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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...

The opportunity to put her engineering skills to use with SoftBank Team Japan’s design team was one that Emily Nagel just could not refuse. The 22-year-old sailor gave up her place on Team BDA, Bermuda’s Red Bull Youth America’s Cup squad to pursue a...

It is time. Five of the six America’s Cup Class boats are now on the water in Bermuda. And the intensity of training has notched up exponentially. Jimmy Spithill, Oracle Team USA’s Skipper says, “The clock is ticking.” Now turn to Emirates Team New...

Team BDA may have to reach into its reserves for a new sailor after Emily Nagel accepted a full-time position with SoftBank Team Japan, The Royal Gazette can confirm. The America’s Cup challenger offered the 22-year-old star a full-time position with...

Eighteen employees of Hamilton Insurance Group’s Bermuda-based operations joined Dellwood Middle School students in the America’s Cup Endeavour Programme. Hamilton is a sponsor of the programme, an experiential learning curriculum focused on sailing ...

In an intimate “unofficial” celebration, Elise Bakhoum christened the yacht Groupama Team France in traditional French fashion at Dockyard yesterday. As the only woman on Groupama Team France’s shore team, she poured the champagne over the bow, as t...

Double Olympic champions Roman Hagara and Hans Peter Steinacher sailed the first Red Bull Youth America’s Cup-branded AC45F catamaran to arrive in Bermuda — an exciting milestone in the countdown to the second edition of the event, upcoming in June. ...

Dear Sir, I would like to thank and congratulate The Royal Gazette on the excellent America’s Cup handbook that you inserted in each copy of the Gazette on February 21. It is an excellent guide to what the America’s Cup is all about, the individual ...

Ray Park has some first-hand knowledge of the America’s Cup and has been involved in building racing boats for decades. Now working as a shipwright at Spar Yard Marine Solutions/West End Yachts, in Dockyard, Ray worked on Perpetual Loyal, which won t...

Jimmy Spithill says everyone is aware of the clock as the America’s Cup teams make a final sprint towards the starting line of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers on May 26. Reflecting on what his Oracle Team USA crew has accomplished in the ...

One of the events going on during the 35th America’s Cup is Bermuda Heroes Weekend. In its third year, BHW promises to be the best year yet, with the excitement already building ahead of the opening night Five Star Friday on June 16 at 6pm. This li...