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Newport (18 – 18) saw its five-game win streak come to an end on Sunday night in a 10–4 loss to the Vermont Mountaineers (16 – 21). Holden Powell dropped to 1–3 on the summer after giving up five runs on two hits and five walks in 4.1 innings of work. Tim Tawa started the game with a […]

Newport (18 – 17) extended its win-streak to five on Saturday night after edging out the Ocean State Waves (18 – 16) 7–6 in ten innings. Jake Eder put together a solid six inning, three run outing for Newport and exited the contest with his team holding onto a 6–3 lead. Nate Wrighter earned win throwing 4.0 innings of shutout baseball […]

On the eve of the 11th edition of Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex, J/109 skipper Bill Sweetser was faced with a tough decision. It wasn’t about how to tune his rig or organize his crew. But it nonetheless would have a huge impact on his regatta. He’d entered his boat, a popular one-design […]

The Newport Gulls are on a tear as of late picking up their fourth straight victory on Friday night with a 7–1 win over the Mystic Schooners. During this span, Newport has scored over five runs in each of their victories. The offense has caught fire and the Gulls are playing their best baseball of […]

When the breeze follows the expected pattern and barely tickles double digits in wind speed, success on the racecourse at Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex can be more about what you didn’t do wrong than what you did right. “We didn’t really do anything [great],” says Austin Fragomen (New York, N.Y.), the skipper […]

The National Sailing Hall of Fame (NSHOF) today announced the six people who will make up its 2018 class of inductees: famed yachting cinematographer John Biddle (Philadelphia, Penn./Jamestown, R.I.); three-time Soling World Champion, Brazilian-American Olympian Vince Brun (San Diego, Calif.); and shipbuilder and naval architect William Webb (New York, N.Y.).  Three additional Inductees are being […]

Newport (16 – 17) captured its third-consecutive win on Wednesday night after taking down the first-place Plymouth Pilgrims (19 – 15) for the second time in three days by a score of 5–3. Nic Enright picked up the win for the Gulls giving up just one run on nine hits in 6.0 innings of work. Nate Wrighter earned his […]

“It was a fantastic day,” said Ray Pepi (New York, N.Y.), of Day 1 of Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex. “One of the most enjoyable days of the season. The wind behaved itself and piped up when some of the forecasts were dire, and the race committee did a fantastic job as usual […]

The George Donnelly Sunset League announced it Hall Of Fame Inductees for the Class of 2018, its fourth Hall of Fame class. “These players have been a huge part in making the GDSL what it is now, as we continue to celebrate our 100th season,” a press release announcing the inductees stated on Tuesday. Chuck Paiva: […]

Three-time Newport champion John Isner has withdrawn from the Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open, following a deep run at Wimbledon and an incredible 6 hour, 36 minute battle in today’s semifinal versus Kevin Anderson. “After a massive effort like the one that John put forth today a player is physically exhausted and emotionally drained. […]

With their sleek hulls, tinted windows, black composite sails and raked-back mast, Gunboat catamarans exude all the cool and sophistication of a premium stretch limousine. That’s not far from the truth, says Phil Lotz (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), who will be sailing his Gunboat 60 Arethusa (above) in the 11th edition of the New York Yacht Club’s Race […]

Photos: Arthur Santry’s Temptation-Oakcliff and Brian Cunha’s Irie are planning for this year’s Ida Lewis Distance Race, which starts August 17 off Fort Adams State Park in Newport, R.I (Photos by Stephen Cloutier) With this summer’s Newport to Bermuda Race now in the history books, veteran sailors such as Arthur Santry (Newport, R.I./Washington, D.C.) and Brian Cunha (Newport) are looking toward […]

New York Yacht Club American Magic, the U.S. sailing team challenging for the 36th America’s Cup has announced an initial roster of 17 sailors who will train and compete with the team. The accomplished group includes nine Americans and sailors from four other nations. The 36th America’s Cup will take place in March 2021 off […]

A bad start in light air in a 37-boat fleet can be fatal. If you let it be. Skipper John Baxter and his team on the J/70 Team Vineyard Vines (above) were determined not to let a mistake at the outset of the first race define their regatta. So instead, they got to work, found the advantageous […]

The 16th C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta and the 2018 U.S. Para Sailing Championships have been run and won.  Three days of racing, 10 races and the 46 sailors from across North America are now celebrating with the newly crowned champions. “We’ve just concluded the 16th Clagett Regatta and we couldn’t do it without the […]

Conditions for day two of the 2018 Clagett Regatta and U.S. Para Sailing Championships, hosted by Sail Newport, was a complete 180 to day one with a gray, overcast day greeting the 44 sailors.  The Race Committee took the three classes out to the course in a very light breeze that started out in an Easterly […]

Tennis’ short but sweet grass court season is in full swing, and for some of the ATP World Tour’s most exciting players, they’ll wrap up the season on the historic grass courts of the International Tennis Hall of Fame for the Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open, July 15 – 22. The 28-player draw is […]

For the 46 sailors who are attending the 16th annual C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta and the 2018 U.S. Para Sailing Championships in Newport RI, two days of coaching will be put to use tomorrow when the racing begins. This year the coaching team of Dave Perry, Dave Dellenbaugh, Brian Todd, Betsy Alison, Nancy Haberland […]

On Saturday, June 23rd at 5 pm, Boston returns to challenge Newport for an 8th annual campaign between the northeast rivals, at the polo grounds of Glen Farm, home of the NBC10 Newport Internationa l Polo Series 27, Presented by BMW. (photo credit: Hillary Oswald). In the 6-chukker exhibition polo match, Newport will be looking to maintain its winning streak against Boston, for a duration of approximately 2 hours. Returning for Boston will be Nick Snow, Whitney Ellis, Steven Burr and Amanda/Alison […]

(Photo by Daniel Forster) The combination of a light southeast wind and more than one knot of current flowing out of Narragansett Bay pushed the fleet of sailboats starting the Newport Bermuda Race on the way towards Bermuda on Friday afternoon with few incidents of note. “In spite of the light conditions,” said Jonathan Brewin, […]

After all was said and done, the Newport Gulls led all New England Collegiate Baseball League teams with 16 former players drafted by twelve different clubs when the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft ended last week. The Gulls saw four players go in the first three rounds, and while 14 out of the 16 drafted […]

Making attempts at breaking records, surviving rough seas, reveling in starry nights and bonding over the adventure of navigating 635 miles of open water are all part of the longstanding and storied history of the Newport Bermuda Race, first held in 1906. Since its inception, over 52,000 sailors (more than twice the population of the […]