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Storm brewing in the distance with J/109 PICANTE. (Photo by Rolex/Dan Nerney)
NEWPORT, R.I. – The first half of the biennial New York Yacht Club Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex, finished up for eight classes earlier this week. The catch, however, was that for five of the classes, racing had to be abandoned due to severe thunderstorms just as the third and final day of racing got underway.
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Truce is the Committee boat for the white fleet shown here Starting the J-105 class. (Photo courtesy Rolex/Dan Nerney)
NEWPORT, R.II. – Seven classes concluded competition on Sunday in the first half of the New York Yacht Club Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex, while a balance of five others logged a second of three race days in dazzling conditions in the waters off Newport.
Catering to 107 boats and 1,200 sailors in its first half before switching gears on Wednesday to serve as the Rolex US-IRC National Championship for another 38 boats, the weeks marks one of the high water marks for the summer’s sailing calendar.
Hit the jump for full details on the day’s results, courtesy of Media Pro International/Regatta News.
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Straight Jacket, Sanford Tyler, a Quest 30, sailed in PHRF 1. (Rolex/Dan Nerney photo)
NEWPORT, R.I. – On the same day that hundreds of athletes swam from Newport to Jamestown in the annual Save the Bay Swim, more thna 1,200 others plied Narragansett Bay from mid-morning to afternoon, sailing the first day of the New York Yacht Club Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex.
More on the day’s events after the jump via RegattaNews/Media Pro International.
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The New York Yacht Club Race Week presented by Rolex returns to Newport this weekend. The classic 12 metre class will be featured in one of the 11 division to be competing in the highly anticipated event. (Photo by Tom Shevlin)
NEWPORT, R.I. – Seven days of racing, 147 competing boats, 11 divisions, two National Championships, one North American Championship, 1,200 sailors and one great sailing town. It all adds up to New England’s favorite regatta – New York Yacht Club’s (NYYC) Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex.
Kicking off on Saturday, July 17 with three days of one design and Classic, 12 Metre and PHRF-rated competition, Race Week’s “first half” welcomes the Beneteau 36.7, J/105, J/109, J/122, J/80, Classics, S Class, 12 Metre, 6 Metre and NYYC Swan 42 classes. In all, 109 boats are registered for the first half of Race Week. After a lay day featuring a classic New England Lobster Bake hosted at the New York Yacht Club’s on-the-water clubhouse Harbour Court, the “second half” is scheduled for four days of racing to determine the Rolex US-IRC National Champion. To date 38 IRC-rated racers are registered for the fourth annual competition.
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Light air greeted sailors in the first day of racing for the Melges 24 National and 32 Northeast Championships. (Photo by Tom Shevlin)
NEWPORT, R.I. – Racing began this morning under sunny skies, but light wind in the 2010 Melges 24 National and 32 Northeast Championships. With northerlies running between 4 and 8 knots during the first race, drivers navigated through a patience game and course change as light air prevailed throughout the day.
The weekend-long event, hosted by Sail Newport, boasts a highly competitive field in both classes, including a strong contingent of local boats like Phil Lotz’s Arethusa, Malcolm Gefter on Celeritas, and Michael Dominguez on Bronco.
Check back for more photos here on Monday and in next week’s edition of Newport This Week. For updated results over the weekend, visit www.melges24nationals.com.
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NEWPORT, R.I. – Exceeding expectations, an impressive slate of 15 Melges 32 teams will compete here at the 2010 USA Sailing Series Event No. 6, Northeast Regatta hosted by Sail Newport on June 25-27.
Renowned for the strength and diversity of sailboat classes that frequent the bay, Newport has in recent years become a hotbed for the growing Melges 32 action, spawning an impressive array of home-based, talent.
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The US Coast Guard Vessel Juniper had become a sort of tradition at the start of the Bermuda Race in recent years.
NEWPORT, R.I. – The Gulf Oil spill is expected to have devastating consequences for waterfront communities and industries in the deep south, but its effects aren’t contained to the Florida or Louisiana coasts.
As Bermuda Race media team member Talbot Wilson reports, the starting line for the Newport Bermuda Race will take on a new look this year.
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An RC 44 passes in front of Puma's 2008-09 VOR entry, il mostro on Wednesday. (Photo by Tom Shevlin)
NEWPORT, R.I. – Can you find a new RC44 sailing an arm’s length away from a Volvo Ocean Race entrant. Sailing just north of the Newport Pell Bridge on Wednesday, America’s Cup skipper Russell Coutt’s new design briefly crossed paths with Puma Ocean Racing’s 2008-09 VOR entry, il mostro.
Sporting the distinctive logo of the BMW Oracle Racing Team, who Coutts won the last Cup with, the boat cut an impressive profile on the water.
Designed to be a light displacement high performance One Design boat, the RC44 was designed jointly by four-time America’s Cup winner Coutts and naval architect Andrej Justin. According to the designers, it was created for top level racing in international regattas under strictly controlled Class Rules. The concept and the design features of the RC44 are dedicated to the amateur helmsmen racing in fleet racing sailing events.
It is also among the potential designs being discussed for use in the run-up to the next America’s Cup.
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NEWPORT, R.I. – In the run up to the 2010 Newport-Bermuda Race, which gets underway at 2 p.m. on Friday, here are five things things that you may or may not have known about the Thrash to the Onion Patch.
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Titan XV is among the favorites for this year's Newport-Bermuda race. Here, she sails past Castle Hill in the opening race of the New York Yacht Club's Annual Regatta on Friday.(Photo by Tom Shevlin)
NEWPORT, R.I. – It’s on. On Friday, more than 180 sailboats, ranging in length from 33 to 100-feet will set up at Castle Hill, bound for Bermuda in one of sailing – and Newport’s – most awesome spectacles.
The Bermuda Race, first run in 1906 from Gravesend Bay, N.Y. with just three entries (no, it didn’t start in Newport), is by far one of the most anticipated races on the East Coast – if not all of sailing.
It is one of the sport’s top prizes for amateurs and is sure to be on the wish-list of many a weeknight racer.
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NEWPORT, R.I. – Not to be outdone by the adults, Sail Newport hosted the first major youth regatta of the season over the weekend, with a mixed bag of conditions challenging sailors and making for some exciting racing.
Read on for a full report from the 2010 Sail Newport Youth Challenge.
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Columbia, America's Cup 17 winner, placed first in the 12 Metre Traditional class. (Photo by Dan Nerney/NYYC)
NEWPORT, R.I. – Over 1,000 sailors on 111 boats gathered from across the U.S. and Europe for three days of racing on Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island Sound last weekend for the New York Yacht Club’s 156th Annual Regatta presented by Rolex.
The start to the weekend was the Around the (Conanicut) Island Race on Friday, which is scored separately from the Saturday/Sunday races. The race has become a popular “add on” for competitors, especially those gearing up for the biennial Newport Bermuda Race the following week. George David’s (Hartford, Conn.) Custom Maxi Rambler took line honors, finishing the 19-nautical mile distance in two hours, 10 minutes. However, Titan 15, a Reichel/Pugh 75 owned by Tom Hill (Puerto Rico) finished in first on corrected time with Hap Fauth (Minneapolis, MN) in second with his Mini Maxi Bella Mente.
“We really love the competition,” said Hill after racing. “We have been having so much fun racing Titan that to be that close to the other boats is really enjoyable.” Rambler finished in third.
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Tom Hill's Titan XV passes Castle Hill in Friday's Round the Island Race (Photos by Tom Shevlin)
NEWPORT, R.I. – Racing is underway in the longest-running regatta in America – New York Yacht Club’s 156th Annual Regatta presented by Rolex.
More than 100 boats headed to the starting line in Newport at noon for the Around the Island Race. With light air and cloudy skies, conditions were less than ideal at the start, but that didn’t stop a contingent of onlookers from lining the coastline from Brenton Point in Newport to Fort Weatherill and Beavertail in Jamestown.
The weekend-long event will continue with buoy racing on Saturday, June 12, through Sunday, June 13.
In all, 111 boats are entered across divisions for PHRF, Classic, 6 Metre, 12 Metre, IRC-rated entries and Swan 42 and J/105s one-design classes.
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NEWPORT, R.I. – As we reported last week, details on the America’s Cup trophy’s visit to Newport have begun to take shape.
In a press release issued on Monday, organizers for the visit have let the cat further out of the bag.
The event, planned for July 1, will include a Cup Victory Luncheon at Fort Adams to benefit Sail Newport. Tickets for the luncheon are available to the public for $50 each or $1,000 for a sponsored table of 10 and will be available for purchase at www.sailnewport.org beginning Thursday.
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