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Astronauts on board the International Space Station have sent a message of support to the crews taking part in the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge. And it is hoped that a live link can be set up with the station to the Spirit of Bermuda when she berths...
DATE: May 29, 2009
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Sailing
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The Tall Ships are coming and the Island is gearing up for a spectacular event that will celebrate Bermuda and her people.
Eleven ships are sailing from Tenerife to the Island in the second leg of the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge.
They will be joine...
DATE: May 29, 2009
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Sailing
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Reporter Ruth O'Kelly-Lynch is aboard The Spirit of Bermuda as a watch leader and will is filing regular reports as she and the other vessels in the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge sail from Tenerife to Bermuda. Here is her latest dispatch.
With a Long...
DATE: May 22, 2009
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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Boats in the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge are progressing well towards Tenerife in excellent conditions, race organisers said.
With winds at 20 knots, Kruzenshtern (Russia) was in the lead overall on Monday on corrected time in the group made up of ...
DATE: May 06, 2009
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Hamilton, Bermuda 11 October 2008: The upsets continue here in Hamilton Harbour as Johnie Berntsson (SWE) and his Berntsson Racing Team and Adam Minoprio (NZL) and the Emirates Team New Zealand/BlackMatch Racing team advance to tomorrow’s Final round...
DATE: Oct 12, 2008
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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The top three skippers in the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) World Match Racing Tour standings have been kept apart in today's quarter-final match-ups of the $100,000 King Edward VII Gold Cup.
Yesterday saw defending Gold Cup champion Mathie...
DATE: Oct 10, 2008
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
English pair Ian Williams and Ben Ainslie and Sweden's Johnie Berntsson all took route one to the King Edward VII Gold quarterfinals on the back of some dominant sailing in Hamilton Harbour yesterday.
Three-time Olympic Gold medalist Ainslie extended...
DATE: Oct 09, 2008
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Bermuda's own Blythe Walker (1-2) will be among those looking to bounce back when King Edward VII Gold Cup action resumes in Hamilton Harbour today.
The past Olympic sailor did not enjoy the best of starts competing in yesterday's blustery and shifty...
DATE: Oct 08, 2008
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Life at the top of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) World Match Racing Tour is not a bed of roses as reigning champion Ian Williams has discovered since soaring to great heights last year.
A lawyer by trade, Williams made history last year...
DATE: Oct 07, 2008
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
World number one match racing skipper Mathieu Richard of France will begin the defence of his King Edward VII Gold Cup title in Hamilton Harbour today.
Richard and Team French Spirit finished third at the Troia Portugal Match Cup in Portugal last wee...
DATE: Oct 07, 2008
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson