-10pm Saturday, 6/25: The CarLeans 1-2pm, Hoolio’s 2:15-3:15pm, Fleet 3:30-4:30, Jabbawaukee 5-6pm, Jamie Conroy…

The National Women’s Sailing Association (NWSA) is holding their 21st Annual Women’s Sailing Conference at the Houston Yacht Club, 3620 Miramar Dr, La Porte, TX 77571 on Galveston Bay Friday May 20, 2022 from 6 pm – 7:30 pm and Saturday May 21, 2022 from 8 am – 5 pm. The event welcomes all women sailors of all levels and ages. The program begins on Friday evening with a munch & mingle where attendees will have the…

“Meet the Skippers” at Ponus Yacht Club in Stamford, CT on April 2 We’ve got Skippers looking for crew! We’ve got Crew looking for a boat to sail! We’ve got people hoping to get out on the water and learn how to sail! We’ve got people who like to get together for good times both on and off the water! If you are single and fit into any of these categories, you need to check us out!…

Top women sailors from across the country will converge on Newport, RI this coming June for the first running of the New York Yacht Club Women’s Championship. This invitational event will feature three days of racing in the Club’s fleet of 22 Sonars along with first-class social events at the Harbour Court Clubhouse. Competition will be held in identically tuned one-design Sonar keelboats with a total of four or five crew. There are no WS group restrictions. Racing…

Our friends at America’s Boating Club of Greenwich in Greenwich, Connecticut are presenting a virtual lecture by Mark Tedesco, Director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Long Island Sound Office, on Wednesday, January 19 from 7:00 to 8:00 pm. Via Zoom due to GBYC’s new Covid restrictions. Link to join:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85174120655?pwd=UkdVVWlEdWZLTzN1K2dZWU1DcGhvZz09#success Meeting ID: 851 7412 0655 Passcode: 700961 One tap mobile +16468769923 Mark Tedesco is director of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Long Island Sound Office,…

Our friends at Sail Newport are hosting the next edition of their Challenger Lecture Series on Thursday, January 13 at 6:00 pm. In this online Zoom event, presented by Hinckley Yacht Services, you’ll hear the latest about the exciting sailing careers of US Sailing Olympic Team 470 sailors Nikki Barnes and Lara Dallman-Weiss and Canadian Sailing Team Laser Radial Sailor Sarah Douglas.  All three are training for Paris 2024 and they will talk about Tokyo and the race to compete in Paris…

Our friends at Clean Ocean Access have announced that their annual Paddle for Access is returning to Newport Harbor on Saturday, August 21. The 4th Annual Paddle for Access is a 3- or 6- mile paddle around Goat Island and Rose Island in Newport, RI to help Clean Ocean Access (COA) achieve its goal to preserve and protect public shoreline access. 2021 is our fourth year running this event and we can’t wait to get back in…

Paddle, sail, or walk to support Save the Sound Our friends at Save the Sound are staying virtual this year for Paddle for the Sound 2021!  Test your skills on the open waters and terrain this summer. Participate in a friendly virtual competition to see who can cover the most distance and raise awareness to protect our regional environment. Paddle for the Sound celebrates the rivers, lakes, forests, and all greenspaces that make the Long Island Sound region…

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…