Join the Shipyard team on Friday, October 10 for our Annual Pumpkin Regatta! Race across the basin in our famous "pumpkins", to raise money for this year’s selected charity, Sail Newport! Cost is $25/person and each team should have 4-5 members. If you want to come and enjoy food & beverage, cost is $25/person for a bracelet.
There will be several raffle items and an award given to the team with the FASTEST time and the BEST COSTUMES! Silent auction will close at 6pm sharp & you do not need to be present to win.
Please submit team entries to the Newport Shipyard Dock Office or sign up below by 1pm on Friday, October 10. Food is sponsored by Newport Rigging Group and Safe Harbor Newport Shipyard. Beverages sponsored by RC Marine Electric.
Sail Newport, Inc., founded in 1983, is a non-profit 501 (C) (3) organization. Sail Newport is home to New England’s largest public sailing center and is considered Rhode Island’s premier public sailing site.
Award winning instructional programs, fleets of rental boats and a prime one-design sailing facility equipped with hoists are just some of our features. The Dr. Robin Wallace Youth Sailing Center is the headquarters of Sail Newport’s Youth Sailing Program serving hundreds of children each season. Dinghy docks, ramp-launching, summer and winter storage, on-shore facilities and ample free parking round out Sail Newport’s assets to recreational sailors. Located at picturesque Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Sail Newport offers easy and affordable access to sailing.
Sail Newport’s purpose is to promote and operate affordable public sailing instruction, rental programs and to create opportunities to attract new sailors to the sport.
Sail Newport’s Commitment to Diversity
Our commitment to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience is the wind that fills our sails and drives us forward every day. As the leader in community sailing, we promote greater diversity and inclusion within the sport of sailing through increasing pathways to recreational and competitive sailing for individuals from all backgrounds.
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