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Emily Nagel and her 11th Hour Racing Team colleagues are making the most of a variety of conditions on a transatlantic training sail from France to Newport, Rhode Island.
The team are sailing against the prevailing trade winds through Gulf Stream cur...
DATE: Aug 08, 2020
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Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Promising sailors Christian Ebbin and Magnus Ringsted were among the winners of the 2020 Heineken Round the Islands Race organised by the Bermuda Sailing Association.
The pair topped the three-boat dinghy fleet to cap an impressive racing debut in th...
DATE: Aug 06, 2020
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Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Emily Nagel and her 11th Hour Racing Team colleagues have launched their preparations for one of the world’s most prestigious ocean races.
The American racing syndicate, led by CEO Mark Towill and skipper Charlie Enright, departed from Concarneau, Fr...
DATE: Aug 04, 2020
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Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Maxwell Curtis and crew Stefan Furbert shed tears of joy after finally realising a long-time dream of winning the Edward Cross Long Distance Comet Race together over the Cup Match holiday.
The pair pipped multiple winner and fellow East End Mini Yach...
DATE: Aug 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
The Bermuda Optimist Dinghy Association will stage the second and final series of trials in the Great Sound this weekend to select the island’s team to compete at this summer’s Optimist World Championship in Italy.
The top five sailors at the complet...
DATE: Mar 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
The Optimist South American Championship scheduled to be held in Argentina this month has been postponed because of the Covid-19 virus pandemic.
Regatta organisers today advised the International Optimist Dinghy Association of the Argentina sports mi...
DATE: Mar 11, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
The Bermuda Optimist Dinghy Association has announced the team that will represent the island at the Optimist South American Championship in Argentina this month.
The team of ten comprises Christian Ebbin, Magnus Ringsted, PJ Rodrigues, Kipling Rosso...
DATE: Mar 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Ian Williams and Team GAC Pindar will be back to defend their Argo Group Gold Cup title during the 70th edition of the World Match Racing Tour regatta hosted by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club.
Englishman Williams, the six-times World Match Race champio...
DATE: Feb 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Christian Ebbin lived up to his lofty expectations under trying circumstances at the Semana de Mar del Plata Regatta in Argentina last week.
The national Optimist boys’ champion demonstrated tremendous character to overcome an early setback to secure...
DATE: Feb 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Christian Ebbin continued his impressive fightback during the penultimate day of the Semana de Mar del Plata Regatta in Argentina yesterday.
The national Optimist boys champion produced a 6-2-3 record in the three races contested in the gold fleet to...
DATE: Feb 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson