Sail Newport: Decision on Ocean Race stopover depends on race schedule

Elizabeth Graham

July 19, 2019 11:31 am

SPECTATORS LINE the pier during the 2015 Volvo Ocean Race North American stopover in Newport. Sail Newport is still deciding on whether to bid for the 2022 stopover point. /COURTESY VOLVO OCEAN RACE

NEWPORT – Sail Newport, host of the 2015 and 2018 North American Ocean Race stopover points, has yet to decide whether it will enter a bid for the 2021/2022 race. A change of ownership and reorganization of the race route, which may impact the timing of some stops, has delayed a process that Brad Read,…