Ireland Represented as 53rd Newport Bermuda Race Gets Under Way

21st June 2024

It was a gentle start for the 162 boats setting sail from Newport in the 53rd Newport Bermuda Race Credit: Daniel Forster

162 boats set sail from Newport, racing towards the Gulf Stream and kicking off the 53rd Newport Bermuda Race.

For this first time in its 118-year history, the American race set sail from Fort Adams in Newport.

As Afloat reported earlier, two young Dun Laoghaire Harbour sailors from the Irish National Sailing School are competing.

4,000 race fans along the shoreline, spectated for the first time off Fort Adams.

The first night is expected to be slow as storms affecting southern New England have dampened the wind.

The race is a 636 nautical mile long race from Newport, through the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf Stream, down to Hamilton, Bermuda.

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