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The high g-forces the sailors feel during racing turns and crew crossovers sailing the superfast America’s Cup Class 50-foot foiling catamarans mean more crew overboard drills are likely.
Teams practising in Bermuda have had their share of splashes....
DATE: Mar 30, 2017
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The ultimate expression of America’s Cup history is the America’s Cup J Class Regatta.
This regatta featuring majestic, classic yachts will take place on June 16, 19 and 20.
It will feature some of the most iconic boats in the history of the Americ...
DATE: Mar 29, 2017
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Stop and take the time to review the first of six pre-America’s Cup training windows when competitors can match-up their AC class 50-foot catamarans against each other and test their theories against reality.
Teams raced their America’s Cup Class bo...
DATE: Mar 28, 2017
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All five America’s Cup teams training in Bermuda have wrapped up the first of six “practice racing periods” allowed under the latest changes to the 2017 America’s Cup protocol.
The protocol changes were approved March 16 by the defender, Oracle Team...
DATE: Mar 27, 2017
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During the America’s Cup World Series of 2015, I was a volunteer ‘on the water marshal’.
On the second day of the event while instructing spectator boats into designated anchorage areas within the stadium, it struck me how few of the general boating...
DATE: Mar 25, 2017
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Students at CedarBridge Academy and Berkeley Institute put their fitness to the test this week as the America’s Cup Community Grinding Challenge kicked off at both schools.
The students were also able to compete for a spot in the finals during the 3...
DATE: Mar 25, 2017
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The new America’s Cup Class boats are power hungry machines.
Every function on board is powered by the sailors – no batteries or engines are permitted to turn winches or move daggerboards or wings.
Instead, the boats have a hydraulic system that ge...
DATE: Mar 25, 2017
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Two America’s Cup Endeavour graduates flew to Florida last weekend to participate in the O’Pen Bic North Americans in Sarasota. And one of the sailors finished the regatta as the top female under 13.
Jade Smith, 12, of Sandys Secondary Middle School ...
DATE: Mar 25, 2017
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Many people associated with the America’s Cup will have Carmen Tucker to thank when they go to The Royal Naval Dockyard and find everything is in perfect order.
The West End will play host to dozens of people associated with the America’s Cup in buil...
DATE: Mar 25, 2017
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Dimitri Stevens was first introduced to sailing at 11 years old through the Waterwise Programme at Dellwood Middle School.
He’s presently a Bermuda College student studying to enter the Information Technology field; before that he attended The Berk...
DATE: Mar 25, 2017
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