Health & Fitness

The Newport Gulls scored four times in the ninth inning, turning a 5-2 deficit into a 6-5 walk-off victory against the Ocean State Waves at Cardines Field on Independence Day, all as fireworks went off throughout downtown Newport. The Gulls ninth-inning comeback began when Trey Harris, the newest addition to the squad making his debut as […]

The 14th C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta, which finished on June 26, was attended by 22 sailors from Canada, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and across the US from Rhode Island, Florida, Connecticut, New Jersey, California and Michigan. Many of the sailors taking part have competed in at least five Clagett […]

The route the fleet will take for the 13th edition in 2017-18 will, at nearly 45,000 nautical miles, be the longest course ever in the 43-year history of the race.  It will be tough, intense and feature almost three times as much Southern Ocean Sailing as the previous editions.  It will cross four oceans and take […]

The final day of the 14th C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta has been raced and the winners in the 2.4mR and Sonar classes have been decided.  The race committee took the 17 boats out to a course set up between Rose and Goat Islands with the Pell Bridge as a backdrop.  The […]

His Excellency, The Governor of Bermuda, George Fergusson did his duty Saturday night on the podium in front of Government House. The seasoned diplomat shook hands, shared awards and trophies, and posed for photos 114 times with skippers and crews of more than 50 yachts. Sharing duties with the Governor were Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Commodore Leatrice […]

An international group of sailors and guests at the 2016 Newport Bermuda Race prize-giving will celebrate the final moments of a spectacular week after starting the 50th Thrash to the Onion Patch Friday, June 17 in Newport, RI. Of the 185 boats officially registered to race, 133 boats set out expecting be sorely tested by […]

Day two of racing at the 14th C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta had a delayed start when the race committee held the sailors ashore while they waited for the breeze to fill in. The 22 sailors taking part headed out to the course after an hour under the postponement flag and the […]

Newport turned on the charm for day one of racing for the 22 sailors at the 14th C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta.  After a slight delay waiting for the breeze to settle, the race committee, led by Principal Race Officer (PRO) Tom Duggan (East Sandwich, MA) provided four races for the two classes […]

The Newport Bermuda Race has long been well known for the variety of the challenges it throws at sailors.  Sometimes there are calms, at other times storms, often there’s overcast, and occasionally there is the distraction of a stunningly beautiful night. This year, a full moon rose over the fleet with such brilliance that one […]

Twenty two sailors from Canada, the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, along with US sailors from Florida, Rhode Island, New Jersey and Connecticut took to the water off Newport for the clinic day at 14th C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta. Working with Clagett Head Coach Betsy Alison (Newport, RI), coaches Nancy Haberland […]

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Based on Wednesday’s provisional results, Warrior Won, the Xp44 skippered by Christopher Sheehan out of Larchmont YC has emerged as the St David’s Lighthouse winner for the 50th Thrash to the Onion Patch, the 2016 Newport Bermuda Race. She finished Tuesday morning at 10:10:25and her corrected time was 70:40:03. The St. David’s Light House Trophy goes to the corrected […]

Newport Overwhelmed by Nighthawks Power, fall 13-4  Three Nighthawks combined to go 9-for-12 with nine RBI The Newport Gulls struggled to find some much-needed base hits as the Upper Valley Nighthawks powered their way to a 13-4 win over the Gulls on Wednesday night at Cardines Field. The Gulls (7-5) recorded four runs on seven […]

As the Newport Bermuda Race fleet rushed to the finish line on Monday in the wake of the first-to-finish boat, the powerful 100-foot grand prix Comanche, to the surprise of many they were led by an unusual boat and crew. High Noon, at 41 feet, is fully 59 feet shorter than Comanche and tens of feet shorter than many other […]

Skipper Ken Read said that there were four main factors that led to Comanche’s record run to Bermuda which ended early today with the 100ft racer chopping almost 5 hours off the previous best time. He pointed to the total commitment of the owners Jim and Kristy Hinze Clark, to a boat that was built especially for breaking records, […]