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The new America’s Cup Class boats are power hungry machines. Every function on board is powered by the sailors – no batteries or engines are permitted to turn winches or move daggerboards or wings. Instead, the boats have a hydraulic system that ge...

Two America’s Cup Endeavour graduates flew to Florida last weekend to participate in the O’Pen Bic North Americans in Sarasota. And one of the sailors finished the regatta as the top female under 13. Jade Smith, 12, of Sandys Secondary Middle School ...

Many people associated with the America’s Cup will have Carmen Tucker to thank when they go to The Royal Naval Dockyard and find everything is in perfect order. The West End will play host to dozens of people associated with the America’s Cup in buil...

Dimitri Stevens was first introduced to sailing at 11 years old through the Waterwise Programme at Dellwood Middle School. He’s presently a Bermuda College student studying to enter the Information Technology field; before that he attended The Berk...

Oracle Team USA survived a scare during another exciting day of America’s Cup practice racing on the Great Sound. The American defender snared a marker while racing against Swedish challenger Artemis Racing in chilly 13-15 knot northeast breezes. Ora...

Land Rover BAR skipper and principal Sir Ben Ainslie put a positive spin on lopsided losses against Oracle Team USA on the Great Sound on Wednesday amid growing concerns regarding his team’s performances of late. “It was great to be out sailing on th...

There is still the impression in the community that large amounts of financing will be needed to cash in on the numerous America’s Cup business opportunities. Far too many are operating under the belief that expensive equipment or guaranteed contract...

Stress levels for the absentee America’s Cup Challenger Emirates Team New Zealand clicked up another notch this week. On Wednesday their fellow challengers and defender Oracle Team USA took to the Great Sound for the first of five days of match racin...

The build up to the 35th America’s Cup reached another significant milestone yesterday with two teams lining up for the first time in the new 50-foot foiling catamarans in the Great Sound. Oracle Team USA, defenders of the “Auld Mug”, and British cha...

Inexperience coupled with an unprecedented number of boats expected in the run-up and during the America’s Cup is a “recipe for disaster”, according to Ralph Richardson. The chairman of the Bermuda Water Safety Council is urging new boaters to learn ...

The Bermuda Economic Development Corporation has announced it is allocating $300,000 in funds for small and medium sized businesses looking to capitalise on the 35th America’s Cup. Grant Gibbons, the Minister of Economic Development, this morning la...

The five America’s Cup teams based in Bermuda will size each other up in their AC Class yachts for the first time on the Great Sound today. Today’s practice races mark the first time that the teams will effectively compete against each other in their...