July 23, 2022 Newport Sailor Mike Marshall on “American Garage” had a bit of a slow start and sat out a black flag near the end of the series, but sailed steadily to win the 2022 J/24 World Championship in Corpus Christi, TX.  Sailing in a fleet of 38 boats from Argentina, Chile, Japan, Korea, […]

22 Newport Regatta Results 22 Newport Regatta Gallery 22 Sail Newport Newport Regatta Recap 38 Years Running! This past weekendʻs Sail Newport Newport Regatta again proved why Newportʻs City-by-the-Sea is synonymous with sailing.  Competitors experienced what has made Newport a sailing capital of the world – warm summer weather, brilliant sunshine, challenging conditions,  and sailing […]

Image shows Race Committee vessels rigged and ready for racing tomorrow in the annual Newport Regatta. The Newport Regatta starts tomorrow for one-design classes racing in the annual Sail Newport event. The regatta has been widely popular as an East Coast “must do” for  sailors since the first racing weekend in 1984. Competitors are registered […]

“They can’t wait to get on the water,” says Kevin Bolano, a fourth-grade teacher at Pell Elementary School.  The spring semester of the Sail Newport Pell School Science and Sailing Program started today with two fourth grade classes arriving by school bus to the Sailing Center in Fort Adams. The remaining five classes of fourth […]

Sail Newport is please to announce that Gary Knapp has joined Sail Newport as Regatta Director. Knapp will direct Sail Newport’s regatta management, including the recruitment of local, national, and world-championship regattas, on the water course management and volunteer recruitment.   “Sail Newport is a unique organization that provides access to sailing for a diverse […]

Katherine Brito of Newport has joined Sail Newport as office coordinator for the nonprofit sailing center.  Brito comes to Sail Newport with experience in nonprofit organizations at the Boys and Girls Club of Newport with the Community College of Rhode Island. She also worked in the legal community. Katherine will assist the sailing center with office […]

Sail Newport, in partnership with Clean Ocean Access, will host a shoreside clean-up at Fort Adams State Park on Saturday, April 9, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The two organizations are joining forces to clean up the park from the marine debris blown in over the winter months.   Empire Tea & Coffee will […]

There are a wide variety of youth sailing programs to choose from. Starting at age 5 in the Little Guppies Program, all skill levels are offered in one and two-week programs. Parents will be notified in mid – late February of enrollment and will be asked to pay for the program or apply for finanical […]

NEWPORT, RI (November 20) – Sail Newport, Rhode Island’s Public Sailing Center, has appointed Nick Ewenson (Newport, RI) as race programs manager. Ewenson is an accomplished sailing coach and joins Sail Newport with experience from New England Science & Sailing in Stonington, CT., as head coach at the University of Rhode Island (URI) and assistant […]