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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...

The introduction of multihulls to the Newport Bermuda Race will help to enhance the event’s profile and boost the number of participants, according to Bermudian Olympic sailor Glenn Astwood. For the first time catamarans and trimarans will be allowed...

Jonathan Brewin is relishing his role as chairman of the Newport Bermuda Race. The former Royal Bermuda Yacht Club commodore is the first Bermudian to be appointed as chairman of the prestigious race, whose origins date back to 1906. As chairman, Bre...

Dear Sir, I have been following with interest, or perhaps I should say trying to follow, the Newport Bermuda Race, and have been very disappointed by your coverage. You have published three short articles and the only photographs you printed were thr...

Dear Sir, It was an excellent page of information on the Newport Bermuda Race in today’s newspaper (June 18), except that you left out what is surely the most interesting and significant historical feature of Bermuda’s connection with the Newport Ber...

Based on yesterday’s provisional results, Warrior Won, the Xp44 skippered by Christopher Sheehan out of Larchmont Yacht Club has emerged as the St David’s Lighthouse winner for the 50th Thrash to the Onion Patch, the 2016 Newport Bermuda Race. She f...

The Spirit of Bermuda and her rival replica sloop America are in a sprint finish in the Newport Bermuda Race. With little more than a 100 nautical miles to go the two boats are said to be neck and neck, with Ben Fairn, director of the Bermuda Sloop F...

Ken Read, the skipper of Comanche, believes he and his colleagues could have arrived in Bermuda sooner had it not been for a delayed start to the 50th Newport Bermuda Race. Jim and Kristy Hinze-Clark’s 100-foot supermaxi slashed nearly five hours off...

The threat of a bumpy ride has forced several boats to pull out of the Newport Bermuda Race, which begins today. Among the withdrawals is the Maxi 72 Bella Mente, whose owner Hap Fauth decided to withdraw yesterday. The Bella Mente and her crew are a...

Michael Dunkley is visiting Rhode Island this week in the run-up to the Newport Bermuda Race. The Premier will join Bermuda Tourism Authority members and others local organisations in support of the historical sailing event. During his trip, Mr Dunk...

Brian Hillier's J-125, Crossfire, has been scratched from this year's 50th Newport to Bermuda Race. Sources close to Hillier have confirmed that the local yacht has withdrawn from the 645-nautical mile race from Newport, Rhode Island to St David's, B...