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Tragedy hit the Newport Bermuda Race on Sunday when a veteran sailor died after being swept overboard 325 miles from the island, race authorities reported. The victim was identified as Colin Golder of New Providence, New Jersey, the captain of the ya...

Jason Carroll’s MOD70 trimaran is the first Saturday finisher in the history of the famous race

Jason Carroll stood on the dock at Royal Bermuda Yacht Club well after midnight, looking fatigued yet energised after winning line honours in the 52nd Newport Bermuda Race. Carroll and his crew on the MOD70 trimaran Argo set an elapsed-time record ti...

From a ripping ebb tide to thunder squalls, the start of the Newport Bermuda Race had a bit of everything. At approximately 5.42pm on Friday, Christopher Stanmore-Major’s Gran Mistral 80 Osprey entered the course of the Newport Bermuda Race and drew ...

A fleet of 187 sailing yachts is set to take on the challenge of the Newport Bermuda Race today. The pre-race forecast is predicting southwesterly winds between 17 and 22 knots at the start and lasting into the evening, with waves possibly eight to t...

After three chief executives left in the course of 28 months, the Bermuda Tourism Authority is a rudderless boat drifting towards the rocks

A trio of local boats will be among a bumper fleet set to compete in the rescheduled 52nd Newport Bermuda Race. Nasty Medicine, Crossfire and the Spirit of Bermuda will fly the island’s banner in the biennial 635 nautical-mile race from Newport, Rhod...

Castle Hill Inn has come on board as the newest official sponsor for the 52nd Newport Bermuda Race, event organisers have announced. With its sweeping views of the Atlantic Ocean and Narragansett Bay, combined with its nautical history and world-clas...

Team Argo have smashed the Bermuda to Plymouth, England world speed record. The Newport, Rhode Island-based team completed the 2,870 nautical mile journey on Wednesday in 4 days 19 hr 23 min 23 sec on board their foiling one-design MOD70 trimaran, Ar...

As many as 200 entries are expected to compete in the 52nd Newport Bermuda Race, organisers of the biennial event have announced. The 635-nautical mile classic was due to be held last year but was cancelled for the first time in 80 years because of t...

The historic Newport Bermuda Race is to be cancelled for the first time in 80 years, the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club said yesterday. Organisers added that the race — axed because of the Covid-19 pandemic — was last abandoned in 1940 under the gathering ...

Behind every victorious yacht there is an amazing story. The story of how Jim Grundy’s Columbia 50, Grundoon, was raised from the seabed and went on to win the biggest prize in this year’s Newport Bermuda Race is no exception. The 64-year-old Pennsyl...