Who’s Who at U.S. Qualifying Series for New York Yacht Club Invitational CupSeptember 7-11 at Harbour Court Newport, RI, August 31, 2010 – The New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup U.S. Qualifying Series, where 24 preeminent yacht clubs in America will compete, will be held in Newport, RI next week on September 7-11. The top three U.S. teams from next week's event will join the top six teams from the 2009 Invitational Cup: New York, Royal Canadian, Japan Sailing Federation, Nyländska Jaktklubben of Finland, Royal Cork of Ireland and Royal Bermuda, plus at least 10 other international teams, September 10-17, 2011 at the NYYC Invitational Cup presented by Rolex. View MoreInternational C-Class Catamaran ChampionshipCanadians Successfully Defend Trophy
NEWPORT, RI, August 28, 2010 -- If wing technology didn’t have everyone’s attention after BMW Oracle Racing’s victorious 33rd America’s Cup, it definitely does now after the International C-Class Catamaran Championship won by Canadian Defenders Fred Eaton and Magnus Clarke, hosted at the New York Yacht Club's Harbour Court Clubhouse August 22-28. The high speeds and almost instant acceleration of cambered foils had members of America’s Cup syndicates, top designers and all sailors in awe. View More
Newport, RI...The Team Racing Capital of the World Newport, RI….Over the first three weekends of August, a total of 289 sailors from across the United States as well as a team from England sailed in 225 races in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay off of Goat Island. Amazingly, the New York Yacht Club’s August team racing championship series is not over yet. With this coming weekend’s Vanguard 15 regatta, 120 more sailors will be out on the bay doing mark traps, passbacks, high-lows and the other competitive team racing tactics. Together with Race Committee and on-the-water umpires, 409 sailors will have participated in nearly 300 races over 12 days of competition. What could be more fun than that! Team racing is arguably the most exciting and spectator-friendly form of sailing. 154th Annual Cruise in Maine87 Yachts Participate The Queen's Cup, a marquee event of the Annual Cruise, was won by Captivity, skippered by NYYC-Member George Sakellaris. Two days later, on August 10, Captivity also won the equally iconic Astor Cup. For the Squadron Runs, Conspiracy, NYYC Commodore David K. Elwell Jr., won IRC 1. Pugwash, David Murphy, won IRC 2. Maxine, William Ketcham, IRC 3. Nova, Mark DiStefano, won NYYC CR 4. Hermie, Gerald Harris, NYYC CR 5, Sonny, Joe Dockery, CRF 6 and Fidelio, former-Commodore Charles Townsend, CRF 7. The 2010 fleet, 87 yachts strong, started in Camden, Maine on Saturday, August 7th for a week-long event. (Photo by Rolex/Daniel Forster shows Captivity at the recent NYYC Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex.) The America's Cup 12 Metre Era Reunion Presented by Rolex NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND (August 9, 2010) – The members of sailing’s royal court – to large extent – include any veteran of the storied 12 Metre era of America’s Cup racing that stretched from 1958 to 1987. With 80 teams competing as contenders or defenders, there is a cadre of sailors whose involvement in the Cup – as skipper, crew, afterguard, designer, builder, syndicate member, race manager or press – has earned them admittance into sailing’s version of Burke’s Peerage: the 2010 America’s Cup 12 Metre Era Reunion presented by Rolex. Since the call went out in January heralding the September 16-19 event, numerous icons of the sport with vetted connections to the 12 Metre Era have confirmed their attendance at this event. They will enjoy, among other things, sailing on the Twelves, glamorous social events, and the film premier of Gary Jobson’s “12 Metre Era Retrospective,” all of which take place from Harbour Court, the New York Yacht Club’s (NYYC) on-the-water clubhouse in Newport, Rhode Island. View More |
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