Marblehead – Spectators on shore will have an unprecedented view when an expected 95 sailing yachts cross the starting line of the 2011 Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race on July 10. “We have reconfigured the start to bring the vessels closer to shore,” explained Peter Barnet, Vice Commodore of the Boston Yacht Club and Chairman [...]

Yorkshire is set to take on the world with the announcement today that it is to compete in the Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race as the only English entry in the ten-strong field for the 40,000-mile global contest which is ‘raced by people like you’. The world’s longest yacht race will start from [...]

Newport, R.I. USA (July 3, 2011) – One of the greatest moments in the history of offshore racing took place today with the final start of the Transatlantic Race 2011 setting six yachts on their course from Newport to The Lizard off the southeast coast of England. And as the six magnificent yachts hoisted their [...]

Gary Castle’s photographs line the Corridor Gallery at Visual Arts Nova Scotia from July 4 – 28, 2011 in his exhibition High and Dry, Boats out of Water. With regards to his collection of boat documentation, Castle inquires: What Maritimer isn’t familiar with the classical lines and form of the boat with sails or without? [...]

The Mahone Bay Area Chamber of Commerce is proud to present the 2011 Mahone Bay Pirate Festival and Regatta on July 29, 30 and 31. The festival builds on 22 successful years of the Mahone Bay Wooden Boat Festival and last year’s first ever Mahone Bay Regatta featuring Pirate Days. It’s all about a community’s [...]

By Rob Dunbar That is the battle-cry resounding in the ears of numerous youth sailors making their mark on the racing circuit. This year’s rendition of the Sail East regatta on Aug. 4 to 7 will be hosted by Able Sail/Handi Voile Inc., a non-profit group dedicated to giving disabled sailors the freedom of independent [...]

The ever popular Chester Race Week regatta is once again being hosted by the Chester Yacht Club August 10th to 13th. Soon the waters of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia will be filled with billowing spinnakers as keen sailors seek trophies and the glory of winning against many of the finest yachts in the Maritimes and [...]

The organizers of the Prince Edward Island International Shellfish Festival, as part of the 2011 Fall Flavours Festival, announced that Chef Curtis Stone will be this year’s celebrity chef. This year’s celebration of P.E.I. Shellfish will take place from September 15-18, 2011 on the Historic Charlottetown Waterfront. “As a Prince Edward Island Fall Flavours Signature [...]

The 2011 Discovery Day Regatta will be held tomorrow, Saturday June 25, 2011, weather permitting. This year, 44 crews, of all ages and levels, will hone their skills in preparation for Time Trials slated for July 9. There are 10 races scheduled from tomorrow’s regatta, with the first race starting at 9:00 AM. A tentative [...]

NEWPORT, R.I. (June 12, 2011) – With 135 boats competing, the New York Yacht Club’s 157th Annual Regatta presented by Rolex, held June 10-12, broke all of its past attendance records, and with winds whipping into the high teens for buoy racing over the weekend, it certainly is in line for being the most memorable [...]