NEWPORT, RI – Gill is Sail Newport’s official gear supplier, and they want to offer Rhode Island youth an opportunity to enter an essay contest about sailing. The essay contest […]

Two Newport-based nonprofit organizations, Clean Ocean Access and Sail Newport, are collaborating to clean Fort Adams State Park in preparation for the nine-day international event on Earth Day, Saturday, April 22, from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m.

Organizers for the Volvo Ocean Race Newport Stopover are issuing a call to arms: Bring a reusable water bottle when you visit the Race Village at Fort Adams State Park to contribute to the […]

The Volvo Ocean Race Newport Stopover (May 8 – 20) will feature an array of exhibits, interactive displays and games with micro-organisms designed to fascinate school children to grandparents alike. […]

Sail Newport announces today that Hinckley, the builder of America’s finest yachts for 90 years, is an Official Port Sponsor and the Official Luxury Power Yacht Provider of the Volvo […]

On Monday, the Vestas 11th Hour Racing Volvo Ocean 65 race boat arrived in New Zealand for repairs. The team issued the following statement: On February 12th, the Vestas 11th Hour […]

Vestas 11th Hour Racing has undertaken steps to repair their Volvo Ocean 65 yacht, which was involved in a collision with a non-racing vessel at the end of Leg 4 […]

Vestas 11th Hour Racing has informed Volvo Ocean Race that the team will not be participating in inshore racing in Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China, as well as Leg 5 […]

Vestas 11th Hour Racing is back in the water, with a test sail anticipated later this week. The boat had been shipped to New Zealand for repairs following a collision […]

The Volvo Ocean Race is the world’s most challenging ocean race, circumnavigating the planet and covering 45,000+ nautical miles, and it will make Newport its only stopover in all of North America. […]