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The Newport Bermuda Race, commonly known as the Bermuda Race, is a biennial, 635 nautical miles (1175 km) sailing yacht race from Newport, Rhode Island to the British island of Bermuda. The Race is the oldest regularly scheduled ocean race in the world, and one of two regularly scheduled races "held almost entirely out of sight of land."
The Marion to Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race is a biennial yacht race held in odd-numbered years, from Marion, Massachusetts to the island of Bermuda, a distance of 645 nautical miles (1,195 km). [1] The most recent race was held starting June 9, 2017.
She finished 2nd in the 2023–2024 Global Solo Challenge on March 7, 2024, sailing a Class40 boat named First Light, making her the first woman from the United States to sail single-handed around the world nonstop and unassisted, and also setting a new around-the-world speed record for the class.
SS United States: 1951 Laid up in Philadelphia, bought to be preserved as of February 2011 SS Vaterland: 1940 Bombed by Allies in 1943, the wreck was scrapped in 1948 A model of the S.S. Vaterland: RMS Viceroy of India: 1928 Torpedoed and sunk in 1942 by U-407: R.M.S. Viceroy of India on a postcard, circa 1935. TSS Wahine: 1912
RMS Fort Victoria, which was sunk in a collision in 1929 Furness, Withy had competition from the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, which had long served Bermuda.After the First World War enough tourists from North America wanted to sail to Bermuda for RMSP to employ prestigious "A-series" liners such as the 10,537 GRT Araguaya, 11,073 GRT Avon and 12,015 GRT Arcadian on the route.
Kirkland is a native of Bermuda, and grew up sailing there. He attended college in the United States at Tufts University in Massachusetts, and sailed while a student.He later moved to Newport Beach, California, where he worked as youth sailing director for the Newport Harbor Yacht Club and as sailing coach at Newport Harbor High School.