Yachts, charter brokers, yacht managers, exhibiting vendors and non-exhibiting vendors: please register by May 22 for the Newport Charter Yacht Show presented by Helly Hansen to be included in this year's printed program which will be distributed to over 500 industry professionals. Dates for the four-day event, which welcomes registered and credentialed marine industry representatives, are June 19-23, 2017. The Newport Charter Yacht Show is the only one of its kind in the U.S. and will feature an exquisite collection of world-class yachts for charter.

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The Candy Store Cup organizers have added a Corinthian Spirit class to this year’s superyacht regatta, slated to be held July 27-29, 2017 in Newport, Rhode Island. The Candy Store Cup, in its second year owned and organized by Newport Shipyard and Bannister’s Wharf, is an invitational superyacht regatta hosting yachts 90-feet and above for three days of racing and shoreside social soirees. The regatta’s Notice of Race (NOR), including more information about the Corinthian Spirit class, can be read on the regatta Web site: www.candystorecup.com/nor

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Newport Shipyard received final approval from the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) on Tuesday, March 28, to expand its dock space by 560 additional feet. This added dock space, which will allow Newport Shipyard to handle more large yachts simultaneously, will add on to its current 2,833 feet of dock space, which will generate an estimated $500,000 in revenue annually.

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Yachts will save 25% on the registration fee and 10% on dockage when they register for the Newport Charter Yacht Show presented by Helly Hansen by April 1, 2017. Click here to register. Dates for the four-day event, which welcomes registered and credentialed industry professionals who represent clients interested in chartering a luxury yacht in New England, are June 19-23, 2017. The Newport Charter Yacht Show is the only one of its kind in the U.S. and will feature an exquisite collection of world-class yachts for charter.

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Newport Shipyard will once again prove its prowess as New England’s “yachting hub” when a rush of superyachts head north to the famous “City by the Sea” after the America’s Cup in Bermuda this June. “Reservations for many of these yachts were made with us as early as last spring,” said Newport Shipyard General Manager Eli Dana. Newport Shipyard can accommodate 30+ superyachts, defined by Dana as yachts over 100 feet in length, at one time.

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Newport Shipyard is proud to announce that nearly EC $17,000 (US $6,300) was raised for Antigua Barbuda Search and Rescue (ABSAR) at the annual Wobbly Race fund-raiser in Antigua, West Indies on February 3, 2017. Newport Shipyard has been sponsoring the Wobbly Race for five years and sends a team down every winter to help organize and host the popular event among super yacht captains and crew.

Ten teams entered this year's annual Wobbly Race, which features a 'Build Your Own Boat (BYOB)' format, where yacht captains and crew build a 'boat' using two sheets of plywood and other supplies. Along with Newport Shipyard employees, volunteers from ABSAR and staff members from Catamaran Club Marina and Cambusa Italian Restaurant were on hand all day selling t-shirts, raffle tickets, food, beverages and supporting the teams.

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BACARDI Miami Sailing Week announced today that Newport Shipyard, one of the most popular and recommended shipyards in the U.S., will become a major sponsor in the BACARDI Sailing Week Regattas held in Miami from March 5-11, 2017 and in Newport from June 23-25, 2017.

Event Director Sara Zanobini, remarks, “We're excited about our inaugural partnership with Newport Shipyard. It's a great opportunity to expand our reach and provide additional value-added services to our sailors. Both Newport Shipyard and BACARDI Sailing Week have much to gain from this new partnership.”

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Online registration for the 2017 Newport Charter Yacht Show presented by Helly Hansen, which will be held for the second consecutive year at Newport Shipyard in downtown Newport, is open: www.NewportCharterShow.com. Yachts will save 25% on the registration fee and 10%on dockage when they register before February 1, 2017. Dates for the four-day event, which welcomes registered and credentialed industry professionals who represent clients interested in chartering a luxury yacht in New England, are June 19-23, 2017. The Newport Charter Yacht Show is the only one of its kind in the U.S. and will feature an exquisite collection of world-class yachts for charter.

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The Shipyard's new 200MT Marine Travelift is starting to take shape. It is on schedule to arrive here in Newport in early November.

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Charter Show to be held at Newport Shipyard in Newport, Rhode Island, June 19-23, 2017

Dates have been set for the 36th Newport Charter Yacht Show and registration is now open online. The charter show, which features luxury sailing and motor vessels available for charter in New England, is open to yacht brokers, agents and industry professionals. The show will be held at Newport Shipyard in Newport, Rhode Island June 19-23, 2017 and will once again be presented by Helly Hansen. 

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What started in ideal foiling conditions out of New York on Saturday, Nov. 5 turned treacherous for some of the world’s best sailors, who had to fight vicious winds and unexpected conditions over 66 hours and three nights during a 662-mile (1,065km) open ocean flight over water. 

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On Friday, October 7, fourteen teams comprised of yacht captains and crew, Newport Shipyard employees and tenants, and friends in the yachting community, rendezvoused at Newport Shipyard to paddle in the Shipyard’s annual Pumpkin Regatta which raised $3,018 for the Gabrielle Dinsmore Heart & Hope Fund. 

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Congratulations are in full order for Ryan DeVos' Volpe with tactician Mark Mendelblatt, and crew members Mike Hill, Peter Kinney, Scott Nixon, Erika Reineke, Sam Rogers and Drew Weirda as they are the 2016 Melges 32 World Champions.

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RIMTA presents annual Anchor Award to Newport Shipyard, to recognize the role the Shipyard has played in transforming a part of Newport’s waterfront and creating a significant impact on the state’s marine trades.

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26 land-based firefighters from the Newport Fire Department visited Newport Shipyard as part of a two-day special training in how to fight fires aboard yachts, ships, and in marinas and yacht yards.

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Reed seeks to keep RI’s port infrastructure shipshape & create opportunities to boost maritime commerce in the Ocean State

PROVIDENCE, RI – On Monday, June 6, U.S. Senator Jack Reed and  Maritime Administration (MARAD) Administrator Paul “Chip” Jaenichen toured some of Rhode Island’s key port infrastructure and met with marine shipping leaders in Newport and Providence.

First, Senator Reed and Administrator Jaenichen traveled to Newport Shipyard which recently received a $744,990 Small Shipyards Grant to make capital improvements to the facility and procure a new 200 ton Marine Travelift. They received a tour of the shipyard from Charlie Dana and Eli Dana, the shipyard’s General Manager and Dock Master.  As the Ranking Member of the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee, Senator Reed led the effort to restore federal funding for the Small Shipyard Grant Program in the FY 2016 Omnibus Appropriations law.  

Senator Reed and Administrator Jaenichen then headed to ProvPort in Providence, where they met with Governor Gina Raimondo and port officials for a press conference to discuss the TIGER Grant Crane and Barge Project and christened a new, 300 foot, $7.4 million barge.  Senator Reed has worked on THUD Appropriations to make federal funding available for the TIGER grant program.  ProvPort’s $10.5 million TIGER grant supported the purchase of a marine barge and two high performance cranes, as well as specialized equipment to allow the cranes to move a variety of cargo.  The “Sandy C” barge being christened will be used as a platform for the cranes.  The new cranes will help transfer cargo to and from vessels twice as fast as the old cranes.

The Port of Providence is one of the busiest ports in the Northeastern United States, and one of only two deep-water ports in New England.  According to port officials, ProvPort has generated an estimated $200 million total economic impact on the region, provided more than $60 million in direct business revenues, and $16 million in revenue to local and state government.  

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