Celebrating the Best of Sailing

During the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s, when 12-Meter yachts were racing for the America’s Cup off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island, the city’s Armory building on lower Thames Street was home to the event’s main press office. Countless skippers, navigators and other sailing legends walked in and out of the preserved 1800s building to tell their stories, often still smelling of salt water and sea air as they lived the moments that would eventually become history in the sport of sailing.

Now—well, in spring 2022, to be precise—the public will be able to walk quite literally in their footsteps.

The Armory is currently undergoing renovations that will remake it