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Emily Nagel, the Bermuda captain, has hailed the Island’s impressive showing at the ISAF Team Racing World Championship in Rutland, England.
Bermuda’s five-member squad surpassed their own expectations at last month’s event by finishing as the third ...
DATE: Aug 03, 2015
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Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Thrill seeker Laquita Minors was looking for a new adventure so when the chance to sail in the Marion to Bermuda Race arrived she grabbed it with both hands.
“Now that I am in a later part of my life you kind of start thinking outside of the box and ...
DATE: Jun 20, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Rudy Bailey is set to resume his rivalry with East End Mini Yacht Club skipper Stevie Dickinson in the Annual Long Distance Comet Race.
The West End Sail Boat Club skipper has not competed in the offshore dinghy race since his victory in 2012 when he...
DATE: Jun 12, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Peter Wickwire retained his Bermuda International Invitational Regatta title in the Great Sound yesterday.
The Nova Scotia helmsman entered the final race of the ten-race series in the International One-Design racing sloop with a three-point advantag...
DATE: May 09, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Patrick Cooper did his chances of earning a place on the podium no harm during the penultimate day of the Bermuda International Invitational Regatta.
The Bermuda skipper coped fairly well in yesterday’s light-air conditions in the Great Sound.
Cooper...
DATE: May 08, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Patrick Cooper looks well-set for a podium finish as the Bermuda International Invitational Regatta heads for a potentially exciting climax.
The Bermuda skipper sits in fourth place with as many races remaining, seven points adrift of leader Pierre C...
DATE: May 07, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Tim Patton has hailed Bermuda’s impressive showing at this year’s IODA South American Optimist Championships in Paracas, Peru.
The Island’s youth sailors punched above their weight in the team racing event for the Nations Cup, reaching the quarter fi...
DATE: Apr 24, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Giving back to a sport that gave so much to him during an extraordinary career has become a passion of sailing legend Dennis Conner.
So when the opportunity presented itself to help raise funds to send a Bermuda team to this summer’s ISAF Team Racing...
DATE: Feb 21, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Cecilia Wollmann, the young Bermuda sailor, has qualified for this summer’s Pan American Games in Toronto after an impressive performance at the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Miami, Florida, last month.
The 16-year-old punched above her weight in a matur...
DATE: Feb 11, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Argo Group Gold Cup winners Ian Williams, of GAC Pindar, and Taylor Canfield, of US One, remain the favourites to clinch the Alpari World Match Racing Tour championship heading into next month’s Monsoon Cup Malaysia, the final event of the 2014 campa...
DATE: Jan 27, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson