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Taylor Canfield and USone Sailing Team swapped high fives and sipped champagne from the King Edward VII Gold Cup before taking the traditional plunge in Hamilton Harbour after winning the Argo Group Gold Cup for a second time on Saturday.
Canfield be...
DATE: May 14, 2018
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Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Taylor Canfield and USone Sailing Team are on the verge of a second Argo Group Gold Cup title.
The American skipper holds a 2-1 lead in the first to three points final over two-times Gold Cup winner Johnie Berntsson, of Sweden, going into today’s fin...
DATE: May 12, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Reigning men’s and women’s Open Match Race world champions Torvar Mirsky and Lucy MacGregor were among the skippers securing the remaining four quarter-final spots up for grabs on day three of the Argo Group Gold Cup in Hamilton Harbour yesterday.
Th...
DATE: May 11, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Taylor Canfield and his USone team-mates continued their dominance on day two of the Argo Group Gold Cup in Hamilton Harbour yesterday.
The American entry chalked up four more points in the shifty ten to 15-knot breezes to complete the round-robin st...
DATE: May 10, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
A schedule change and work commitments ruled out any chance of a Bermuda entry competing in this year’s Argo Group Gold Cup, organisers have revealed.
Jonathan Corless, the commodore of the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, which is hosting the regatta, said...
DATE: May 10, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Johnie Berntsson hopes to join an exclusive group of company when Argo Group Gold Cup racing for the oldest match racing trophy in the world for one-design yachts resumes after a two-year hiatus in Hamilton Harbour next week.
The Swedish skipper is b...
DATE: May 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Peter Wickwire captured a fourth International Race Week title as the Chester Nova Scotia IOD Fleet tightened their stranglehold on the Bacardi-sponsored invitational regatta.
The Canadian helmsman held a seven-point lead in the classic International...
DATE: May 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Peter Wickwire is on the verge of another Bermuda International Race Week title after a dominant display in the Great Sound yesterday.
The Canadian helmsman won both of yesterday’s races in the International One Design fleet and now leads both the B ...
DATE: May 04, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Ken Read believes that modern-day monohulls should be allowed to compete for the biggest prize in the Newport Bermuda Race — the St David’s Lighthouse Trophy.
There is no overall winner in the 635-nautical-mile race, although the winning boat in the ...
DATE: May 04, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Martin Siese kept his bow pointed firmly on course for honours in the International One Design fleet on day three of the Bermuda International Race Week on the Great Sound yesterday.
The Bermudian helmsman started the day at the top of the pecking or...
DATE: May 01, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson