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James Doughty is a classic example of the proverbial ‘chip off the old block’. The Les-Roches University graduate is a third generation sailor, following in the wake of his late grandfather Alan and father Paul, whose name is synonymous with youth sa...

The sound of an alarm rang out below deck of the Spirit of Bermuda at 4.25am, disrupting what up until that point had been a peaceful night’s rest. The 100-mile journey from New York to Newport, Rhode Island had officially begun. Some of the sloop’s ...

Butterfield & Vallis co-owner Jim Butterfield and ten of his staff members arrived in New York City earlier this week aboard the sail training ship Spirit of Bermuda. The triple-masted sloop left Bermuda last Saturday evening and arrived in the Big A...

Nearly two hundred yachts have registered for this Newport Bermuda Race, event organisers have confirmed. As many as 180 applications were received by the race committee by the April 1 deadline and it is anticipated that more will be submitted online...

Participants in the Newport to Bermuda sailing race spent almost $12 million on the Island, showing what a huge boost to the economy the biennial race is during just a few weeks in June. The newly released results of an economic impact study by the B...

Participants in the Newport to Bermuda sailing race spent almost $12 million on the Island, showing what a huge boost to the economy the biennial race is during just a few weeks in June. The newly released results of an economic impact study by the...

A less determined woman than Amanda Mochrie might have given up before reaching the starting line in the Newport Bermuda Race 2012. That's because challenge after challenge was presented to her in lead up to the event. The original boat she charter...

Skipper Rives Potts and crew of Carina have been stripped of the Corinthian Trophy they were awarded at last week’s Newport Bermuda Race prize ceremony at Government House. The Corinthian Trophy is awarded to the yacht with the best performance by an...

Newport Bermuda Race organising committee chairman John Osmond has thanked all those involved in a medical emergency during this year’s 635-mile race. Among a trio of boats that responded to a distress call to aid a sick crewman on board the double-h...

The Newport to Bermuda race gave the Island’s local economy an estimated $10 million shot in the arm this year. Restaurants, hotels and retail shops all reported a surge in business over the last week as 160 boats crossed the finish line and spent la...

The curtains officially came down on the 2012 Newport Bermuda Race during Saturday’s prize giving at Government House. During the two-hour long ceremony Governor George Fergusson handed out the numerous prizes on offer to the respective winners. This...