The World Match Racing Tour continues today out at Fort Adams State Park with high-speed stadium-style racing between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Recap from Day #3 – World Match Racing Tour: Day 3 Recap and Results Spectators will enjoy watching the sheer power of the M32 catamarans as they skip over the water with their helmeted crews […]
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World Match Racing Tour: Day 3 Recap and Results
The World Match Racing Tour Newport entered its match racing phase today. While Newport Harbour was fog-free and blessed with sun all day, there was a long pause mid-way through the Qualifying Group Sail-offs as the wind slowly veered from the north into the sea breeze direction of the southeast. But from there it built […]
World Match Racing Tour: Day 3 Schedule of Events
The World Match Racing Tour continues today out at Fort Adams State Park with high-speed stadium-style racing between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Recap from Day #2 – World Match Racing Tour: Day 2 Recap and Results Spectators will enjoy watching the sheer power of the M32 catamarans as they skip over the water with their helmeted crews hiking […]
World Match Racing Tour: Day 2 Recap and Results
After yesterday’s torrential rain and pea soup fog that restricted visibility on the race course, Mother Nature today smiled upon Newport, Rhode Island. The early morning mist burned off, finally revealing Goat Island and downtown Newport (invisible all of yesterday), and the sun came out, allowing a gusty sea breeze to build into the high […]
World Match Racing Tour: Day 2 Schedule of Events
It was an exciting first day of sailing and racing for the World Match Racing Tour Newport as the Fog Created For a Testing Opener. The event continues today out at Fort Adams State Park with high-speed stadium-style racing between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Spectators will enjoy watching the sheer power of the M32 catamarans as they skip over […]
Fog Creates Testing Opener for World Match Racing Tour Newport
In yacht racing, sailors are often at the vagaries of the wind and occasionally too much of it or too little. However on the opening day of the World Match Racing Tour’s Newport stage, crews faced a fog so thick that at times it was hard to see the bows of their M32 catamarans, let […]
Five Boats Racing in Transat NY-Vendée Damaged, Forced to Divert to Newport
Five of the fourteen IMOCA 60 competitors in the New York – Vendée (Les Sables D ‘ Olonne) race have been damaged due to a series of impacts during the first night of racing and are now on their way to Newport Shipyard. The official website for the race, reported on the damage on Monday; The New York […]
Schedule of Events for World Match Racing Tour in Newport
The world’s top match racing sailors from the U.S. and nine additional countries have traveled to Newport to participate in the World Match Racing Tour, a high-speed stadium racing event within yards of the shoreline of Fort Adams State Park. Spectators will enjoy watching the sheer power of the M32 catamarans as they skip over […]
Three Remaining Slots Determined for World Match Racing Tour Newport
NEWPORT, R.I. (May 28, 2016) – After three days and 64 races in Newport yesterday, the three remaining berths of 20 were decided for this week’s World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) Newport. The eight-team qualifier series started Thursday and concluded today with the Semi-Finals, Finals and Petit Finals held within yards of the shoreline on the east side […]
Locals Vying for Three Remaining Slots at World Match Racing Tour Newport
Eight teams, two of them with Rhode Island skippers and crews, will be sailing this Thursday through Saturday at Sail Newport in the Newport Match Race, a qualifier event to see who will win the three remaining berths of 20 available at next week’s World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) Newport. The WMRT Newport’s main event officially kicks off on Memorial Day, but there […]
American Skippers Sally Barkow and Taylor Canfield Look Forward to International Competition in Newport
After wowing the spectators in Copenhagen last week, Sally Barkow (Nashotah, Wisc.) and her all-female team on Team Magenta 32 are looking forward to a big reception on home-country waters for the World Match Racing Tour Newport. Newport, Rhode Island, boasts a long history of match racing like no other venue in the world, so it’s fitting […]
World Match Racing Tour Set to Bring High-Octane Sailing Competition to Newport
The world’s top match racing sailors from the U.S. and nine additional countries will travel to Sail Newport to participate in a high-speed stadium racing event within yards of the shoreline of Fort Adams State Park. Sail Newport is the host for the World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) Newport, scheduled for May 30-June 4. The […]
Coaching Lineup for 2016 C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta Announced
As the C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta progresses towards its 14th year of operation, the 2016 line up of coaches is second to none. The coaching team will be led by Betsy Alison (Newport, RI), who has been the Head Coach for The Clagett for many years. The 2016 Clagett clinic and […]
Newporter Riviere Aiming to Upend Fahey at Court Tennis Worlds This Week
This story was originally published on February 15, 2016 {Photo by Michael Do of the USCTA} The Newport-based National Tennis Club will host the Court Tennis World Championship May 17-21 with head pro and world No. 1 Camden Riviere hoping for a chance to upend the reigning champion, Rob Fahey. The 45-year-old Fahey, an Australian […]
Jack’s Abby Social Tennis League is Looking For Teams and Players in Newport
The Jack’s Abby Social Tennis League kicks off on May 19th in Newport, RI and they are currently looking for new teams and players to join their league. Jack’s Abby Social Tennis League, which is operated by the USTA New England, offers the opportunity for young professionals in Newport to meet new people through the game […]
Portsmouth Abbey Girls’ Sailing Team Wins N.E. High School Championship
The Portsmouth Abbey Girls’ Sailing Team won the Rebecca Herreshoff Trophy, also known as the New England High School Women’s Championship, on May 8, besting 15 other teams from around the region at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, in Buzzards Bay, MA. The Abbey girls competed in two divisions, with each division sailing eight races in […]
The Cruising Club of America Will Host Boating Safety Seminar in Newport
CCA’s Seminar Signals Start of 2016 Boating Season in Newport For local boaters, one sure sign that spring has arrived in Newport is the population of moorings in Newport Harbor with vessels that have been launched for the impending season, many of which are making ready for one of the City By The Sea’s most […]
VIDEO: Joe Harris Completes Solo Circumnavigation
Joe Harris on board his Class 40, Gryphon Solo 2 completed his solo circumnavigation of the globe around 8:00 a.m. this morning. Joe joins a small select group of approximately 136 who have sailed solo around the world leaving the five great capes (Good Hope – South Africa, Leeuwin – Australia, South East Cape – Tasmania, […]
Volvo Ocean Race in Newport: One Year Ago, Two Years Away
Sean McNeill also contributed to this story It’s hard to believe that it has been exactly one year since the Volvo Ocean Race Newport Stopover Race Village opened at Fort Adams State Park, isn’t it? The village opened on May 5th, the boats arrive on May 6th and 7th, the In-Port Race entertained on May 16th […]
Joe Harris to Return to Newport Between 7am and 9am Tomorrow, Completing Solo Circumnavigation
Tomorrow, May 5th between 7a and 9a Joe Harris will return to Newport, Rhode Island on board his Class 40, Gryphon Solo 2 completing a solo circumnavigation of the globe. Members of the public are invited to watch Joe complete his voyage from the Sail Newport pier in Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode […]
Sid Abruzzi Speaks at Salve Regina University’s Surf Club
Sid Abruzzi, owner of Water Brothers Surf & Skate Shop, took the time to speak about the history of surf and skate in Newport to the Salva Regina Surf Club on April 28th, 2016. Abruzzi also brought merchandise to the event that was raffled off, all of the proceeds went to the surf club. The photos […]
Nick Lima Promoted to Director Of Baseball Operations for Newport Gulls
After 12 years working in the Newport Gulls media department, the organization has promoted long-time broadcaster Nick Lima to the front office position of Director of Baseball Operations, effective May 2. “The Gulls have been very fortunate to have Nick Lima as part of our organization for so many years, and there are few people […]
Joe Harris Set to Return to Newport in Approximately 1 Week, Marking Completion of Solo Sail Around The World
Between May 4 and May 6, Joe Harris will return to Newport, Rhode Island on board his Class 40, Gryphon Solo 2 completing a solo circumnavigation of the globe. Members of the public are invited to watch Joe complete his voyage from the Sail Newport pier in Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island. Joe will […]
Applications Now Open For US Qualifier of Hi-Tech Youth Sailing Competition That’s Coming to Newport
Today’s youth may have easy access to the technological world but now those talented in sailing will race with the latest in sailboat innovation when the Red Bull Foiling Generation international competition stops in Newport, RI this Fall for the US Qualifier and World Final. Applications are now being accepted for the U.S. Qualifier held October […]
FILA and International Tennis Hall of Fame Launch New Junior Tennis Program
The International Tennis Hall of Fame and FILA have launched a new partnership focused on junior tennis development. The partnership will feature multiple junior invitational tournaments hosted on the historic Hall of Fame property, a new junior ambassador program, and ongoing involvement with the Hall of Fame Tennis Club’s junior tennis program. “FILA has been […]