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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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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
Defending Long Distance Comet Race champion Rockal Evans isn’t taking anything for granted in the lead-up to this year’s regatta.
And for good reason.
The 24-year-old sailor is currently building a mast from scratch for his new boat just in case the ...
DATE: Jun 12, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Skipper Stephen Sherwin and the crew of Nasty Medicine had an excellent weekend of racing in Newport, Rhode Island.
Dr Sherwin’s Corby 41 placed second in its class in both the New York Yacht Club’s (NYYC) ‘Round the Island Race’ and 158th Annual Reg...
DATE: Jun 11, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Oceanography specialist Tidetech has developed a new set of regional oceanographic data ahead of this year’s 635-mile Newport-Bermuda Race.
It includes a high-resolution tidal model for Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, and high-quality ocean current d...
DATE: Jun 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Jesse and Zander Kirkland reckon they learned valuable lessons at this week’s Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta at the Olympic sailing venue in Weymouth, England.
The siblings’ main priority heading into the regatta was to get reacquainted to heavy air r...
DATE: Jun 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Gales and rough seas wreaked havoc upon the racing fleets at the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth, England yesterday.
The adverse conditions ultimately caused organisers to reshuffle the schedule and postpone racing till noon today.
In the h...
DATE: Jun 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Past Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (RBYC) commodore Ralph Richardson has long dreamed of sailing in the Newport-Bermuda Race.
And that dream will finally become a reality when the veteran navigator sets sail in the 635-mile race aboard the Nautor Swan 48,...
DATE: Jun 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
