Bermuda
Newport-Bermuda Racer Incapacitated by Seasickness
Patriot Ledger: A Norwell man in the middle of a race from Rhode Island to Bermuda was picked up by a cruise ship Monday after he became overwhelmed with dehydration and seasickness. WCVB reports that Nate Owen, a sailor...
Newport-Bermuda Sailors Rescued off Montauk
Suffolk Times: The skippers of a 38’ sailboat who lost their rudder during a 635-mile ocean race and spent 24 hours at sea were rescued off Montauk early Sunday morning by the crew of Greenport sportfishing boat...
Maine Sailor Washed Overboard off Bermuda
The Coast Guard suspended its search at approximately 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 12, for Jan Anderson, a Maine woman who was washed overboard from the 38’ sailing vessel Triple Stars (an Island Packet 38) approximately 285 miles northwest of...
CT Sailor to Continue Voyage After Boat Sinks
New Haven Register: Eric Spitzner, 68, and newly retired, was bound for Bermuda on June 8, cruising Long Island Sound aboard his sailboat, Georgia, a 26-foot Morris Frances cutter. From Bermuda, he was to sail to the Azores, then...
Lilla Wins Marion Bermuda Race
Lilla, a Briand 76 based in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, and skippered by Simon De Pietro, took line honors in the Marion to Bermuda yacht race, crossing the finish at St. David’s Head at 11:28 a.m. on Monday Placing second was...
Marion-Bermuda Race Update
The 2011 Marion Bermuda Race kicked off at 12:45 on Friday under stormy skies and winds gusting to 35 knots. As of 10:00 a.m, the Lilla, a Briand 76 from Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, was a little under 2 nautical miles...
Marion to Bermuda Race Begins
The annual 645-mile Marion-Bermuda sailing race kicks off today in Marion, Massachusetts, in upper Buzzards Bay. The race, which has been held each year since 1977, “provides an opportunity for cruising yachts and amateur crews to participate in an...
Sailboat Towed to Safety off Salem, MA
Salem News: A 42-foot sailboat, the Sea Tryst, survived a loss of sails and generator power on a voyage from Bermuda, making it all the way to Salem—only to face disaster off Salem’s Misery Island ....
Troubled Sailing Vessel Sinks off Nantucket
An odd, 3-masted sailing vessel with a troubled history sank in 6,000 feet of water some 100 miles southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, after becoming disabled in heavy seas while apparently en route to Bermuda. The 88-foot wooden boat, called...
Coast Guard Responds to Stricken Sailboat
The Coast Guard issued a report on Tues, Dec. 7, that it had responded to a disabled sailing vessel with 2 people onboard. The sailboat’s location was approximately 100 miles southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. The vessel, Raw Faith, is...
