NEWPORT, R.I. (May 25, 2016) – Eight teams, two of them with Rhode Island skippers and crews, will be sailing this Thursday through Saturday at Sail Newport in the Newport Match Race, a qualifier event to see who will win the three remaining berths of 20 available at next week’s World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) Newport. The WMRT Newport’s main event officially kicks off on Memorial Day, but there has been plenty of activity this week at Sail Newport’s headquarters at Fort Adams where the events are being staged and sailors have traveled from around the world to practice.