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Any hopes Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (RBYC) may have had of making a final surge up the leaderboard in the final race of the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup dissipated in Saturday’s light and shifty breezes in Newport, Rhode Island.
In the end ski...
DATE: Sep 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (RBYC) helmsman Mark Watson and crew produced a steady display on the penultimate day of racing at the Invitational Cup hosted by New York Yacht Club.
The Argo Group CEO’s Swan 42, Tiburon, finished in the middle of the fleet...
DATE: Sep 17, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
He is widely regarded as one of the best ISAF international umpires and judges, has officiated in the Americas Cup and numerous world class regattas and now has his sights on umpiring in next year’s Olympic Games in the UK.
Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (...
DATE: Sep 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Chase Cooper opened the Optimist Dinghy Association’s new season with a dominant display in the Hardy Limited Autumn Series.
The Gold Fleet sailor registered three first places finishes and wasn’t out of the top three all day, as he swept to victory ...
DATE: Sep 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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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
Bermuda’s Optimist sailors acquitted themselves admirably in the Canadian Optimist Championships with two Bermuda sailors finishing in the top ten overall and another Bermudian winning the ten and under category.
Cecilia Wollmann finished sixth over...
DATE: Aug 29, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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Bermudian Campbell Patton is in complete control of the white fleet at the Canadian Optimist Championships in Lunenberg, Nova Scotia.
The 10-year-old is in first place in the Under-11s race, with a commanding lead over his rivals.
In all 13 of the I...
DATE: Aug 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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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
A yacht that competed in the last two Newport to Bermuda races capsised off the coast of Ireland yesterday sparking a major search and rescue operation.
Among those who were thrown overboard from the boat Rambler was owner/skipper George David who wa...
DATE: Aug 17, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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