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There is growing speculation that Bermuda could submit a bid to host the Volvo Ocean Race.
The tender process for host cities for the 2019-20, 2021-22 and 2023-24 editions is now open and it is believed that Bermuda has shown an interest in hosting a...
DATE: Jul 07, 2017
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Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
An ambitious proposal to have a Bermuda team compete in the prestigious Volvo Ocean Race appears to have fallen through, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Kevin Dallas, the Bermuda Tourism Authority chief executive, has confirmed that there were discussi...
DATE: Jul 06, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Roger Beach, the skipper of Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club’s fitted dinghy Elizabeth II, has hailed his team-mates after another dominant display of sailing at Granaway Deep at the weekend.
Flying their No 3 rig in Sunday’s eight to 12-knot south...
DATE: Jul 04, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Benn Smith and Cecilia Wollmann put themselves in early contention for a spot in the Gold Fleet during yesterday’s opening races of the Laser Midwinters East Regatta in Florida.
Provisional results showed Smith sixteenth and Wollmann 40th among the 1...
DATE: Feb 19, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
One of Bermuda’s most accomplished and renowned sailors has taken his rightful place in the prestigious Bermuda Race Roll of Honour.
Warren Brown, who passed away nearly a year ago at the age of 85, was a highly competitive sailor and yachtsman, expl...
DATE: Dec 12, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Bermuda will hosts the 2016 RC44 Championship Tour opener early in the new year, organisers have announced.
The Island will host the event March 2 to 6 with competition in the high-performance monohull racing yachts taking place in the Great Sound.
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DATE: Dec 10, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Nearly 30 youth sailors got a rare treat sailing around Hamilton Harbour on the one-design M32 catamaran at the weekend.
The eager and enthusiastic youngsters took up an invitation from Mark Watson, the Argo Group president, to sail on the high-perfo...
DATE: Oct 13, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Blythe Walker, the local skipper, admits the opportunity to sail in the International One Design sloop at the Argo Group Gold Cup for potentially the last time was just too good to pass up.
The IODs have featured in the World Match Racing Tour event ...
DATE: Oct 05, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Ian Williams and Team GAC Pindar will enter next week’s Argo Group Gold Cup with their bid for an unprecedented sixth world match racing title on track.
The defending world champions are top of the World Match Racing Tour leaderboard and need to reac...
DATE: Oct 02, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Lance Fraser took full advantage of the opportunity to get an early feel for the M32 catamaran that could potentially replace the International One Design in the Argo Group Gold Cup next year.
Fraser, who is ranked 70th in the ISAF Open Match Racing ...
DATE: Sep 10, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson