Author: 12 Metre Yacht Staff

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Announcement The 12m Yacht Development Foundation (12mYDF) and Journey Aviation are pleased to announce a new Preferred Patron Services Partnership offered as an exceptional new benefit for business and financial services patrons (FSP) and benefactors of Read More …

Over this long cold winter the 12 Metre Yacht Club, NewportFleet has been very busy! Here is a quick overview of what we have been up to.

by Commodore James Gubelmann, 12 Metre Yacht Club, Newport Station The heyday of 12 Metre racing in the U.S. ended in 1983 when we lost the America’s Cup to Australia in Newport. The “second coming” for the fleet took place Read More …

Spring is Almost Here! Reward your team for enduring a long winter with an offsite meeting at Delamar Southport this Spring. We can all agree that it has been a rough winter in the Northeast but as hard as it is to Read More …

Johor Bahru, Malaysia (14th Feb 2015): Ian Williams (GBR) battled his way into the history books today by winning the Monsoon Cup Malaysia and taking a record 5th ISAF Match Racing World Championship in Johor Bahru. The GAC Pindar skipper, Read More …

On Saturday, June 22 the lunchtime crowd at Pequot Yacht Club in Southport, CT was treated to a unique sight: two 12 Metres of 1980s vintage – America II and Lionheart. It was no small challenge maneuvering these boats, measuring Read More …

Chris Szepessy The 12m Yacht Development Foundation (12mYDF) has embarked upon their most ambitious season to date, with a match and fleet racing series, sail camps and clinics for junior sailors on Long Island Sound, participation in classic yacht events Read More …

By STACEY STOWE/NY Times NEWPORT, R.I.  With their multihulls and carbon-fiber bodies, the new America’s Cup boats are light and lightning fast. But it is their predecessors, the sleek 12-meter yachts used from 1958 to 1987, that warm the hearts Read More …

Mamaroneck, New York:  The 12 metre Yacht Development Foundation was established in 2006 in Greenwich, CT for the acquisition, restoration, and preservation of historic America’s Cup 12 metre yachts. They have turned to Derecktor to make sure the job is Read More …