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Six-time World Champion Penny Simmons will be among those gunning for Dan Faria’s Bacardi Bermuda International Invitational Race Week title in the International One Design (IOD) fleet.
The Bermuda Sports Hall of Fame sailor will come up against some...
DATE: Apr 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Bermuda will be represented by four yachts in this year’s Newport Bermuda Race.
Listed among the 177 entries are Dr Stephen Sherwin’s Corby 41.5, Nasty Medicine, Bermuda Sloop Foundation’s schooner, Spirit of Bermuda, Amanda Mochrie’s Class 40, 40 De...
DATE: Apr 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
For the first time in over two decades the J-24s and J-105s will not be featured in Bacardi Bermuda International Invitational Race Week.
This means that only the International One Design (IOD) and Etchells will compete on the Alpha Course in the Gre...
DATE: Apr 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Spirit of Bermuda’s maiden voyage in this year’s Newport Bermuda Race will be an exciting learning curve for those onboard.
The 118 foot three-mast sloop will sail in the new ‘Spirit of Tradition’ Division which is an experiment with the reintroducti...
DATE: Apr 12, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Patton finished seventh overall with his discard, scoring a 53rd, 19th, fourth, second, second and eighth that amounted to one of the best ever overall finishes by a young Bermudian in an international regatta.
Nicholls also made a huge impression to...
DATE: Apr 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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Bermuda Sloop Foundation’s Spirit of Bermuda is literally in a class of her own.
The three-mast schooner has been invited to compete in this year’s 635-mile Newport Bermuda Race all alone in the experimental ‘Spirit of Tradition’ Division.
The divisi...
DATE: Apr 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
All the hard work Jesse and Zander Kirkland have put into their 2012 Olympic qualifying campaign finally appears to be paying off.
The sailing siblings produced their best showing to date in the 49er skiff at this week’s Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia-MAP...
DATE: Apr 07, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Top sailor Stevie Dickinson has been diagnosed with cancer.
The East End Mini Yacht Club stalwart was diagnosed with neck cancer late last year and underwent surgery overseas.
“I was diagnosed with cancer in my neck last August and underwent surgery ...
DATE: Apr 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Olympic hopefuls Jesse and Zander Kirkland achieved a milestone competing at the 43 Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia-Mapfre in Mallorca, Spain yesterday.
The local sailing siblings, who are currently 11th in the 76 boat-49er fleet, qualified for the Gold fl...
DATE: Apr 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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Campbell Patton and Matilda Nicholls will represent Bermuda at the 30th Lake Garda Optimist regatta in Italy in what it is believed to be with the largest number of single-class boats in the world taking part in one event.
The competition, that runs ...
DATE: Mar 28, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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