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8/3/2010: Opti Event Today in Perfect Sailing Conditions

7/10/2010: Coastal Living Newport Regatta

7/2/2010: BMW ORACLE Racing 's Cup Tour/ Enjoying Newport Hospitality

6/13/2010: Youth Sailors Launch the Season this Weekend

6/7/2010: America's Cup Trophy Returns to Rhode Island

5/11/2010: Annual Family Sailing Festival June 5

5/10/2010: Wing Night With Ferg

9/28/2009: Sail for Hope to Help Local Community

6/14/2009: Youth Challenge Sailors Complete 9-Race Series in Favorable Weather

6/13/2009: Youth Challenge Sailors Had to Wait for Wind Today

6/12/2009: PUMA's Skipper Reflects on a Comeback 2nd Place in Race to Sweden

2/27/2009: Six Metre World Cup Coming to Sail Newport

1/30/2009: Volvo Night a Big Hit

7/14/2008: Coastal Living Newport Regatta Wrap up

6/24/2008: Perfect Conditions For Sail Newport's 8th Annual Advanced Racing Clinic Dedicated to the Memory of Brooke Gonzalez

6/15/2008: Optis Challenged in Newport Weather

6/10/2008: Numbers, Elan and Epiphany Win Halfway Rock

3/20/2008: Coastal Living Magazine to Sponsor Newport Regatta

2/16/2008: Sail Newport Youth Registration Post Lottery

11/27/2007: Annual Report

11/8/2007: Sail Newport Awarded "Prosser Award" for Excellence in Sail Training

10/13/2007: Callahan Doerr Match Race, LeBlanc Continues Speed Streak, Scandone and McKinnon-Tucker on their way to Paralympic Games

10/13/2007: Campbell makes a huge Move, Tunnicliffe remains 4 points up.

10/12/2007: Wildly Shifting Breeze but Paralympic Leaders Hold On

10/11/2007: Top of the Pack Getting Tighter

10/11/2007: Tuesday / Wed Wrap up.

10/8/2007: Campbell Makes a Move... More of the Same in Radial Fleet

10/8/2007: Winds DiminishToday but Race Standings Tighten

10/7/2007: Doerr Still in Lead after Race Four DSQ

10/7/2007: Funk / Johnson Protest Disallowed.

10/7/2007: Tunnicliffe Has 1 Point Lead Over Railey... Funk survives last race to hold lead in Lasers

10/6/2007: On a not so Clear Day....

10/6/2007: Paralympic Selection Trials Start

10/5/2007: Trials Officially "Opened" but One More Practice Day to Go (THIRD BEACH)

10/4/2007: Opening Ceremonies for Paralympic and Olympic Trials

9/21/2007: Sail for Hope to Benefit U.S. Trials

9/7/2007: Mumm 30s Rip it Up in Rhode Island Sound

8/24/2007: 2007 Sail For Hope

6/27/2007: Small Ships Sailing Festival

6/4/2007: Halfway Rock Regatta Report

5/30/2007: Puma Racing Team to Compete in Halfway Rock Regatta

5/9/2007: 23rd Annual Newport Regatta - Notice of Race and Online Registration Posted

4/12/2007: Sail Newport To Host Race Committee Training May 5 - 6

2/14/2007: Sail Newport Luncheon to Celebrate Tall Ships 2007

12/21/2006: Volvo Ocean Race Talk on January 25, 2007

10/15/2006: U.S. Pan Am and Paralympic Sailors Triumph at RI Event

10/14/2006: Olympic Pre-Trials and Pan American Trials Heat Up

10/13/2006: Pre-Trials and Pan American Trials Test Sailors

9/8/2006: Sail for Hope Sept. 30 - REGISTER ONLINE

9/5/2006: Opti and C420 Boat Sale Extended 1 Week

8/20/2006: Melges 24 Gold Cup Wild Finish!

8/15/2006: Farr 40 New Englands Report

8/6/2006: Competitive fleet for Farr 40 New England Regatta

7/28/2006: Hluchan, Pedrick and Eichler Qualify for Sears Cup Nationals!

7/22/2006: Sail Newport Youth Sailors Qualify for Sears Area A and Bemis Area A's

7/9/2006: Newport Regatta Report

6/19/2006: BROOKE GONZALEZ YOUTH CLINIC GATHERS SAILORS FROM 14 U.S. STATES

6/11/2006: Optis and Laser 4.7s Up to the Challenge

6/4/2006: Jimmy Fund Final Report

6/3/2006: Jimmy Fund Day 2

6/2/2006: Jimmy Fund Regatta Day 1

2/16/2006: Sail Newport Announces Annual Family Sailing Festival

2/16/2006: Sail Newport Facilities Are Open For The Season

2/14/2006: Sail Newport to Attend Newport Spring Boat Show

2/13/2006: Newport Regatta Scheduled for 2006

12/7/2005: Week one, Ferg Rocks the house.....Laser Frostbite Week 1

10/29/2005: 39 Youth Sailors have a Howl of a Time

10/29/2005: Annual Meeting and Holiday Party to be Held Dec. 7

10/28/2005: SAIL FOR HOPE RAISES $119,000 FOR HURRICANE RELIEF

9/22/2005: SUNSAIL Donates Sailling Vacation to Sail for Hope

9/21/2005: Halloween Howl Expanded to Include Laser 4.7, Radials and Club 420s in Addition to Opti Red, White and Blue

9/16/2005: Newporter Anthony Kotoun and Crew Win 2005 J/24 World Champion Title

8/31/2005: Jim Richardson and Barking Mad Team 2005 East Coast Champs

8/26/2005: Rosenfield's "Fresh Start" Team Ends Clagett Event with Sweep

8/25/2005: Inkiala Wins Fourth Blind National Sailing Championship

8/3/2005: Full Fleet of Farr 40s to Descend on Newport for Championship

7/29/2005: NBYA Jr. Race Week and US SAILING Jr. Olympics Almost Here!

7/27/2005: Drivers Wanted? 351 of them Found at Volkswagen Newport Regatta as a Record Number of Sailors Race in Newport!

6/12/2005: Opti Challenge Delivers Near Perfect Sailing

5/10/2005: Anthony Kotoun Shut-out on Match Racing Opening Night!

5/9/2005: Attorney General Lynch to Speak on LNG Impact at Sail Newport Community Meeting, Mon., May 16 at 6 p.m.

4/22/2005: Pete Milnes Regatta 2005

4/12/2005: Laser Frostbite Final Week 24

4/8/2005: The URI Fast Break! ...Laser Frostbite Week 23

3/21/2005: We learn not to trust the NOAA forcasts....Laser Frostbite Week 21

3/16/2005: 5 races, 5 winners....Laser Frostbite Week 20

3/10/2005: Laser Frostbite. week 19

3/2/2005: Rhode Island Weather better than Florida?....Laser Frostbite Week 18

2/24/2005: Twelve to zero in 2.1 hours.....Laser Frostbite Week 17

2/15/2005: Monotonous Perfection....Laser Frostbite Week 16

2/10/2005: Summer Youth Program Registration Open Now

2/9/2005: Barry Carroll Predicts Huge Success for US IRC

2/9/2005: Super Bowl Sunday is for SAILING....Laser Frostbite Week 15

2/4/2005: The Great Blizzard of 05...Laser Frostbite Week 14

1/25/2005: Now we are finding out which fleet members are truly brain dead... Laser Frostbite Week 12

1/5/2005: RI's First IRC Regatta Scheduled for June 4-5, 2005

1/5/2005: Skinny Guy Wins Fat Boys Regatta

12/29/2004: SWEEEEEP!.....Laser Frostbite Week 9

12/25/2004: TOILET TOOLS ARE NOT JUST FOR THE BATHROOM..Laser Frostbite Week 8

12/14/2004: Think Less....Laser Frostbite Week 7

12/1/2004: Porpoises and Herring....Laser Frostbite Week 6

11/23/2004: 5 Races, 5 Knots, 50 Boats.....Laser Frostbite Week 4

11/19/2004: Spectacular Winter Laser sailing..Frostbite Week 3.

11/12/2004: 59 Boats!! Laser Frostbite Week 2

11/8/2004: It's That time of Year.....Laser Frostbite Week 1

10/25/2004: Opti Sailors Halloween Howl, October 30

10/19/2004: Sail for Hope Raises over $25,000 for Charities

10/18/2004: Andy Horton Wins Sail Newport Match Racing Championship for the IYAC Club

10/12/2004: RI Opti Team Captures US Team Trial Slots

10/6/2004: Sail for Hope

8/19/2004: Kevin Martland Wins Overall Jr. Race Week Trophy

8/12/2004: Ian Donahue Wins Opti New Englands

7/15/2004: Volkswagen Newport Regatta Wrap Up

7/14/2004: Advanced Racing Clinic Wrap-Up 2004

6/17/2004: Redemption.....Match Race Night 4

6/8/2004: Opti's Challenged at the 2004 Newport Opti Challenge

5/31/2004: Westerly Winds Usher in Perfect Memorial Day Regatta

5/28/2004: Memorial Day Regatta..Warp Speed

5/21/2004: Sail Newport's Launch Party

5/18/2004: On a foggy night....Match Race Night #1

4/23/2004: Pete Milnes Regatta Wrap up

4/21/2004: Sail Newport to host Fleet 50 Site

4/15/2004: Olympic Trials Failures 1,2 for the day....Frostbite Day 23

3/26/2004: Holy "Ed is Wicked Good" Batman: Frostbite Week 22

3/24/2004: Another Epic Day of Laser Sailing....Frostbite Day 21

3/8/2004: Sail Newport to Honor RI's Olympians

3/8/2004: Ted Hood wins Day for those who are not named Scott...Laser Frostbite Week 20

2/29/2004: Summer in Winter....Laser Frostbite Week 19

2/23/2004: Cronin Wins Olympic Trials in Yngling Class

2/9/2004: Super Sailing...Super Bowl Win...

1/29/2004: 20th Anniversary Newport Regatta

1/28/2004: Summer Storage Contracts

1/26/2004: Big Kicks and Lack of Breeze...Frostbite Winter Series Week 1

10/6/2003: Sail For Hope 2003

9/30/2003: Sail For Hope to Sail Saturday Oct. 4th

9/26/2003: Ken Read wins Etchells Worlds

9/19/2003: Meg Gaillard Wins Bronze in Europe Class at ISAF Worlds in Cadiz

8/26/2003: Sail Newport Featured in Sports Illustrated

8/22/2003: Farrar wins Blind National Sailing Championships

6/18/2003: The Flip Flop Regatta

6/17/2003: Match Race Series Powered by Red Bull

5/7/2003: Bank of Newport Memorial Day Regatta

4/2/2003: Sail Newport Advanced Racing Clinic 2003

Perfect Conditions For Sail Newport's 8th Annual Advanced Racing Clinic Dedicated to the Memory of Brooke Gonzalez
John Mollicone, Ken Legler photos.
2008 Sail Newport Advanced Racing Clinic Recap:
RESULTS

The 8th Annual Sail Newport Advanced Racing Clinic in memory of Brooke Gonzalez was another great success. Perfect weather and sailing conditions made for a tired group of sailors at the end of each day. This year's clinic was limited to 32 420 teams and 19 Laser Radials from as far away as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Many of the nation's top junior sailors were in attendance in preparation for the U.S. Sailing Youth Championship, June 26-July 1, in San Francisco, CA. The final results will certainly have some of our clinic participants, but most sailors' use this clinic as a way to jump start their season on the water.

On Thursday, June 19 things started with a rigging and tuning clinic lead by our great coaches. The conditions for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were very similar, with a building Newport seabreeze each day. The mornings would be on the lighter side, and the afternoons were moderate to big breeze. Boathandling, boatspeed, starts, short races, and numerous debriefs and lectures filled each day. Another fantastic Newport seabreeze filled in for Sunday's Sail Newport Clinic Regatta. Run by race committee expert Ken Legler, five great races on Trapezoid courses were sailed in winds that ranged between 10 and 20 knots. Congratulations to winners Brendan Kopp and Michael Costello (Fairfield, CT) in the 420 group, last year's winners of the Bemis Doublehanded Championship. Patrick Carolus of Ceiba, Puerto Rico won the very competitive Laser Radial fleet.

At the conclusion of racing on Sunday awards were given to the top three 420 and Radial teams and each competitor and coach was given a clinic shirt. Laser Radial sailor Zach Runci (Duxbury, MA) was given the Brooke Gonzalez award. The coaches all agreed that Zach best exemplified Brooke's sailing spirit and exceptional attitude. Coach and current 470 World Champion Erin Maxwell, who grew up as a friend and competitor of Brooke on Long Island Sound, gave a great speech about Brooke and presented the award. Kaitlyn Baab (Saratoga, FL) was also recognized as a finalist for the award.

Laser Radial sailor Zach Runci (Duxbury, MA) was given the Brooke Gonzalez award.

Special thanks to the Gonzalez Family, everyone who housed our great sailors, and the entire Sail Newport staff including Katie Barker and Kim Hapgood who organized all the housing, food, and took care of registrations. Finally, thanks to our great coaches Justin Assad, Jonathan Farrar, Elizabeth Kratzig, Justin Law, Ken Legler, Zack Leonard, Matt Lindblad, Erin Maxwell, Joey Mello, Bern Noack, Stan Schreyer, and Mark Zagol. We look forward to seeing all of you next year in June.

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