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America’s Cup decision-makers in Bermuda have vowed to put environmental concerns at the top of their agenda in the build-up to the 2017 sailing spectacle. The pledge was made by Mike Winfield yesterday as a panel of experts outlined how the event wo...

Oracle Team USA intends to “set up operations” in their Bermuda team base by the beginning of May. A plot of land next to the twin cement silos at the Royal Naval Dockyard has been reserved for the defender of the America’s Cup to erect their multi-b...

The make-up of the new body tasked with preparing Bermuda for the 2017 America’s Cup has been revealed by Grant Gibbons, the Minister for Economic Development. Dr Gibbons said that America’s Cup Bermuda Ltd (ACBDA) would be funded by an annual govern...

Sir Ben Ainslie, principal and skipper of Great Britain’s 35th America’s Cup syndicate, can not wait to get harnessed into the NACRA F20 catamaran and begin foiling around the Great Sound at high speed. The greatest sailor in Olympic history and Amer...

History was made at the Royal Naval Dockyard yesterday when Ben Ainslie Racing rolled out the first foiling catamarans to reach these shores. Curious pedestrians and motorists watched in awe as an advance party from the 35th America’s Cup challenger ...

The planning Minister has backed his department to handle the expected surge in building applications in the build-up to the America’s Cup. Michael Fahy promised that every America’s Cup development would be subject to the same rigorous regime that a...

A death in the family nearly cost local sailing legend Kirk Cooper a date with America’s Cup history. In the lead-up to the 25th America’s Cup match in 1983, when challenger Australia II ended 132 years of American dominance, Mr Cooper was afforded ...

A late proposal that would have seen a Bermuda team compete in the 35th America’s Cup has fallen by the wayside. A spokesman for a group behind the ambitious plan confirmed yesterday that they had considered entering a team, but have since had a chan...

The America’s Cup Event Authority has taken on a Bermudian recruiting firm to hire local workers for positions relating to the 2017 America’s Cup races. Minister for Economic Development Dr Grant Gibbons responded today to questions raised by the Pro...

A new firm has been set up by Government to help run the America’s Cup yacht races. The new limited liability company — to be called ACBDA Ltd — will work closely with the event’s ruling body, the America’s Cup Event Authority (ACEA), in the run-up t...