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MP Kenneth Bascome has urged America’s Cup organisers to consider holding World Series races in St George’s Harbour. The call comes just a week after it was revealed that Hamilton Harbour could potentially provide the backdrop for America’s Cup World...

Young, fit, strong and enthusiastic. That is the standard that those keen on representing Bermuda in the next Red Bull Youth America’s Cup will have to live up to, according to Sir Russell Coutts, the America’s Cup legend and Oracle Team USA CEO. Co...

John F Kennedy was the consummate helmsman, figuratively and literally. His long political career, first as a Congressman and US Senator, then as America’s President, was a case study in steering and trimming his sails to take maximum advantage of co...

The first America’s Cup Class catamaran is set to make its debut this week in the Great Sound — venue for the 35th instalment of the “Auld Mug”. Oracle Team USA, the defender, are scheduled to launch their wing-sail foiling AC45 on Friday. Over the c...

Dean Barker has been linked with a Japanese syndicate who are expected to announce their challenge for the America’s Cup in the next few days. The New Zealander was helmsman of Emirates Team New Zealand who came within a point of beating Oracle Team...

A Bermuda team could compete in the next Red Bull Youth America’s Cup. Sir Russell Coutts, the America’s Cup Event Authority and Oracle Team USA CEO, is believed to be keen to see Bermuda among the teams vying for Team New Zealand’s title at the next...

Oracle Team USA’s new Bermuda base at the Royal Naval Dockyard was intended to be the main focus at yesterday’s traditional roof wetting ceremony. But most of the discussion and attention centred around the team’s impressive wing-sail foiling AC45 ca...

French broadcaster Canal+ has acquired the broadcast rights to the America’s Cup for more than 50 international territories, including France, Monaco and French-speaking Switzerland. Under the new deal, Canal+ will broadcast live racing and highlight...

Rome Kirby, the Oracle Team USA trimmer, is having an absolute “blast” sailing in the Great Sound. The son of Jerry Kirby, a veteran of six America’s Cup campaigns, has been sharpening his foiling skills this week with some of his team-mates in the P...

Tim Patton has hailed Bermuda’s impressive showing at this year’s IODA South American Optimist Championships in Paracas, Peru. The Island’s youth sailors punched above their weight in the team racing event for the Nations Cup, reaching the quarter fi...

An estimated $242 million is expected to be generated in direct spend for Bermuda’s economy as a result of the America’s Cup. This is according to a Potential Economic Impact Assessment, the results of which were announced yesterday. The report, prep...

Jimmy Spithill, the Oracle Team USA skipper, has recovered sufficiently from elbow surgery to resume training on the team’s wing sail foiling AC45 catamaran. The multiple America’s Cup winner, ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year and past King Edward ...