RI Future Sailing Correspondent Roberto Bessin was at Ft. Weatherill State Park in Jamestown to see Team SCA enter Narragansett Bay after a 5,000 mile sail from Brazil – the sixth leg in this year’s Volvo Ocean Race, which made port in Newport last night and this morning.
SCA, the only all-women boat competing in bi-annual race, brought up the rear, finishing at about 10am. Dongfeng, a team made up of Chinese and French sailors, finished almost exactly 12 hours earlier. They beat Team Abu Dabi by only 3 minutes, in an exciting night of sailing that saw hundreds of boaters welcome them to Rhode Island. Team Almevidica, captained and partially crewed by Rhode Islanders, finished 5th of 6 at 3am.
Team SCA passes Castle Hill Lighthouse in Newport, as it enters the West Passage of Narragansett Bay. (Roberto Bessin)
You can see the coast of Block Island behind SCA’s 65-foot sailboat in this picture. (Roberto Bessin)
SCA passes Hammersmith Farm, the former Kennedy estate in Newport, as a helicopter flies overhead. (Roberto Bessin)
The six remaining boats – one crashed into a reef in the middle of the ocean – are docked at Ft. Adams in Newport, where an entire temporary “village” has been created for the 12 day event. (Roberto Bessin)
Team Abu Dabi’s boat, with the state-owned tall ship Oliver Hazard Perry to her stern (Roberto Bessin)
Team Alvimedica’s boat in gorgeous Newport Harbor. (Roberto Bessin)
The six competing Volvo boats and the Oliver Hazard Perry at Ft. Adams in Newport, RI. (Roberto Bessin)
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