April 2025

Buckle up, because here…we…go! Our Godmother, Mary Ewenson, heads up the Annapolis Boat Shows and their Spring Sailboat Show is April 25-27. As it often does, that event lands right on top of our CT Spring Boat Show, which is the first in-water show of the year in New England. Decisions, decisions. Well, you could go down on the Thursday night, check out the Annapolis Show on Friday with their forty-plus sailboats and make it back in…

Hinckley, the iconic boatbuilder and premium yacht service provider based in Portsmouth, RI, is proud to announce the acquisition of Bay Bridge Marina, a premier waterfront facility on the Chesapeake Bay. This acquisition further strengthens Hinckley’s commitment to providing unparalleled customer experience by combining superior service with a premium marina destination for Hinckley owners and yacht service clients.     Located at the epicenter of the Chesapeake in Stevensville, MD, Bay Bridge Marina offers exceptional convenience for…

  The third annual Rhody Regatta, hosted by the International Yacht and Athletic Club (IYAC) based in Newport, RI and benefiting the Rhode Island Community Food Bank headquartered in Providence, takes place Saturday, May 31, helping kick off the Narragansett Bay sailing season with a single mid-distance race, approximately 18 miles around Jamestown (Conanicut Island). In format changes, the start and finish area will be near Gould Island rather than the previously near Fort Adams, and the Awards Party will be held…

IYRS School of Technology & Trades in Newport, RI is proud to announce the establishment of the Glo Tech Scholarship Fund, created in February 2025 in honor of Gloria Aurora Borrego, a pioneering leader in marine systems. This scholarship, made possible by the generosity of her family and friends, will support female graduates of IYRS and industry professionals seeking career advancement in the marine trades and advanced manufacturing technology sectors. Gloria Aurora Borrego’s legacy is one of…

Narragansett Sailing and Boating School (NSBS), a premier sailing and marine training center in Rhode Island, is excited to announce new ownership. Philippe Perut has officially taken the helm, continuing the school’s mission to provide top-tier sailing education and hands-on marine training. Operating from two locations, Barrington and Warwick, RI, NSBS offers American Sailing Association (ASA)-certified sailing and navigation courses alongside practical marine training in diesel engines, boat systems, and marine electrical. Since its founding in 2009,…

The 4th Annual CT Sea Music Festival will sail into historic downtown Essex, CT on the weekend of June 6-9. This family-friendly event includes a Symposium on the Music of the Sea, free daytime workshops and concerts featuring local, regional, and international maritime performers, a family stage, demonstrations of sailor skills, sails on the Connecticut River, a Sunday morning revival-style hymn sing, and late night Chantey Sings in the historic Griswold Inn and the Essex Corinthian Yacht Club….

Welcome to the CT Spring Boat Show, 2025! Cat’s Paw, LLC, and WindCheck Magazine are proud to manage this unique event for the participating Yacht Brokers and Exhibitors that serve the Boating Communities of Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York. They are the ones who are making this growing event one of the most interesting and fun ways to provide the experienced boater with high-quality products to view but also help less experienced, aspiring people to get…

NYYC Annual Regatta to Unveil New Tricks for 171st Edition By Stuart Streuli, New York Yacht Club Director of Communications For more than four decades, Ken Read has been turning good boats into national and world champions. So, when the New York Yacht Club wanted to take a fresh look at its regattas, including North America’s oldest annual sailing competition, it knew where to turn. As with optimizing a sailboat, Read’s answer is equal parts innovation and refinement….

My first Marion Bermuda Race By Anne Kolker     Having asked many sailors if they would be my crew for a Marion Bermuda Race, I was often told that they were uncomfortable to lose sight of land. My reply has always been that I am much more uncomfortable to be along a shoreline in the fog. Of course, I have lots of electronic equipment to help me know my position and to find other boats or…

For 2025, Edgartown Race Weekend will say goodbye to its two-day, ’Round-the-Sound Races of recent years and hello to a fresh new focus on its centerpiece ’Round-the-Island Race (’RTI), which will be 88 years old when it begins on Saturday, June 21. Although it’s one of yacht racing’s oldest distance events, the 55-mile circumnavigation of Martha’s Vineyard is anything but staid, thanks to host Edgartown Yacht Club (EYC). Lively shoreside parties and an early morning start with a…