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An Optimist dinghy stolen from the West End Sail Boat Club last week has been discovered in the Great Sound. The single handed sail training boat, which now has a damaged hull, has been returned to the club, next to the lodging where team members of ...

There was plenty of cause for celebration for the crew of Spirit of Bermuda yesterday. The triple masted sloop, chartered by businessman and former Olympic rower Jim Butterfield, took third in line honours in this year’s Marion to Bermuda Race - her ...

By Colin Thompson Sailing Correspondent The man responsible for developing the curriculum for the Bermuda Schools WaterWise programme has condemned the theft of a dinghy used to train young sailors. Gus Miller, the veteran Finn sailor, Olympic sailin...

By Colin Thompson Sailing Correspondent The first Marion to Bermuda Race yacht has arrived in Bermuda. Charles Cahill’s Meriton 65, Mischievous, seized line honours yesterday evening after taking just over three days to complete the 645 mile race. Wi...

Oracle Team USA, the defender of the America’s Cup, will launch a second foiling, wing-sail 45ft prototype catamaran in local waters this summer. Grant Simmer, Oracle’s general manager, said the new prototype boat will be more advanced than the team’...

A sailor has died on one of the yachts competing in the Marion to Bermuda Race. Bill Fasnacht, who was sailing on Class B yacht Legacy V, died of an apparent heart attack on Saturday night. Crew mates tried CPR for an hour, using the on-board defibri...

By Colin Thompson Sailing Correspondent Police have launched an investigation into the theft of a youth development sail boat from the West End Sail Boat Club on Watford Island in Somerset. The seven-foot long Optimist Dinghy was removed from the clu...

A sick Marion sailor was brought into Bermuda on Sunday after being picked up at sea by the Norwegian Dawn. The crewman, who was suffering from nose bleeds, was evacuated on to the cruise liner on Saturday evening as the Dawn headed towards Bermuda a...

Thrill seeker Laquita Minors was looking for a new adventure so when the chance to sail in the Marion to Bermuda Race arrived she grabbed it with both hands. “Now that I am in a later part of my life you kind of start thinking outside of the box and ...

Forty-five yachts got off to an exciting upwind start yesterday in 10-13 knot southwesterly breezes and after making several tacks faded in the distance as they headed for open seas down the rhumb- line towards Bermuda. “The start was very exciting,”...

Bermuda Oyster will still play a part in the 20th Marion to Bermuda Race — well, sort of. Paul Hubbard’s 43ft sloop was forced to withdraw from the biennial ocean race on her delivery from Bermuda to Marion last week because of engine and sail proble...

After several failed attempts Governor George Fergusson is finally getting his opportunity to sail in an ocean race to Bermuda. The Governor is among the crew of Spirit of Bermuda which is the sole local entry in the 645 mile Marion to Bermuda Race —...