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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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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
The Great Sound, venue for the 35th America’s Cup, hosted the opening race day of the Laser Standard Rig National Championships at the weekend.
After five races of the eight-race series, Bermuda Race Week champion Cameron Pimentel leads the nine-boat...
DATE: Dec 30, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
An America’s Cup in local waters is something that has been long overdue, according to Peter Shrubb, the ISAF International umpire and judge.
Bermuda was announced as the hosts of the America’s Cup in 2017 at a press conference in New York last week....
DATE: Dec 08, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Four hundred and thirty-eight days after witnessing the biggest comeback in the history of sport, the man who holds the Deed of Gift of the America’s Cup has yet to fully come to terms with the magnitude of a truly extraordinary feat.
Like many the w...
DATE: Dec 08, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson