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Courtesy of the International Tennis Hall Of Fame The International Tennis Hall of Fame is set to host a big weekend of tennis September 17 – 18 when Davis Cup competition hits the historic grass courts.  Known as the “The World Cup of Tennis”, the international team tennis competition will see Team New Zealand will […]

The following was written and submitted by New York Yacht Club. There are strong starts to a regatta and then there’s the day on the water put in by Royal Thames Yacht Club to open up the racing in the 2021 Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup. The British team, which won the event […]

The following is a press release from 11th Hour Racing Sailing Team. Today, 11th Hour Racing Team officially named their two 60-foot round the world offshore race boats in Concarneau, France. Drawing on the Hawaiian heritage of team CEO, Mark Towill, the brand new IMOCA 60, previously nicknamed ‘11.2’ was named Mālama – to care for […]

Story provided by Kate Wilson Somers The ideal conditions for any distance race are favorable winds, advantageous tide, and warm weather – which the 94th Conanicut Yacht Club delivered on the Sunday of Labor Day Weekend for the 90 boats that lapped the 18 miles around Jamestown, Rhode Island.  At the end of the day, […]

The following was provided by Sail Newport On Saturday, September 11, a community of sailors in Newport, plans to race around Conanicut Island in the 20th Anniversary Sail for Pride. The event was founded twenty years ago in the weeks following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. In the 2001 Sail for Pride, nearly […]

via 11th Hour Racing Sailing Team Since its earliest days, humankind has been intrigued by the power of pictures. The colorful forms and figures our ancestors painted on cave walls are the most ancient storybooks in history, our first works of art. Over millennia, they have passed on tales and traditions, without the use of […]

Day one of the 2021 Clagett Regatta and U.S. Para Sailing Championships, mother nature decided not to play ball with the fleet held ashore under the postponement flag until 1pm on a hot and humid summer day. The race committee went out onto the course to see what was developing and shortly after some storms cells […]

by Newport Polo The comeback tour for the 20th annual International Polo Charity Ball was a smash hit, reaching platinum status, shattering the past polo ball record in total fundraising, to benefit the Jeffrey Osborne Foundation.  Over 400 generous and fun-loving attendees heralded the evening’s success, exceeding $80,000 in fundraising for the foundation’s mission to support initiatives and organizations that […]

Team Jamaica makes its triumphant return to Newport, as the players arrive to challenge Team USA in the continuation of the Newport International Polo Series’ 30th Anniversary Season this Saturday, August 21st at 5pm.   The British Army brought Polo with them to Jamaica in the late 1800s, and the sport has remained a cultural mainstay […]

By New York Yacht Club If your favorite one-design class’s late summer regatta isn’t a continental-level championship, then it’s likely there’s one sparkling on the horizon. That’s certainly the case with the two biggest classes at the fourth edition of the New York Yacht Club One-Design Regatta, which will take place this coming weekend, August 21 and […]

by International Tennis Hall Of Fame An exciting weekend of international team tennis is heading to Newport, Rhode Island in September! Tickets are on sale for the upcoming Davis Cup by Rakuten World Group I between New Zealand and Korea, Republic to be held on September 17 & 18 on the grass courts of the International Tennis […]

by 11th Hour Racing After 24 months of research, development, and construction, 11th Hour Racing Team has unveiled its new IMOCA 60, the first of a new era of boats designed to compete in fully crewed, short-handed and solo offshore sailboat races. A product of Guillaume Verdier’s design studio and built at CDK Technologies in […]

By New York Yacht Club A lack of wind cut short the final day of the 20th running of the Hinman Masters Team Race, but the results to that point in the three-day regatta left no doubt which team deserved to be on top of the podium. With 17 wins in 18 races, Seawanhaka Corinthian […]

The following is a press release from 11th Hour Racing 11th Hour Racing Team will be lining up this Sunday to take on the world’s biggest offshore yacht race: the Rolex Fastnet Race. Justine Mettraux (SUI) and Simon ‘SiFi’ Fisher (GBR) will co-skipper the team’s IMOCA 60 for the 695 nautical mile (800 mile or […]