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Bermuda made history competing among a record fleet at the Optimist World Championship in Antigua last week.
For the first time the island had two sailors place in the top 11 in the world and ranked third going into the team racing event.
Christian E...
DATE: Jul 18, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Rockal Evans’s 2020 Olympic Games qualifying bid received a confidence boost in Queensland, Australia, at the weekend.
The Bermuda sailor produced a steady display in variable conditions to win the International Finn Old State Championship — his firs...
DATE: Jul 16, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Bermuda bowed out of the team racing event at the Optimist World Championship in Antigua yesterday.
The island’s young sailors went into the double elimination event ranked third among the 44 countries based on their results during the six-race quali...
DATE: Jul 12, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Sebastian Kempe continued to lead Bermuda’s charge on day three of the Optimist World Championship in Antigua yesterday.
The promising sailor produced impressive finishes of fourth and second in the final two races of the qualifying series contested ...
DATE: Jul 11, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Bermuda’s sailors made a promising start during the opening day of racing at the Optimist World Championship in Antigua yesterday.
Sebastian Kempe, who is in his final year of eligibility, sits in eighteenth position two races into the qualifying ser...
DATE: Jul 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Sebastian Kempe has climbed into ninth place after a superb day of racing at the Optimist World Championship in Antigua today.
Kempe, who was in eighteenth after the opening two races on Monday, came sixth in the third race before taking victory in t...
DATE: Jul 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Pablo Weber hopes all of the hard work that Bermuda’s sailors have put in culminates in success during next week’s Optimist World Championship being held in Antigua for the first time.
Bermuda are being represented by a five-member team comprised of ...
DATE: Jul 05, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Emily Nagel’s plans of being involved in the new SailGP global series seemed dead in the water after her initial attempts to do so failed.
However, rather than give up hope, the Bermuda sailor volunteered her services as a performance data analyst fo...
DATE: Jul 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Spirit of Bermuda applied unsuccessfully for redress for a starting line infraction which resulted in the local entry being ruled as a non-starter in this year’s Marion Bermuda Race.
The 118-foot triple-masted schooner was ruled as a non-starter beca...
DATE: Jun 20, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Dale Brangman was the toast of the East End Mini Yacht Club and rightfully so after capturing a maiden Edward Cross Long Distance Comet Race title in convincing fashion yesterday.
Brangman and crew Tajahri Rogers led the entire way before crossing th...
DATE: Jun 18, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson