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Ground has been broken on the site in Dockyard that will form the base for 35th America’s Cup defender Oracle Team USA. The multi-building complex, that will house Oracle’s fleet of wing sail AC62 foiling catamarans, is situated just east of the twi...

The make-up of the new body tasked with preparing Bermuda for the 2017 America’s Cup has been revealed by Grant Gibbons, the Minister for Economic Development. Dr Gibbons said that America’s Cup Bermuda Ltd (ACBDA) would be funded by an annual govern...

Spirit of Bermuda will be among the local entries in the 2015 Marion to Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race. Businessman Jim Butterfield has chartered the triple masted sloop for the 645 nautical mile race that starts on June 19 in Buzzards Bay off Marion, ...

Sir Ben Ainslie, principal and skipper of Great Britain’s 35th America’s Cup syndicate, can not wait to get harnessed into the NACRA F20 catamaran and begin foiling around the Great Sound at high speed. The greatest sailor in Olympic history and Amer...

History was made at the Royal Naval Dockyard yesterday when Ben Ainslie Racing rolled out the first foiling catamarans to reach these shores. Curious pedestrians and motorists watched in awe as an advance party from the 35th America’s Cup challenger ...

Sir Ben Ainslie and his racing team arrive in Bermuda on Sunday for a weeklong training exercise in preparation for the 2017 America’s Cup. The most decorated sailor in Olympic history is hardly a stranger to local shores, where he won the 1995 ISAF...

Four of the six syndicates to be featured in the 35th America’s Cup are being represented at this week’s 2015 International Moth World Championships in Sorrento, Australia. Sailors from Oracle Team USA, Emirates Team New Zealand, Artemis Racing and ...

A death in the family nearly cost local sailing legend Kirk Cooper a date with America’s Cup history. In the lead-up to the 25th America’s Cup match in 1983, when challenger Australia II ended 132 years of American dominance, Mr Cooper was afforded ...

Jimmy Spithill, the skipper of 35th America’s Cup Defender Oracle Team USA, has placed plans to undergo elbow surgery on the back burner. The 2014 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year was due to have an operation this month to rectify an elbow injury ...

A late proposal that would have seen a Bermuda team compete in the 35th America’s Cup has fallen by the wayside. A spokesman for a group behind the ambitious plan confirmed yesterday that they had considered entering a team, but have since had a chan...

Six new job opportunities have been advertised by the America’s Cup Event Authority in the build-up to the 2017 sporting spectacle. The positions, which include graphic designer, event manager, community outreach manager, receptionist, client service...

The 35th America’s Cup has all the makings to become one the most fiercely contested in the event’s 163-year history. That is the prediction of Jack Griffin, the sailing expert and author, who served as brand manager for Swiss defender Alinghi in the...