Join us to hear from World Sailing’s Tom Duggan, principal race officer for Tokyo 2021 who will wrap up his experience at the 2016 Rio Olympics and provide insight into the now 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Log on to get a behind-the-scenes view of Olympic Games sailing management, learn how an Olympic regatta is set up, and how the world names…
Sail Newport, with the help of Meteorologist Mark Thornton of Lake Erie WX and local sailors, will present an online lecture and discussion about the sudden powerful storm that struck Newport on Tuesday, August 25. Mark Thornton, considered an expert in marine weather forecasting, will detail the severe Narragansett Bay downburst on August 25. Mark will describe the meteorological phenomenon…
Join us for a unique opportunity to hear from two of the world's most-accomplished sailors. Ken Read is in Auckland as a TV commentator for the America's Cup World Series and Christmas Cup racing. Ken will analyze the long-awaited America's Cup racing as only a former America's Cup skipper, Volvo Ocean Race helmsman and world-class sailor such as he can.…
Presented by https://sailnewport.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Hinckley-only-under-Talaria-200x81.jpg Commentators Ken Read and Shirley Robertson will review all of the thrills, capsizes, boat handing, foiling, victories and defeats in the lead-up America's Cup Racing. On January 26 when Ken and Shirley join host Brad Read, the Round Robin will have been concluded and the sailors will be teeing up for the all-important semi-finals. Will American Magic…
On February 24 at 6 p.m., in honor of Black History Month, Sail Newport is hosting an online community event to discuss diversity in the sport of sailing. Five panelists representing the sailing and Newport communities will join Brad Read, executive director of Sail Newport, who will moderate the event. Guest speakers will include the Honorable Marvin Abney, sailors Ayme…
On Wednesday, March 3 at 6 p.m. (EST), TV commentators Ken Read and Shirley Robertson will join Sail Newport live from New Zealand for the free online event, "36th America's Cup Match Preview." Racing in New Zealand previously scheduled for March 6 and 7 has been postponed to at least March 10 (which is March 9, appx. 10 p.m. (EST))…
An exceptional panel of women joins Sail Newport's next Challenger Lecture Series "Women in Sailing" event to discuss their achievements, their experiences in the sport, and how we can encourage more women and girls to participate in sailing. The webinar is free and open to the public made possible by our supporter 11th Hour Racing and presenting sponsor Hinckley Yacht…
https://sailnewport.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/SN_Logo_BEG20211-1-e1611968517699.png Weekend 1 - Invited classes: June 11-13 I420s, 29ers and Laser Radials Weekend 2- Invited Classes: June 18-20 Club 420s After a year’s hiatus, Sail Newport will host the 19th edition of its premier youth racing clinic, the B.E.G., this coming June! Dedicated to the memory of Brooke Emmens Gonzalez in 2002, the clinic has built a reputation for attracting…
https://sailnewport.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_4626-1-scaled.jpghttps://sailnewport.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/SN_Logo_BEG20211-1-e1611968517699.png (Weekend 1 - Invited classes: June 11-13 I420s, 29ers and Laser Radials) Weekend 2- Invited Classes: June 18-20 Club 420s After a year’s hiatus, Sail Newport will host the 19th edition of its premier youth racing clinic, the B.E.G., this coming June! Dedicated to the memory of Brooke Emmens Gonzalez in 2002, the clinic has built a reputation for attracting…
Presented by: https://sailnewport.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Hinckley-only-under-Talaria-300x121.jpg Sponsored by: https://sailnewport.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/hammetts-hotel_primary-logo_navy-blue-300x149.png Online ticket sales are closed for this event. If you would like to attend, please email: Emily Greagori, Event Manager Join us for the Challenger Lecture Series Fall Premiere event Introducing Captain Donald Lawson for a live presentation on his quest to set new American, solo, nonstop, speed records. Date: Saturday, November 20, 2021…
Date: Thursday, January 13 Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Location: Zoom Full video now available at this link Challenger Lecture Series: Olympic Rewind and Preview: The puffs and lulls of Olympic Sailing in Tokyo and the race to 2024 Join our online event to hear the latest about the exciting sailing careers of US Sailing Olympic Team 470 sailors…
https://sailnewport.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/SN_Logo_Challenger_2022_blue_Hinckley1-e1645731758865.png Jessie Fielding and Francesca Clapcich in La Solitaire du Figaro Sailors talk about the challenges of competing in the legendary “roller coaster” 2,500-mile solo race “It is unlike anything I have ever experienced, and I have sailed all over the world in different fleets. This is by far and away the most challenging sailing I have ever done,” says Jesse…
