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There was double reason for the crew aboard the 90ft maxi Rambler to celebrate after obliterating the 2012 Newport Bermuda Race record.
Just hours after shaving 14 hours off the previous fastest time recorded in the 635 mile race, Rambler’s owner Geo...
DATE: Jun 20, 2012
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Spirit of Bermuda captain Scott Jackson said placing the Newport Bermuda Race on the back burner to aid a sick crewman instead was "the right thing to do".
Spirit was the first to respond to an emergency distress call to assist a diabetic crewman onb...
DATE: Jun 19, 2012
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Bermuda Sloop Foundation’s award-winning youth development programme will benefit local sailing in the long-term.
That’s the opinion of Newport Bermuda Race chairman John Osmond who has seen similar youth development programmes bear fruit in his nati...
DATE: Jun 14, 2012
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Rising star Asante Chapman has been named in Bermuda’s 12-member senior netball squad that will compete at next month’s Americas Federation of Netball Association’s Championships in Trinidad and Tobago.
The promising mid-court defender is currently b...
DATE: Jun 14, 2012
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The Spirit of Bermuda proved to be a big hit among those in attendance at the opening ceremonies of OpSail 2012 Virginia.
The triple-masted sloop was among the impressive fleet of tall ships proudly on display in the Norfolk.
More than 1000 people ha...
DATE: Jun 05, 2012
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West End Sailboat Club commodore Emily Deshields has a passion for sailing that perhaps runs deeper than the Great Sound on which her club borders.
“I love to watch the sailboats in the harbour, it’s a feeling like no other,” she said.
The wife of p...
DATE: Jun 04, 2012
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Summer League pace-setters Breakers thrashed Public Works 39-13 at Bernard Park earlier this week to stretch their unbeaten streak to five games.
Guiding Breakers to victory was past Bermuda Netball Association president Debra Saltus who poured in 22...
DATE: Jun 01, 2012
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Businessman Nelson Hunt has called for Pembroke Hamilton Club (PHC) president Chris Furbert to resign.
According to observers, both men exchanged heated words during a club meeting at Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU) on Tuesday night.
Mr Hunt is allege...
DATE: May 31, 2012
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Spirit of Bermuda has arrived ahead of schedule for a major tall ships rally in Virginia.
The 118ft triple-masted sloop will take part in the OpSail 2012 in Yorktown this weekend and in Norfolk the following weekend.
The OpSail 2012 is a major tall ...
DATE: May 31, 2012
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The fate of PHC’s former clubhouse in Hamilton could be decided at a meeting tonight.
During PHC’s semi-annual meeting last month, members were given various options to improve the club’s financial position that included selling the two-storey buildi...
DATE: May 29, 2012
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