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Hurricane Sandy threatens to wreak havoc on two major sailing regattas scheduled for the weekend.
The Corporate Games regatta in Hamilton Harbour is due to start today while the 2012 IOD World Championship is scheduled to commence tomorrow in the Gre...
DATE: Oct 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Two-time defending champion Elliott Wislar will rest his title on the line when the 2012 International One Design (IOD) World Championship commences in the Great Sound on Sunday.
The American is among the pre-regatta favourites in a star-studded fiel...
DATE: Oct 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Chase Cooper remains firmly on course for a top ten finish at the 2012 IODA Optimist North American Championships in Mexico.
The Bermudian sailor is currently 13th in a field of 149 competitors at the halfway stage of the 12-race series being contest...
DATE: Oct 25, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Varsity sailor Kyle Burgess has been unanimously voted Sailor of the Year and named to the All-Virginia Interscholastic Sailing Association (VISA) team.
The Bermudian had these honours bestowed upon him after helping Christchurch School achieve glory...
DATE: Oct 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Bermuda Sloop Foundation’s Spirit of Bermuda will be among the 2013 Marion Bermuda Race participants, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The triple masted schooner has been chartered by local businessman Preston Hutchings and several of his friends and wi...
DATE: Oct 11, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Taylor Canfield and his Chicago Match Race Center team-mates produced a stunning upset to win the 2012 Argo Group Gold Cup in Hamilton Harbour yesterday.
The US Virgin Islands skipper bested Alpari World Match Racing Tour Card Holder and past Gold Cu...
DATE: Oct 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Top seed Ian Williams (England) and GAC Team Pindar cruised into the semi-finals of the $100,000 Argo Group Gold Cup without hardly breaking a sweat.
The reigning Alpari World Match Racing Tour champion made it all look so easy en route to a convinci...
DATE: Oct 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Optimist sailor Peter Dill currently leads the local fleet at the 2012 Renaissance Re Junior Gold Cup after making a fabulous start to the regatta in the Great Sound yesterday.
The promising sailor posted an impressive three top five finishes, that i...
DATE: Oct 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
A day that promised much ended in despair for local skippers Blythe Walker and Lance Fraser who bowed out of the $100,000 Argo Group Gold Cup.
Both men began their final group matches still in the hunt for a place in the quarter-finals but ultimately...
DATE: Oct 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
There will be very little margin for error for local match race skippers Blythe Walker and Lance Fraser when racing in the $100,000 Argo Group Gold Cup resumes today.
Both skippers posted identical 1-2 records in Hamilton Harbour yesterday to leave t...
DATE: Oct 04, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
