A Lively and Historical Tradition: Final Press Release Sunday
June 16, 2013
Annual Regatta Photos Sunday 2013
June 16, 2013
Saturday Slideshow
June 16, 2013
Annual Regatta: Everybody Loves Saturday Night
June 16, 2013
NEWPORT, R.I. (June 14, 2013) – After yesterday's severe weather warnings for today, northeasterly winds of 20 knots and intermittent sunshine came as a welcomed surprise at the start of the Around the Island Race, a Friday prelude to this weekend's 159th New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta presented by Rolex. The 19 nautical mile race, which is optional and scored separately from the weekend but always hosts a majority of the Annual Regatta fleet, became a true sprint for 94 teams as they circumnavigated Conanicut Island counter clockwise. The wind lightened on the backside of the island; however, there was still plenty of it at the finish...and the clearing skies promised that forecasts for a sunny, warm—and more importantly, dry–weekend would be more on target. View More
NEWPORT, R.I. (June 15, 2013) – For today’s opening races of the 159th New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta presented by Rolex a northeasterly that had kept things moving yesterday in the Around the Island Race slowly died before being replaced by a light southwesterly. It made for a long day on the water for the record 153 teams competing, but a strong start to the weekend, with multiple buoy races completed in each of 17 classes for IRC boats, One Designs, Classics and 12 Metres and one longer navigator’s race completed (as scheduled) for each of three classes sailing in PHRF.
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NEWPORT, R.I. (June 16, 2013) – The New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta presented by Rolex—the oldest regatta in the country—has entered the history books for the 159th time after two days of weekend racing (June 15 and 16) preceded by an optional and separately scored competition “Around the Island” on Friday (June 14). With 153 teams competing, the 2013 edition also was the largest Annual Regatta on record, with enough action on the water and ashore to guarantee the event’s venerable reputation into the next century. View More