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Oracle Team USA’s former base at Dockyard will provide the main hub for the International Moth World Championships, which Bermuda will host in the spring.
Somers Kempe, the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club rear commodore for international sailing events, con...
DATE: Jan 09, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Bermuda has again been linked with an international racing circuit being touted about showcasing the foiling catamarans used in the 35th America’s Cup, which the island successfully hosted last year.
In an article published by Sail World, Tom Ehman, ...
DATE: Jan 06, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Benn Smith got his 2020 Olympic Games qualifying campaign off to a flying start at the Orange Bowl International Youth Regatta in Florida last week.
The Bermudian sailor placed fourth in the Laser fleet to cap a strong debut competing in the single-h...
DATE: Jan 04, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Promising sailor Ahzai Smith will make the long trek to New Zealand next month to defend his title at the O’pen Bic National Championships.
“Ahzai Smith is going back to New Zealand to compete in the Nationals,” confirmed Alejandra Mato, personal ass...
DATE: Dec 29, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Team AkzoNobel, the Volvo Ocean Race team of Bermudian Emily Nagel, suffered damage to the yacht’s mast and mainsail when a gybe in very strong winds and gigantic seas went wrong yesterday.
The Dutch syndicate are presently racing through the Souther...
DATE: Dec 15, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Sport Staff
Mustafa Ingham believes there is no glass ceiling to his ambitions after setting his sights on becoming a Volvo Ocean Race sailor.
Ingham, who competed for Team BDA at the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup last summer, is serving an apprenticeship with Tu...
DATE: Dec 12, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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Emily Nagel and Team AkzoNobel achieved their first podium in the Volvo Ocean Race in Cape Town South Africa yesterday.
The Dutch racing syndicate placed third in the seven-boat fleet in the third heat of the Volvo Ocean Race in port race series on T...
DATE: Dec 09, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Rockal Evans’s hopes of reaching the Olympic Games in Toyko 2020 received a psychological boost at the Sail Melbourne Olympic class regatta at the weekend.
The Bermuda sailor produced an encouraging ninth-place finish among the 18 entries in the Finn...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Bermuda’s hopes to host a leg of the 2019-20 Volvo Ocean Race have been dashed after organisers cancelled the event.
Pat Phillip-Fairn, chief product and experiences development officer for the Bermuda Tourism Authority, confirmed that the organisati...
DATE: Nov 24, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Rockal Evans is training alongside world-renowned sailor Tom Slingsby as he continues his bid to qualify for the Olympic Games in Toyko in 2020.
Evans, who is based in Sydney, Australia, is relishing the chance to pick the brains of Slingsby, an Amer...
DATE: Nov 21, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson