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Shockwave led the Newport Bermuda Race fleet across the finish line this morning, edging Bella Mente in a thrilling two-horse match race for line honors.
Silhouetted by the sunrise in the backdrop, George Sakellaris’ 72-foot Mini Maxi crossed the li...
DATE: Jun 23, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
The 49th Newport Bermuda Race got off to a colourful yet inauspicious downwind start yesterday as subtle breezes reduced the racing fleet’s sail out of Narragansett Bay to a trickle at best.
The sight of spinnakers collapsing as yachts gybed to starb...
DATE: Jun 21, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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The 49th Newport Bermuda Race will be a family affair for Jim Butterfield.
The former Olympic rower, who has made two previous appearances in the 635-mile race, is sailing with his son Spencer aboard the triple masted sloop Spirit of Bermuda, which h...
DATE: Jun 20, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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The Newport Bermuda Race puts the skills of blue water sailors to the test navigating through a patch of the Atlantic Ocean known for challenging weather.
The racecourse stretching from Castle Hill, Newport to St David’s, Bermuda is 635 miles long an...
DATE: Jun 20, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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Brian Hillier is on the verge of making local Newport Bermuda Race history.
When Hillier’s J-125, Crossfire, sails across the starting line at the mouth of Narragansett Bay tomorrow afternoon, it will mark the first time that a yacht from St George’s...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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The presence of a new crop of talented young sailors did not go unnoticed by those watching the popular Edward Cross Long Distance Comet Race on Monday, but Gladwin Lambert, the region president of the Comet Class of Bermuda, said that can only be go...
DATE: Jun 18, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Lawrence Trott
The cliché is much tried yet all too true when applied to Stevie Dickinson and the Long Distance Comet Race in the manner “the more things change, the more they stay the same”.
So much so is the case of Dickinson winning the annual spectacle that one...
DATE: Jun 17, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Patrick Bean
Stevie Dickinson will rest his Edward Cross Cup title on the line in Monday’s Annual Long Distance Comet Race.
The East End Mini Yacht Club sailor won the race a record sixteenth time in Kitty Hawk last year with crew Gerrick Farquharson and is optim...
DATE: Jun 13, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Nearly 200 yachts are set to sail in the 49th Newport Bermuda Race, among them three that will be from the Island.
Among the trio of local entries are Crossfire, Nasty Medicine and Spirit of Bermuda. Crossfire, a J-125, is helmed by Brian Hillier, an...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Bermuda will learn by the end of this month if it has made the final round of bidding for the 2017 America’s Cup.
Confirmation was made yesterday by Russell Coutts, the chief executive of Oracle Team USA, as he revealed that one bid had been eliminat...
DATE: Jun 11, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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