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Team selection is never an exact science and Sir Russell Coutts, the Oracle Team USA CEO, is the first to admit that the task of choosing the best group to defend the “Auld Mug” at the 35th America’s Cup in Bermuda is indeed a daunting one. “The ama...

The 34th America’s Cup was arguably the most exciting in the event’s history. Sir Russell Coutts, CEO of Oracle Team USA, predicts that the next one — to be held in Bermuda in 2017 — will raise the bar even higher. At the previous event in San Franci...

The first J Class sloop ever built for Sir Thomas Lipton’s fifth and final America’s Cup challenge could potentially grace Bermuda’s waters when the Island hosts a J Class regatta in 2017. Shamrock V, the only remaining wooden J Class sloop, lost ag...

Cecilia Wollmann, the young Bermuda sailor, has qualified for this summer’s Pan American Games in Toronto after an impressive performance at the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Miami, Florida, last month. The 16-year-old punched above her weight in a matur...

There is no such thing as the perfect athlete. But if one did exist, sailing legend Sir Russell Coutts would certainly be a serious contender for the accolade. As a helmsman in his heyday, the New Zealander never lost an America’s Cup Match, hanging...

America’s Cup chiefs will work with the Corporation of St George ensure the Olde Towne does not miss out on the opportunities provided by the 2017 sailing spectacle. Event organisers, who met this week in Bermuda, are looking at the possibility of ho...

The Bermuda Sloop Foundation has received a $25,000 donation courtesy of two local companies, plus mentoring for ten middle school students to sail on the training vessel Spirit of Bermuda. The donation came from reinsurers Guy Carpenter and Marsh. S...

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Public Accounts will conduct a public hearing on Thursday at 2.30pm in the Senate Chamber at the Cabinet Building. It is expected that the Standing Committee will deliberate on matters relating to public fu...

Organisers of the Marion to Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race have offered this year’s entrants an additional bonus of preferred viewing of the America’s Cup in 2017. Racers will earn priority status at the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club (RHADC) to exp...

The America’s Cup has selected NBC Sports Group as its partner for the 2017 sailing spectacle. As well as the America’s Cup finals in Bermuda, the Group has also secured the rights for the America’s Cup World Series events in 2015-16, the America’s C...

Iain Percy has fond memories of sailing in Bermuda. It comes as no real surprise therefore that the double Olympic medal-winner is thrilled that the Island will host the 35th America’s Cup at one of his favourite sailing destinations. “I love Bermuda...

By Colin Thompson Sailing Correspondent Oracle Team USA, the America’s Cup holders, will christen their new wing-sail foiling AC45 catamaran during this month’s training camp in San Francisco. The AC45 was used in the last America’s Cup World Series ...