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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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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
Promising sailor Benn Smith returned home earlier this week following two highly successful regattas in North America.
The Saltus Grammar School student captured top honours in his age group and finished third overall at the 2012 Sunfish Youth and Ju...
DATE: Aug 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Local youth sailing development is in a state of “confusion”.
That’s the view of veteran sailing coach Paul Doughty who feels that current practices are detrimental to the development of grassroots sailors.
“I am of the opinion that Bermuda has a con...
DATE: Aug 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Bermuda’s junior sailors did the Island proud at last weekend’s CORK Optimist Regatta in Kingston, Ontario.
Siblings Ceci and Mikey Wollman, James Amaral and Campbell Patton all produced top-ten performances to underline the Island’s potential at thi...
DATE: Aug 14, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Reigning Alpari World Match Racing Tour champion Ian Williams will be among the headliners for the 2012 Argo Group Gold Cup.
The English skipper, who currently tops the ISAF World Match Racing Rankings, won the coveted King Edward VII Gold Cup in 200...
DATE: Jul 28, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
