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Next year’s America’s Cup is building up to be the best in the history of the sailing event, according to Sir Russell Coutts. The CEO of the America’s Cup Event Authority told The Royal Gazette that preparations for next summer’s sporting spectacle w...

Members of Oracle Team USA have been spending time on dry land to help renovate a building for East End Primary School. Some ten members of the team, including two sailors, reached out to the Ministry of Education to volunteer their services and were...

The America’s Cup could inspire international investment in more than just the tourism sector, according to Grant Gibbons. The Minister of Economic Development said the ACBDA was working on finding and encouraging investment in the island. “One of th...

Hotels and guest houses are filling up fast ahead of next year’s America’s Cup. Four guest houses told The Royal Gazette they are either already fully booked or nearly close to capacity. Hoteliers say they are “ramping up staff” in preparation for th...

The first of the America’s Cup Endeavour students graduated from the programme on Saturday with a special “Sailorbration”. The event provided the students with a chance to share with their families what they’ve learnt and show the progress they have ...

SoftBank Team Japan announced today that they cracked the foiling tack this year while training with their AC45 Sport test boat in Bermuda. Long regarded as the holy grail of the America’s Cup, the manoeuvre has been the last significant barrier prev...

Bermudian Tristan Loescher has completed an internationally recognised yachting instructor course as part of his professional development at the America’s Cup Endeavour programme. Loescher, a full-time member of the AC Endeavour team, travelled to Br...

Just when you thought that Cecilia Wollmann’s year could not get any better, it just did. Fresh off a maiden Olympic appearance in Rio de Janeiro, the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club sailor has made the final cut on the team to represent Bermuda a...

Bermudian Vicki Abraham has been appointed director of communications and marketing for America’s Cup Bermuda. Ms Abraham will start work in a full-time role for ACBDA and America’s Cup Event Authority in September, responsible for communicating what...

Jimmy Spithill can hardly wait to take delivery of the racing yacht that Oracle Team USA will use to defend their America’s Cup title in the Great Sound next year. “As a sailing team, we can’t wait to get our hands on it and learn how to get the most...

Tom Slingsby is expected to resume training with his Oracle Team USA team-mates this month. The Oracle sailing team manager, helmsman and tactician is on the mend after having surgery to replace a damaged disc in his back at the DISC Sports & Spine C...

Emirates Team New Zealand sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke laid down a marker after dominating yesterday’s opening day of racing for the double-handed 49er fleet at the Summer Olympics in Rio. The 2015 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year award wi...