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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...

SoftBank Team Japan and Groupama Team France took their AC Class catamarans out for their first flights on the Great Sound late last week. Reports from those teams were positive. They had great days to put their 15-metres flyers through initial trai...

American luxury super yacht Arabella is to be in Bermuda during the 35th America’s Cup to charter daytime and evening cruises. The Arabella, which traditionally serves the east coast in the summer and the Caribbean in the winter, aims to deliver “au...

Land Rover BAR suffered a setback after a routine docking proved anything but. Following a practice sail in the Great Sound, the British challenger’s America’s Cup Class foiling catamaran collided with a mobile dock at their Royal Naval Dockyard base...

Gone are the days of bellying up to the bar after a day on the rail. These guys sailing the America’s Cup class yachts are professionals with a job to do. One and all, these Cup sailors are serious, finely conditioned athletes. The race is theirs to ...

Philip Hagen is one of Team BDA’s athletes who had little or no sailing experience before earning his way onto the team. The 20-year-old from Warwick did, however, have a background in competitive swimming that helped to develop the mental and physic...

Local artist Barbara Finsness called upon her draftsmanship of the flora, fauna and architecture of Bermuda to create her collection for the America’s Cup. Finsness and her late husband Kenneth opened The Island Shop in 2001. The shop has featured he...

Volunteers for the 35th America’s Cup are expected to follow all sustainable guidelines for the event. Last year, the teams and the America’s Cup Event Authority signed a sustainability charter with ten points outlining how to be more sustainable. H...

We are now in the last few months before the 35th America’s Cup and while there are still many things to prepare before the main event, all six teams have crossed a major milestone — launching their America’s Cup Class yachts. The first team to laun...

OK, OK, we are all guilty making wake on the water when out boating. What we don’t seem to realise is the impact we have on our fellow boaters. In my long career on the water I have seen some major wash-ups, bust-ups and smack-ups including damage to...

Oracle Team USA’s new America’s Cup Class boat isn’t just the fastest racing yacht in the world, it’s a fully networked data machine. Building a boat like this doesn’t just happen — it requires a precise, iterative approach to improving design and pe...