Lecture Series at IYRS to Focus on the America’s Cup Past, Present and Future

In anticipation of the America’s Cup World Series coming to Rhode Island this summer, IYRS is hosting a series of lectures on this famed international event that called Newport home for over fifty years. The four-part series entitled “The America’s Cup: Past, Present and Future” kicks off Tuesday, March 6 at the school’s Newport campus.

The series will feature an interesting mix of experts who have been involved with the Cup in varying capacities—from organizers of this summer’s World Series, to those well-versed in the technology that fuels the event’s high-performance multihulls, to individuals who have a long and storied history with the event.

On March 6 the lecture will be “The America’s Cup World Series Comes to Newport: What to Expect Out on the Bay.”

Brad Read, chair of The America's Cup World Series Host Committee and executive director of Sail Newport, will give lecture-goers a look at what to expect this June when the Cup comes to Newport. Read will talk about the village set-up at Fort Adams State Park, the teams scheduled to compete, and details on the course and the racing.

The additional lectures will be held on March 20, April 3, and April 17.

Lectures are free for members of IYRS and the Museum of Yachting and $7 for non-members. Café Zelda (528 Thames Street, Newport) coordinates their dining with the
series on lecture nights.