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Hurricane Irene wreaked havoc on Rudy Bailey’s Comet International Regatta title defence in Maryland last month.
The veteran sailor finished fifth in an overall fleet of 17 boats in a regatta reduced to three races because of the approaching hurrican...
DATE: Sep 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Promising Optimist sailor Matilda Nicholls created a big buzz in Hamilton Harbor earlier this week
The nine-year-old sailor teamed up with sailing coaches Tom Herbert-Evans and Paul Doughty to navigate the 26-foot J80 (Tiddlywink) to a stunning win d...
DATE: Sep 03, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Contest III’s bid to regain the Coronation Cup gathered momentum during last Sunday’s fitted dinghy racing in St. George’s Harbour.
The crew of the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club dinghy posted two bullets and a third sailing in light and shifty conditions ...
DATE: Aug 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Past King Edward VII Gold Cup winner, Mathieu Richard, has surged to the top of the World Match Racing Tour points standings at the half-way stage of the 2009 campaign.
The softspoken Frenchman finished runner-up at last week's Match Cup Sweden after...
DATE: Jul 14, 2009
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
The top three skippers in the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) World Match Racing Tour standings have been kept apart in today's quarter-final match-ups of the $100,000 King Edward VII Gold Cup.
Yesterday saw defending Gold Cup champion Mathie...
DATE: Oct 10, 2008
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
English pair Ian Williams and Ben Ainslie and Sweden's Johnie Berntsson all took route one to the King Edward VII Gold quarterfinals on the back of some dominant sailing in Hamilton Harbour yesterday.
Three-time Olympic Gold medalist Ainslie extended...
DATE: Oct 09, 2008
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Bermuda's own Blythe Walker (1-2) will be among those looking to bounce back when King Edward VII Gold Cup action resumes in Hamilton Harbour today.
The past Olympic sailor did not enjoy the best of starts competing in yesterday's blustery and shifty...
DATE: Oct 08, 2008
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Life at the top of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) World Match Racing Tour is not a bed of roses as reigning champion Ian Williams has discovered since soaring to great heights last year.
A lawyer by trade, Williams made history last year...
DATE: Oct 07, 2008
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
World number one match racing skipper Mathieu Richard of France will begin the defence of his King Edward VII Gold Cup title in Hamilton Harbour today.
Richard and Team French Spirit finished third at the Troia Portugal Match Cup in Portugal last wee...
DATE: Oct 07, 2008
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Bermuda's sole King Edward VII Gold Cup hopeful, Blythe Walker, will have his work cut out for him when round-robin action begins in Hamilton Harbour early next week.
Walker, who won the Gold Cup petite final in 2006, has been pitted against recently...
DATE: Oct 04, 2008
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
