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The global recession has taken a toll on this year’s Argo Group Gold Cup, which could be scaled back due to a lower than anticipated turn-out.
Some of the teams invited to compete in the Alpari World Match Racing Tour sanctioned event have declined b...
DATE: Sep 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Local skipper Trevor Boyce slipped down the leaderboard at the J-24 World Championships on Lake Ontario yesterday.
The Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club (RHADC) sailor started the day 19th in the overall fleet but lost ground after posting finishes ...
DATE: Sep 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Bermuda’s Trevor Boyce enjoyed some of his finest moments to date at the J-24 World Championships on Lake Ontario yesterday.
The Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club (RHADC) skipper produced two impressive top ten displays to further consolidate his po...
DATE: Sep 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Could Somers Kempe’s days at the helm of Contest III be over?
That’s the big unanswered question swirling around Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (RBYC) these days.
The veteran sailor has suggested he may relinquish the helm of the RBYC’s famed fitted dingh...
DATE: Aug 31, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (RBYC) youth sailors Thomas and Adriana Penruddocke gained valuable exposure at this month’s Swiss Optimist National Championships.
The local duo were among the nearly 200 hundred sailors from 11 European countries that compe...
DATE: Aug 30, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Rudy Bailey reaffirmed his status as one of the Island’s top dinghy sailors after capturing a third Comet International Championship title in Cambridge, Maryland.
The veteran West End Sail Boat Club skipper clinched the seven-race series with a race ...
DATE: Aug 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Sailing siblings Mikey and Ceci Wollmann extended their rich vein of form on the International stage at last week’s Canadian Optimist Dinghy Championships in Vancouver.
Twelve-year-old sailor Mikey claimed overall honours after toppling defending cha...
DATE: Aug 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
The local sailing community is mourning the death of pioneer sailor Howard Lee.
Lee, 77, passed away earlier this week after a long bout with illness.
During a distinguished career Lee set the benchmark for black sailors to strive for after represent...
DATE: Aug 25, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Promising sailor Rory Caslin led Bermuda’s charge at last week’s Volvo Gill Optimist British National and Open Championships in Pwllheli, Wales.
The current national Optimist champion placed a respectable 28th among the 140 sailors competing in the S...
DATE: Aug 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Bermuda’s Kalin Hillier claimed overall honours in the Laser Radial at the CORK International Regatta in Kingston, Ontario, earlier this week.
And he did so the hard way in a fierce battle for bragging rights with Mexico’s Natalia Montemayor that wen...
DATE: Aug 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson