Race News

Bermuda Race Announces New Division Assignment Method 5/8/2013 8:22 AM The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee has introduced a performance screen(.xls) for the 2014 Newport Bermuda Race. The purpose is to identify modern lightweight, high-performance boats with large sail plans for assignment to the Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Division, and lower-performance boats for assignment to the St. David’s Lighthouse Division. Newport Bermuda Race Participant Plaque "Garage Sale" 2/20/2013 2:43 PM A surplus of past "Participant Plaques" Races are available Evacuation at Sea: Lessons Learned from the 2012 Newport Bermuda Race 1/30/2013 At a little after 2000 EDT on the 2012 race’s third night,watch-stander Nicholas Weare, received an email from the race’s consulting physician in Massachusetts that something was amiss with a competitor. Full analysis of the situation follows. Bermuda Race Certified as Clean Regatta by Sailors for the Sea 7/16/2012 9:09 PM The 2012 Newport Bermuda Race has been awarded a Silver Certificate as a Clean Regatta by Sailors for the Sea, a non-profit organization founded and chaired by David Rockefeller Jr. that is dedicated to educating the boating community about protecting the oceans. Next Newport Bermuda Race Start: Friday, June 20, 2014 7/11/2012 11:56 AM The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee (BROC) has announced that the start of the next Newport Bermuda Race will be on Friday, June 20, 2014. Carina Penalized 15 Minutes for Professional Helmsman 7/11/2012 11:43 AM The International Jury for the 2012 Newport Bermuda Race has penalized the yachtCarina 15 minutes in elapsed time because a professional sailor briefly steered the boat during the race. Prize Update: Corinthian Trophy returned by Carina 6/29/2012 8:55 PM The day after the Newport Bermuda Race prizegiving in Bermuda, the Bermuda Race Organizing Committee (BROC) learned that an error occurred in the ISAF classification for a crewpeson aboard Carina. Trouble on the return trip from Bermuda 6/26/2012 9:57 PM The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee learned from Bermuda Harbour Radio on Tuesday that two boats returning from the Newport Bermuda Race had faced emergency situations that are being managed by Bermuda Radio and the US Coast Guard Stephen Murray’s ‘Decision’ wins Onion Patch Series; NYYC Red top Onion Patch team 6/23/2012 2:31 PM The new Carkeek HP40‘Decision’ owned by Steve Murray (New Orleans LA) was the top Onion Patch boat in the Newport Bermuda Race and then the talented ‘Decision’ team put on a top performance in Friday’s Royal Bermuda YC Anniversary Regatta,and came out as the first place individual boat in the series. Christopher Dragon wins Royal Bermuda YC Anniversary Regatta 6/23/2012 6:09 AM Following a week of celebrating a fast passage in the Newport Bermuda Race, the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club hosted its Anniversary Regatta presented by the Butterfield Group Friday. ‘Christopher Dragon’, the J122 owned by Andrew Weiss from Mamaroneck NY, took the New York Yacht Club Trophy for first in the 31-boat fleet.