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From Friday through Sunday, September 21-23, nine historic 12 Metre yachts (including four past winners of the America’s Cup) and 150 of some of the world’s top sailors will be racing on Rhode Island Sound and Narragansett Bay in quest of the title 12 Metre North American Champion. In addition to being the capstone of […]

The sun had disappeared behind the Rhode Island mainland before the competitors in the 2018 Resolute Cup could finally pack away their spinnakers and head for the dock. Three days of light and shifty breeze has forced the race committee to work overtime to get in races at the Corinthian championship for U.S. yacht clubs. […]

Newport, RI –  Newport Exhibition Group, owners and producers of the Newport International Boat Show, announced on Wednesday that the Boat Show, which opens at 10 am this morning, is filled to the brim with a record number of exhibitors, and has organized more activities and attractions for showgoers than ever before. This year’s show includes […]

Whether it’s a recurring regatta, restaurant or retail store, there’s no compliment like a repeat customer. Since it was first run in 2010, the Resolute Cup has struck a chord with Corinthian sailors around the United States. Of the 28 clubs (click here for a list of competing clubs and sailors) sending teams to the fifth edition of the […]

Photo: Kate Wilson/ risingT media Under sunny skies and a building sea breeze, one hundred yachts ranging from 80 to 22 feet sailed 18 miles around the small island of Conanicut nestled in the middle of Narragansett Bay on Sunday afternoon.  One of the oldest continuingly run regattas in North America, the race marks the […]

In one of the most competitive matches of this year’s Newport Polo Season, the home team, USA, squeaked out a victory over visiting England, 10 to 9 on Saturday. USA took a quick 5 to 0 lead, before England, playing on borrowed horses, began chipping away at the lead, but never able to do more […]

With the deadline for early entries—and a savings of $1,000 off the entry fee—approaching, the confirmed fleet for the Transatlantic Race 2019 includes a diverse group of 15 yachts from 42 to 78 feet in length. A handful of the entries for 2019 completed the 2015 race, including Constantin Claviez’ Swan 441 Charisma (above), which hails from Hamburg, Germany. […]

A year ago, the host New York Yacht Club won the Grandmasters Team Race for the first time by the thinnest of margins. This year, the home team emphatically defended the title, compiling the most points in the round robins and then losing just one of six races in the knock-out portion of the event. “We […]

(Photo of sailboat racing in 2017 race, photo by Tyler Fields) The inaugural Narragansett Bay Classic Yacht Rendezvous started on Thursday afternoon with the Newport to Bristol Feeder Race Sponsored by Gowrie Group and PURE Insurance. A total of 28 Classic Yachts raced up Narragansett Bay in champagne sailing conditions before enjoying the Herreshoff Marine Museum’s ‘Living Boat Show and welcome cocktail […]

Eight players hailing from seven different nations have been named as candidates on the ballot for the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s Class of 2019. Induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame is the ultimate honor in tennis, representing a sum of an athlete’s achievements as being at the highest possible level in the […]

The Narragansett Bay Classic Yacht Rendezvous, a combination of the Panerai Herreshoff Classic Yacht Regatta and the Panerai Newport Classic Yacht Regatta, returns August 23rd to the 26th to celebrate classic yachts, both power and sail, and the importance of the craft associated to the history, heritage and their restoration. On Thursday, August 23rd the Panerai Herreshoff Classic […]

There are plenty of easier ways to win a team race. But few are more satisfying than the twisting, 17-year route Southern Yacht Club took to its first victory in the New York Yacht Club Invitational Team Race for the Commodore George R. Hinman Masters Trophy, which was held August 17 to 19 at the […]

With its largest fleet ever, the 14th edition of the Ida Lewis Distance Race started Friday (August 17) at lunchtime south of Rose Island (in Narragansett Bay’s East Passage) and saw its first of 47 teams finish off Ida Lewis Yacht Club (in Newport Harbor) shortly after 2:40 a.m. on Saturday. Taking the early morning line honors was […]

The Pawtucket Red Sox today signed a Letter of Intent to build an innovative downtown ballpark in Worcester, Massachusetts that would be scheduled to open in 2021, according to a news release and press conference by team officials on Friday. PawSox Chairman Larry Lucchino today signed the letter in a ceremony at Worcester’s City Hall […]

On Saturday, August 18th at 5 pm, Jamaica returns to Newport Polo, loaded with top Caribbean players for its annual summer campaign against the USA at the county polo grounds at Glen Farm, home of the NBC10 Newport International Polo Series 27, Presented by BMW. The August classic, a 6-chukker exhibition polo match, will pit the USA against Jamaica, with the USA looking to defend its slight lead in the 3-decade […]

With 51 teams registered to compete, the 2018 Ida Lewis Distance Race will create quite the spectacle of sail when it starts at 12:30 p.m. on Friday (August 17) between Fort Adams and Rose Island. Prior to the gun, Ida Lewis Yacht Club’s Race Committee will decide – based on weather forecasts and sea conditions – which […]

The Gulls (21 –23) saw their season end on Wednesday night after falling to Mystic (22 –21) in a winner take all game by a score of 7–4. With Wednesday’s win, Mystic earned the final playoff spot in the Southern Division. Nic Enright got the start for Newport, giving up three runs on seven hits in 3.2 innings.Austin […]

Newport (20 – 22) fell to the Danbury Westerners (18 – 21) by a score of 15–8 in the final matchup between the two Southern Division teams. It was an offensive showdown at Rogers Park on Monday night that featured a total of 25 hits and four home runs. Tyler Mattison fell to 2–2 on the year […]

The Gulls (19—21) dropped its third in a row with a 5–1 loss to the New Bedford Bay Sox (17—24) on Friday night. Russell Smith took the loss for Newport giving up four runs on seven hits in five innings of work. Meanwhile on the other side Jared Shuster picked up the win for New Bedford in five innings […]

Newport (19 – 20) dropped its second-straight game on Thursday night with a 7–0 loss to the Winnipesaukee Muskrats (13 – 26). David Stiehl wore the loss for the Gulls while Justin Pearson earned the win for the Muskrats. Newport is now half a game behind Mystic (20 – 20) for third place in the Southern Division. […]

The 2021-22 edition of the world’s premiere fully-crewed around the world race will feature two classes of boats, the IMOCA 60 and the VO65 class. Each class has its distinct characteristics, and the inclusion of both means the race will be more open and inviting to sailors and designers as well as more engaging to […]

The Gulls fell to 19 – 19 Wednesday night in a 13-inning ballgame with the Vermont Mountaineers (17 – 22) and are once again tied with the Mystic Schooners (20 – 20) for the third and final playoff spot in the Southern Division with six games to go in the season. Virginia Tech’s Nic Enright pitched a […]

Newport improved to 19 – 18 on the summer with a 4–3 victory over the New Bedford Bay Sox (16 – 23) on Tuesday night. The Gulls are now tied with the Mystic Schooners (20 – 19) for the final playoff spot in the Southern Division with just seven games remaining in the regular season. […]

Each year, as elementary schools in Portsmouth, Middletown, and Newport wind down their classes and summer rolls in, the Newport Gulls players go beyond the baseball field to give back to the youth of Newport County. For nine years now, the People’s Credit Union FANatic About Reading program has placed Gulls players – themselves collegiate […]