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Bermuda’s Owen Siese will be among the 255 sailors from 63 countries competing at the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships beginning today in Dublin Bay, Ireland.
The promising Sandys Boat Club sailor is taking part in the single-handed Laser Radia...
DATE: Jul 14, 2012
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Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Skiff sailing has a “promising” future in Bermuda.
That’s the opinion of Olympic-bound 49er sailors Jesse and Zander Kirkland who took the opportunity to nurture the next generation of local skiff sailors during a clinic hosted by Royal Hamilton Amat...
DATE: Jul 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Contest III made a clean sweep of top honours during weekend Fitted Dinghy sailing in Granaway Deep.
The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (RBYC) dinghy won all three races with Somers Kempe and Peter Miller taking turns at the helm to remain on course to def...
DATE: Jul 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Antoine Wingood is living proof that good things come to those who wait.
Prior to last weekend the 53-year-old Comet sailor had never won a major regatta as a skipper in his own right.
But that all changed as the self-employed upholster won West Sail...
DATE: Jun 30, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Skipper Rives Potts and crew of Carina have been stripped of the Corinthian Trophy they were awarded at last week’s Newport Bermuda Race prize ceremony at Government House.
The Corinthian Trophy is awarded to the yacht with the best performance by an...
DATE: Jun 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Comet sailor Rudy Bailey has attributed his success at last weekend’s North American Comet Championship to “solid team chemistry” and a “dialled in” boat.
The West End Sailboat Club stalwart won the regatta by a landslide after posting five bullets a...
DATE: Jun 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
West End Sailboat Club sailor Rudy Bailey captured a third North American Comet Championship on the US East Coast at the weekend.
The veteran sailor posted five bullets and a third to win the international regatta.
Bailey could not be reached for com...
DATE: Jun 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
The curtains officially came down on the 2012 Newport Bermuda Race during Saturday’s prize giving at Government House.
During the two-hour long ceremony Governor George Fergusson handed out the numerous prizes on offer to the respective winners.
This...
DATE: Jun 25, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club (RHADC) junior sailors will be looking to make a good impression at the Scotiabank International Optimist Regatta that gets underway today in the US Virgin Islands.
Representing the RHADC are current national champi...
DATE: Jun 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Spirit of Bermuda will look to make the most of favourable winds during today’s start of the Newport Bermuda Race.
The triple mast sloop will start the 635 mile ‘Thrash to the Onion Patch’ reaching in 20 knot northeast winds.
“The wind will be ninety...
DATE: Jun 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
