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Howard Simmons has been remembered by some of his colleagues as an accomplished sailor who put a lot back into the sport.
The West End Sailboat Club stalwart passed away last month at the age of 81.
Simmons rose to prominence by winning countless clu...
DATE: Oct 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Kirk Cooper has been inducted in the Newport Bermuda Race Roll of Honour.
The late Bermuda sailing legend made his debut in the 635-mile race as a teenager and went on to make a further 16 appearances in the biennial event.
Cooper, who died in 2018 a...
DATE: Oct 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Rubbing shoulders with the world’s elite match racing sailors in the Bermuda Gold Cup is “like a dream come true” for Kelsey Durham.
The 26-year-old sailor made his debut in the World Match Racing Tour sanctioned regatta last year and pulled off a st...
DATE: Oct 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Taylor Canfield will place his America’s Cup preparations on hold to compete for the oldest trophy awarded for competition involving one-design yachts in Bermuda’s Port of Call starting on October 26.
The US Virgin Islands sailor, who is expected to ...
DATE: Oct 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
The East End Mini Yacht Club made a clean sweep of the podium at the Lawrence “Stickers” Hendrickson Jr Memorial Regatta at the weekend.
Stevie Dickinson won Sunday’s Comet class regatta, hosted by the Mid-Atlantic Boat and Sports Club, and was joine...
DATE: Oct 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Scott Fox completed an impressive comeback from injury after claiming his first major title in the Comet class.
Competing along with crew Joanna Santiago, the experienced East End Mini Yacht Club sailor held off a charging Gladwin Lambert in a fierce...
DATE: Oct 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Stevie Dickinson and crew Micah Raynor won the Kacy Simons Memorial Regatta with a race to spare on Sunday.
The Comet sailors posted three straight victories competing on the windward/leeward racecourse offshore of Mid Atlantic Boat and Sports Club, ...
DATE: Sep 29, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Ian Williams and Team GAC Pindar will bid for a record seventh world match racing title at the same venue where they savoured their maiden success competing at that level more than a decade ago.
The British professional sailing team made a major brea...
DATE: Sep 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Emily Nagel put Bermuda sailing firmly on the map with an outstanding podium display on her debut at the recent Wetsuit Outlet UK Moth Nationals in Dorset, England.
The Bermudian finished second among the women competitors and 35th in an overall 70-b...
DATE: Sep 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Sebastian Kempe has given his racing debut in the Laser Radial at the UKLA National Championship in Weymouth, England the proverbial thumbs up.
The sailor held his own competing in a range of conditions in Portland Harbour against Olympic calibre sai...
DATE: Aug 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson