Newport Bermuda Race

A record number of yachts – 265 in total – will set out from Newport today for the 100th anniversary Newport Bermuda Race.

The Newport Bermuda classic has traditionally initiated amateur sailors to the rigors of long distance ocean racing, but this year’s Centennial Race – the world’s second largest ocean race fleet after the Fastnet Races in 1977 and 1979 – has a true veteran element that promises to produce an epic offshore contest.