Message from the Commodore
James Gubelmann
Reflecting back, 2016 was a great year for the 12s, one that saw the growth of our Newport fleet, numerous successful regattas and major headway in planning events leading up to and including the 2019 World Championship. We'd like to take this oportunity to express our gratitude to all who contributed to making it such a successful sailing season!
That said, we've much work to do over the winter months and ask for your continued support. I hope that many of you will join (or renew) during our January Membership drive and please consider gifting a 12MYC membership to a fellow 12mR enthusiast this season. And, if you order online this weekend, Club burgees and neckties can still be shipped to U.S. addresses in time for Christmas delivery!
We wish you all the best for a very Merry Holiday Season and a Happy, Healthy New Year!
Jimmy Gubelmann
Commodore, 12MYC Newport
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12 Metre Yacht Club Membership
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Your annual membership helps us to continue our mission...
To provide and facilitate discussion and a social environment for 12 Metre owners and others interested in the history of the 12 Metre Class and encourage continued involvement in preserving, restoring and racing 12 Metre yachts in the Newport area.
Benefits of Membership of the 12 Metre Yacht Club Newport Station:
- Unmatched fellowship of the 12 Metre Community
- Invitations to all 12 Metre YC Social & Educational Events
- Subscription to 12 Metre YC E-Newsletter
- Access to IYRS Research Library / Twelve Metre Collection
- Access to Herreshoff Marine Museum America's Cup Hall of Fame
- Preferred reservations at 12 Metre YC Room at Clarke Cooke House
- Exclusive opportunity to advertise in 12 Metre YC E-Newsletter (this publication)
One Year Individual Membership $50
All 12MYC annual memberships now coincide with calendar year (January - December).
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Newport MetreFest is shaping up to be an
exciting new regatta for International Rule sailing yachts including 2.4mR, 6mR, 8mR and 12mRs. Three days of racing, hosted by New York Yacht Club, with support from Ida Lewis Yacht Club and Sail Newport will be run in conjunction with NYYC's Annual Regatta from June 9-11, 2017.
Sail Newport will provide dockage for all of the boats at their Fort Adams facility, enabling both sailors and spectators to walk the docks and appreciate the formula designs from vintage through more modern boats up close. An opening social event, proximate to the docked fleet at Fort Adams, is scheduled for the evening of June 8.
We have recently launched a
Newport MetreFest facebook page, which has gained interest from our fellow Metre boat sailors from the U.K. to Hong Kong! Please
follow us here
and look for the launch of our MetreFest website very soon!
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Road To The Worlds Update
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In case you missed it, Press Release dated 12/8/16
The Countdown Begins!
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND (December 8, 2016) - The International 12 Metre Class has announced the ROAD TO THE WORLDS, a 900-day schedule of international regattas and social events leading up to what will arguably be one of the most highly anticipated Metre yachting events since the America's Cup Jubilee in 2001: the 2019 12 Metre World Championship in Newport, R.I.
Scheduled for July 15-21, 2019, to coincide with celebrations marking the 175th anniversary of the New York Yacht Club, the 2019 12 Metre World Championship is expected to attract more than 30 historic 12 Metres. Participating Twelves will come from the Americas Fleet, which includes a number of Newport-based vintage, traditional, modern and grand prix 12 Metres as well as other America's Cup-era Twelves from around the U.S.; the Northern and Southern Europe Fleets, which consist primarily of Vintage and Antique Twelves; and the southern continents.
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12 Metres racing in Barcelona during the 2014 12 Metre World Championship.
(photo credit: SallyAnne Santos | Windlass Creative) |
"The prospect of a Jubilee-caliber event in Newport, hosted by the New York Yacht Club, has generated incredible enthusiasm on the part of past, present and potential 12 Metre owners and enthusiasts," said Peter Gerard, Vice President of the Americas Fleet and chair of the 2019 Worlds, noting that the last 12 Metre World Championship was held in 2014 in Barcelona, Spain.
The ROAD TO THE WORLDS is a series of competitions, global in nature, that will be a constant "work in progress," revolving around mainstay events in Europe and at least 16 major regattas in North America.
"The goal is to encourage more participation by existing 12 Metre owners and to provide an exciting competitive and social program to attract new owners and charterers to this historic class," said Gerard. "Like the 2001 America's Cup Jubilee, when 38 Twelves gathered in Cowes, England, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the America's Cup, the 2019 12 Metre Worlds will be an event that fans of this historic class will not want to miss. The racing and social events in Newport will be second to none as part of the New York Yacht Club's 175th Anniversary Regatta."
Designed to the International Rule, the first 12 Metres were built in 1907 and selected for Olympic competition in 1908, 1912 and 1920. Prior to World War II, the Twelves were highly sought-after racer cruisers, both in Europe and America. Chosen to replace the massive J-Class yachts for the post-war revival of America's Cup competition in 1958, the Twelves then became synonymous with the Cup and the New York Yacht Club until 1983 when Royal Perth Yacht Club's Australia II bested New York Yacht Club's Liberty to end the 132-year winning streak that is the longest in sporting history. The Twelves competed for the coveted Auld Mug for the last time in 1987, on the waters off Perth, Australia.
The 2019 12 Metre World Championship will revisit those halcyon days of the America's Cup when glamorous social events, the traditions of sailing, and the visions of Twelves cutting a swath on Narragansett Bay earned the class an unrivaled place in both the history of the City by the Sea and the America's Cup, still the sport's most illustrious event.
"The Twelves have played an important part in yachting history, and no place appreciates them more than Newport and the New York Yacht Club," said Gerard. "The ROAD TO THE WORLDS and the 2019 12 Metre World Championship are the best ways we know to commemorate that appreciation and present a memorable celebration of the class."
The ROAD TO THE WORLDS schedule in 2017 starts with the
Newport MetreFest, June 9-11, scheduled to coincide with the New York Yacht Club 163rd Annual Regatta.
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Americas Fleet 2016
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Event Names below to access online results.
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North Europe Fleet 2016
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Event Names below to access online results.
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