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Zander and Jesse Kirkland moved up two places on the leaderboard in the 49ers fleet competing at the Open European Championships in Helsinki, Finland after three races on day two.
Rising from 49th to 47th, the brothers had finishes of 21st, and two 1...
DATE: Jul 12, 2011
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Sam Stan was the top Bermuda sailor as he finished 37th out of 187 boats at the North American Optimist Championships which ended on Wednesday.
Competing in 14-20 knot winds, the local contingent suffered four disqualifications as the wind pushed bo...
DATE: Jul 10, 2011
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Sailing
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Bermuda’s young sailors grabbed one win before exiting the team competition at the IODA North American Optimist Championships on Sunday.
Friday and Saturday had seen Sam Stan lead the four-member Bermuda contingent in individual racing before the qua...
DATE: Jul 05, 2011
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Sailing
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Sam Stan was the best of the pack as Team Bermuda began the five-day IODA North American Optimist Championships over the weekend with six races three on Friday and another three on Saturday.
The event, commonly known as “Optinam”, is being hosted by ...
DATE: Jul 04, 2011
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Sailing
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Skipper Simon Di Pietro and his Lilla crew look like sweeping the board in this year’s Marion to Bermuda race.
Their record-breaking corrected time of 71 hours 48 minutes and 26 seconds saw them beat the previous course record of 72 hours.
Having alr...
DATE: Jun 24, 2011
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Sailing
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Not so much a race to the line as a fight for survival, Rockal Evans won the annual Edward Cross Comet Race over the weekend because he managed not to sink too often.
In high winds and heavy seas Evans did capsize several times, but by that time he a...
DATE: Jun 22, 2011
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Sailing
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Local sailors from the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (RBYC) will hit the waves off Newport, Rhode Island, to compete in the New York Yacht Club’s (NYYC) Invitational Cup.
The race runs from September 10-17 and will see 22 yacht clubs from 16 nations and s...
DATE: Jun 22, 2011
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Sailing
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Veteran Bermuda sailor Malcolm Smith finished 15th at the Sunfish World Championships in Curaçao to qualify for this year’s Pan-Am Games.
The two final spots for the Pan-Ams in Mexico were up for grabs and three-time Sunfish champion Smith was succes...
DATE: Jun 21, 2011
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Sailing
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Lilla, skippered by Simon De Pietro, took line honours in the Marion to Bermuda yacht race yesterday, crossing the finish at St. David’s head at 11.28 am.
Lilla was well ahead of her closest rivals, with the second-placed boat still to finish by the ...
DATE: Jun 21, 2011
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Sailing
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Lilla continued to hold her lead on the third day of the Marion Race and was just 171.8 nautical miles from the Island at 7.10pm yesterday.
Simon DePietro's Class A Briand 76 was around 50 nautical miles ahead of second placed Brigand, captained by S...
DATE: Jun 20, 2011
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Sailing
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