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Veteran Bermuda sailor Malcolm Smith is hoping for a case of third time lucky when he competes at the Pan Am Games in Mexico next month.
The 52-year-old will be striving to capture that elusive gold medal in Puerto Vallarta where the sailing event wi...
DATE: Sep 29, 2011
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Zander and Jesse Kirkland continued their preparations for next summer’s Olympics with a promising third place in the 49er North American Championships in San Francisco over the weekend.
Competing against eight boats from six countries, the brothers ...
DATE: Sep 27, 2011
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Sailing
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Ian Williams will be among the hot favourites to win this year’s Argo Group Gold Cup.
And it’s not difficult to see just why as the 34-year-old Englishman has been in sparkling form on this year’s World Match Racing Tour (WMRT).
Williams and his Team...
DATE: Sep 20, 2011
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Sailing
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Any hopes Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (RBYC) may have had of making a final surge up the leaderboard in the final race of the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup dissipated in Saturday’s light and shifty breezes in Newport, Rhode Island.
In the end ski...
DATE: Sep 19, 2011
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Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (RBYC) helmsman Mark Watson and crew produced a steady display on the penultimate day of racing at the Invitational Cup hosted by New York Yacht Club.
The Argo Group CEO’s Swan 42, Tiburon, finished in the middle of the fleet...
DATE: Sep 17, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
He is widely regarded as one of the best ISAF international umpires and judges, has officiated in the Americas Cup and numerous world class regattas and now has his sights on umpiring in next year’s Olympic Games in the UK.
Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (...
DATE: Sep 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Chase Cooper opened the Optimist Dinghy Association’s new season with a dominant display in the Hardy Limited Autumn Series.
The Gold Fleet sailor registered three first places finishes and wasn’t out of the top three all day, as he swept to victory ...
DATE: Sep 13, 2011
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Sailing
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Hurricane Irene wreaked havoc on Rudy Bailey’s Comet International Regatta title defence in Maryland last month.
The veteran sailor finished fifth in an overall fleet of 17 boats in a regatta reduced to three races because of the approaching hurrican...
DATE: Sep 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Promising Optimist sailor Matilda Nicholls created a big buzz in Hamilton Harbor earlier this week
The nine-year-old sailor teamed up with sailing coaches Tom Herbert-Evans and Paul Doughty to navigate the 26-foot J80 (Tiddlywink) to a stunning win d...
DATE: Sep 03, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Bermuda’s Optimist sailors acquitted themselves admirably in the Canadian Optimist Championships with two Bermuda sailors finishing in the top ten overall and another Bermudian winning the ten and under category.
Cecilia Wollmann finished sixth over...
DATE: Aug 29, 2011
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Sailing
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