Marion-Bermuda Race 2023 – Arkana

Overview Approximately 120 hours after starting the race off of Centerboard Shoal in Buzzards Bay, we crossed the finish line off of St. David’s. While I had completed previous races to Bermuda, this one was particularly meaningful and deeply satisfying – it was my first as a skipper and my first (and hopefully not my last) with my older son, …

DOUBLEHANDED RACING = DOUBLE THE FUN

With growing interest in solo and doublehanded racing, North Sails and Bluenose Yachts recently hosted a Shorthanded Racing Seminar. Over 130 people attended the event to learn from the impressive lineup of speakers, including Ken Read, Suzy Leech, Ellie Driver, and Glenn Walters. Topics included Ken Read’s keys to shorthanded racing success, race prep, selecting the right sail inventory, avoiding mistakes, overcoming challenges, youth initiatives, sailing with family, and division of responsibilities.

Ken Read and Sara Stone Win 2022 Ida Lewis Distance Race in Sun Fast 3300

Congratulations to Ken Read (Portsmouth, R.I.) and Sara Stone (Marion, Mass.) for winning the Doublehanded class of the 2022 Ida Lewis Distance Race in the Sun Fast 3300, Alchemist. Peter and Duncan Bacon finished 4th in their Sun Fast 3300, Arkana, only minutes behind the second and third place finishers. This is the second time Ken Read has won the ...

SUN FAST 3300, ALCHEMIST, WINS CLASS IN THE 2022 NEWPORT BERMUDA RACE

After watching the other classes start with clear blue skies, a fresh southwesterly wind and a ripping ebb tide, a violent thunderstorm ignited the AP and sucked the wind out of the area just prior to Alchemist’s scheduled start. After a 40-minute postponement, Alchemist started in torrential rain, large seas, and light winds. Conditions steadily improved in the evening and ...

Bluenose Yacht Sales Sponsors All-Female Team For Bermuda Short-Handed Return

Bluenose Yachts is pleased to support professional sailors Sara Stone and Cat Hunt who will be racing Alchemist in the inaugural Bermuda Short-Handed Return, a post-Newport Bermuda Race return to Newport for Single and Double-Handed sailors. With over 20 boats entered for the race and boats ranging in size from 32ft to 53ft, it is lining up to be a ...

Race A Virtual Sun Fast 3300 In The 52nd Newport Bermuda Race

It’s not too late to participate in the 52nd Newport Bermuda Race, and you can do it from the comfort of your living room! The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee has teamed up with Sailonline, a navigation-simulator game, to provide a virtual race that will mirror the 52nd Newport Bermuda Race. Virtual competitors in the 2022 Online Newport Bermuda Race can ...

The Newport Bermuda Race gets underway

After months of preparation and training, the Sun Fast 3300, Alchemist, is ready to start the Newport Bermuda Race! The Alchemist team, consisting of Glenn Walters of Bluenose Yacht Sales, Darren Walters, Ryan Novak-Smith and James Harayda, leave Newport this afternoon for the 635-mile “Thrash to the Onion Patch." The Newport Bermuda Race is a biennial, 635 mile yacht race ...
Track the Newport Bermuda Race

How to watch the Newport Bermuda Race: Start and follow the race

Watch the start from the shore, a boat, or via the streaming Starting Line Live Show as 190 boats get underway to Bermuda. Once the race begins, follow Alchemist and the other competitors on the Bluenose Yacht Sales YB Tracker to see the fleet progress in real time towards Bermuda over the next five days. The tracker updates the position ...