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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 Sources close to Hillier have confirmed that the local yacht has withdrawn from the 645-nautical mile race from Newport, Rhode Island to St David's, B...

Nearly 2,000 sailors will be racing for Bermuda to kick off next month’s National Heroes Weekend, in the third-biggest Newport to Bermuda competition that the island has hosted. However Kenneth Bascome, still fresh to his appointment as Junior Minist...

One of Bermuda’s most accomplished and renowned sailors has taken his rightful place in the prestigious Bermuda Race Roll of Honour. Warren Brown, who passed away nearly a year ago at the age of 85, was a highly competitive sailor and yachtsman, expl...

A Super Yacht Division has been added to next year’s Newport Bermuda Race. The Bermuda Race Organising Committee added the new category after receiving several expressions of interest from the captains and owners of yachts with more than 90ft on deck...

A replica of the legendary yacht that gave the America’s Cup its name will square off against Spirit of Bermuda in next year’s 50th Newport to Bermuda Race. America started the America’s Cup tradition in 1851 by defeating the best the British could o...

Lending Club 2 successfully completed an attempt to break the Newport to Bermuda course record with plenty of time to spare. The 105ft trimaran simply obliterated the previous record that had stood for 15 years, taking less than 24 hrs to complete th...

An offshore racing trimaran will make an attempt to break the 15-year-old outright and class speed record for the 635-nautical mile journey from Newport to Bermuda. The 105ft maxi trimaran Lending Club 2, steer driven by co-skippers Renaud Laplanche ...

‘Buzzing’ is the word retailers and restaurateurs all used to describe the atmosphere in the City of Hamilton last week while yachtsmen and their families were visiting in the aftermath of the Newport to Bermuda race that brought about 170 yachts and...

Elijah Simmons, Tre Jones and Negasi Tucker are living proof that Bermuda Sloop Foundation’s youth development programme is alive and kicking. The Bermudian trio has served diligently in various capacities aboard the foundation’s sail-training sloop ...

The 49th Newport Bermuda Race will be a family affair for Jim Butterfield. The former Olympic rower, who has made two previous appearances in the 635-mile race, is sailing with his son Spencer aboard the triple masted sloop Spirit of Bermuda, which h...

The Newport Bermuda Race puts the skills of blue water sailors to the test navigating through a patch of the Atlantic Ocean known for challenging weather. The racecourse stretching from Castle Hill, Newport to St David’s, Bermuda is 635 miles long an...