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The AC45 catamaran flying above the water at speed in the Great Sound will be “a sight to behold”, according to Iain Percy, the multiple Olympic gold medallist and world champion. It was announced yesterday that Bermuda will host an America’s Cup Wor...

America’s Cup officials believe the Island is an ideal place to host an America’s Cup World Series event next year. Acknowledging Bermuda’s famous reputation for hospitality, Harvey Schiller, the event’s Commercial Commissioner, said it was obvious f...

America’s Cup organisers will announce the venue in December. Both Bermuda and rival San Diego have made their final submissions — and both competitors for the 2017 multimillion-dollar races have taken their best shot. “We’re moving forward on the ho...

Dr Grant Gibbons, the Minister of Education and Economic Development, has declined to comment on a claim that Bermuda has offered “financial incentives” to bring the America’s Cup to the Island. Bermuda is locked in a battle with San Diego to decide ...

Bermuda’s sailors made considerable inroads at the International Optimist World Dinghy Championships in Argentina yesterday. Making the biggest gain was George Buckley who climbed 20 places up the leaderboard from 45th to 25th after placing 27th in t...

San Diego has made a final effort to convince the rest of the world, and more importantly the selection committee, that it is more suitable than Bermuda as the site to host the 35th America’s Cup in 2017. The Californian city has released a five-minu...

The International Optimist Dinghy Association World Championships are proving to be a steep learning curve for Bermuda’s mostly inexperienced team in Argentina. Tayte Stefaniuk is the only member of the team of five to qualify for the Yellow Flight, ...

Brett Wright missed out on a podium finish by just four points at the recent Audi Laser Masters’ World Championship in Hyeres, France. Wright placed fifth out of 70 competitors in the Laser Radial Great Grand Master division. He was on course to fini...

America’s Cup sailing came to Hamilton Harbour at the weekend — well, sort of. An International Moth, owned by Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Sailing Academy director Tom Herbert-Evans, turned heads at the Argo Group Gold Cup as it sped around on hydrofoil...

The adrenalin-packed sport of gig rowing is zipping right for Bermuda, thanks to the St David’s Island Historical Society. Gig rowing, also known as pilot boat racing, was popular on the Island until the 1930s when marine technology became more sophi...

Johnie Berntsson captured a second Argo Group Gold Cup title in six years in Hamilton Harbour yesterday. Berntsson and his Stena Sailing team-mates defeated Eric Monnin and Swiss Match 3-1 to pocket the $50,000 winner’s cheque. The Swedish skipper ju...

A frontal system edging its way towards Bermuda resulted in light winds, a grey sky and racing eventually being canned early, but not before yesterday’s remaining quarter-final flights had been completed at the Argo Group Gold Cup, the sixth stage of...