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Mark Watson leads the local contingent at the Etchells World Championships that got underway under sunny skies in Newport, Rhode Island, yesterday. After two of the scheduled nine races taking place in Rhode Island Sound this week, provisional result...

Nasty Medicine, helmed by Dr Stephen Sherwin, had all but clinched local bragging rights in the 49th Newport Bermuda Race at press time last night. Online tracking showed Sherwin’s Corby 41.5 within six miles of the finish line off St David’s Lightho...

Sipping champagne and Dark ‘n’ Stormy’s at the crack of dawn is the last thing that you would expect Greek sailor George Sakellaris to be doing. But yesterday proved to be an exception to the rule, and for good reason, as the 68-year-old captain of S...

Bermuda will be represented by two teams at the 2014 Etchells World Championship in Newport, Rhode Island. Flying the Island’s flag are Tim Patton and Mark Watson, who are both former national Etchells champions. Another local sailor, Jesse Kirkland,...

Premier Michael Dunkley yesterday expressed optimism over Bermuda’s chances of hosting the next instalment of the America’s Cup — the pinnacle of match race sailing. Bermuda remains among a shortlist of bidders vying to host the 2017 America’s Cup an...

Shockwave led the Newport Bermuda Race fleet across the finish line this morning, edging Bella Mente in a thrilling two-horse match race for line honors. Silhouetted by the sunrise in the backdrop, George Sakellaris’ 72-foot Mini Maxi crossed the li...

The 49th Newport Bermuda Race got off to a colourful yet inauspicious downwind start yesterday as subtle breezes reduced the racing fleet’s sail out of Narragansett Bay to a trickle at best. The sight of spinnakers collapsing as yachts gybed to starb...

Elijah Simmons, Tre Jones and Negasi Tucker are living proof that Bermuda Sloop Foundation’s youth development programme is alive and kicking. The Bermudian trio has served diligently in various capacities aboard the foundation’s sail-training sloop ...

The 49th Newport Bermuda Race will be a family affair for Jim Butterfield. The former Olympic rower, who has made two previous appearances in the 635-mile race, is sailing with his son Spencer aboard the triple masted sloop Spirit of Bermuda, which h...

The Newport Bermuda Race puts the skills of blue water sailors to the test navigating through a patch of the Atlantic Ocean known for challenging weather. The racecourse stretching from Castle Hill, Newport to St David’s, Bermuda is 635 miles long an...

Brian Hillier is on the verge of making local Newport Bermuda Race history. When Hillier’s J-125, Crossfire, sails across the starting line at the mouth of Narragansett Bay tomorrow afternoon, it will mark the first time that a yacht from St George’s...

James Doughty is a classic example of the proverbial ‘chip off the old block’. The Les-Roches University graduate is a third generation sailor, following in the wake of his late grandfather Alan and father Paul, whose name is synonymous with youth sa...