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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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Bermuda’s time zone could play a major factor in deciding which country gets the green light to host the 37th America’s Cup in 2017.
Bermuda remains thick in contention to host the match racing sailing spectacle along with Chicago, San Francisco and ...
DATE: Jun 10, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Lance Fraser and his Team Digicel Business Match Racing crew-mates earned a place on the podium at last weekend’s June Invitational Clinegatta in Oakcliff, New York.
Fraser finished second with an overall 5-2 record in the Swedish Match 40, which is ...
DATE: Jun 10, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Jay Kempe will set sail from New York today aboard the 70-foot yacht, Qingdao, for the start of the eighth and final leg of the 2013-14 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.
The seasoned Bermudian ocean sailor is rejoining Team Qingdao having sailed in...
DATE: Jun 07, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Emily Nagel, the Bermuda sailor, and her Team Vose-Glamour Racing crewmates staged a courageous fightback on day two of the ISAF Women’s World Match Racing Championships in Cork, Ireland, yesterday.
However, impressive victories against France and th...
DATE: Jun 06, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Emily Nagel, the Bermuda sailor, and her Team Vose-Glamour Racing crewmates endured mixed fortunes during yesterday’s opening day of the Women’s World Match Racing Championships in Cork, Ireland.
Nagel and her colleagues got their campaign off to a p...
DATE: Jun 05, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson