“In order to encourage the designing, building, and sailing of small seaworthy yachts, to make popular cruising upon deep water, to develop in the amateur sailor a love of true seamanship, and to give opportunity to become proficient in the art of navigation, an ocean race has been planned…”
- Preamble to the Newport Bermuda notice of race, 1926, and years thereafter
New England Corinthian Racing is a long-term documentary series that aims to provide a visual record of this Corinthian tradition. To date, it has documented the Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race, first sailed in 1905; the Newport Bermuda Race, first sailed in 1906; the Marion Bermuda Race, first sailed in 1977; and Block Island Race Week, first held in 1965. Photographs from the series can be seen here.
The series began in 2023 through the generosity of those who arranged press boat access and invitations to skippers’ meetings. Though it remains in its early stages, in time it will include the preparations, inspections, weather briefings, race committee duties, ceremonial dinners, the races themselves, awards and the skilled work of sailmaking, rigging and boat repair between races.
With the 2027 Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race and the 2027 Marion Bermuda Race next on the calendar, this is a request for a berth as an embedded photographer aboard a competing boat for the duration of the race. Preparations on my part will include the completion of the ISAF Traditional International Offshore Safety at Sea Course with Hands-On Training.
Informed in part by Jean Gaumy’s fourteen-year series Plein Mer: Men at Sea, the onboard work will document offshore conditions, strategic and tactical decisions, life below deck, and the character of the crew. The boat will receive image files following the race. Prints can be produced in coordination with experienced fine art printers in New York, with attention to paper selection, toning, and proofing.
This work has been made possible through access extended by the Boston Yacht Club, the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron, the Cruising Club of America, the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, the Beverly Yacht Club, and the Storm Trysail Club.
Respectfully,
Matthew Neal
Proposal for Onboard Documentation: 2027 Offshore Season
Proposal for Onboard Documentation:
2027 Offshore Season
“In order to encourage the designing, building, and sailing of small seaworthy yachts, to make popular cruising upon deep water, to develop in the amateur sailor a love of true seamanship, and to give opportunity to become proficient in the art of navigation, an ocean race has been planned…”
- Preamble to the Newport Bermuda notice of race, 1926, and years thereafter
New England Corinthian Racing is a long-term documentary series that aims to provide a visual record of this Corinthian tradition. To date, it has documented the Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race, first sailed in 1905; the Newport Bermuda Race, first sailed in 1906; the Marion Bermuda Race, first sailed in 1977; and Block Island Race Week, first held in 1965. Photographs from the series can be seen here.
The series began in 2023 through the generosity of those who arranged press boat access and invitations to skippers’ meetings. Though it remains in its early stages, in time it will include the preparations, inspections, weather briefings, race committee duties, ceremonial dinners, the races themselves, awards and the skilled work of sailmaking, rigging and boat repair between races.
With the 2027 Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race and the 2027 Marion Bermuda Race next on the calendar, this is a request for a berth as an embedded photographer aboard a competing boat for the duration of the race. Preparations on my part will include the completion of the ISAF Traditional International Offshore Safety at Sea Course with Hands-On Training.
Informed in part by Jean Gaumy’s fourteen-year series Plein Mer: Men at Sea, the onboard work will document offshore conditions, strategic and tactical decisions, life below deck, and the character of the crew. The boat will receive image files following the race. Prints can be produced in coordination with experienced fine art printers in New York, with attention to paper selection, toning, and proofing.
This work has been made possible through access extended by the Boston Yacht Club, the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron, the Cruising Club of America, the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, the Beverly Yacht Club, and the Storm Trysail Club.
Respectfully,
Matthew Neal