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In recent years the America’s Cup has gone from exemplifying sailing as the ritzy Sport of Kings to becoming one of the kings of televised sporting events. Traditional notions of yachts and yachtsmen — ketches so very elegant they seem to belong to t...

By Colin Thompson The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club’s Contest III retained the Heritage Trophy without having to take to the water on Saturday. The traditional May 24 Heritage Day racing in the east end was cancelled due to strong winds. The cancellation ...

Helmsman Peter Miller and crew of Contest III will rest one of the longest winning streaks in the history of Bermuda sports on the line during today’s fitted dinghy season opener in St George’s Harbour. The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club dinghy has won the...

More than two years after narrowly escaping death sailing to Bermuda, Canadian sailor Sergei Morozov has fulfilled his childhood dream of sailing around the world. Mr Morozov, who set out from Halifax on December 5, 2011 in the 35-foot sailboat Hikar...

The prospect of witnessing the pinnacle of sailing technology cutting through Bermuda’s waters at speeds up to 50mph is all too tempting for the Island’s top sailors and officials. And Bermuda’s chances of beating out San Francisco and two other coun...

Bermuda is in the running to host one of the most prestigious sporting competitions in the world after being shortlisted as a potential venue for the 2017 America’s Cup. And if the Island’s bid is successful, the sailing event could pump millions of ...

Bermuda is in the running to host one of the most prestigious sailing competitions in the world after being shortlisted as a potential venue for the 2017 America’s Cup. The Island submitted a bid to hold the event in March after being approached by o...

There is something about Bermuda that seems to bring the best out of Peter Wickwire. The Nova Scotia helmsman won the coveted Vrengen Gold Cup in the International One Design with a race to spare yesterday to bring the curtain down on Bermuda Interna...

Cameron Pimentel was the toast of the Spanish Point Boat Club after capturing Bermuda International Invitational Race Week honours in the Laser in yesterday’s light and shifty breezes in the Great Sound. The 2016 Olympic hopeful capped a dominant dis...

Cameron Pimentel is threatening to run away with the International Race Week Championship Trophy. The 23-year-old yesterday extended his lead in the Laser class taking part in the Bacardi Bermuda International Invitational Race Week after producing y...

Benn Smith earned the distinction of having his name inscribed first on the Bermuda International Invitational Race Week trophy for the Youth Laser fleet at the weekend. Smith dominated proceedings in the Great Sound, winning five of the eight races ...

A businessman and blue water sailor yesterday donated $1,000 to help stranded sailors who lost everything when their boat went down hundreds of miles off Bermuda. Jim Butterfield, of wholesaler Butterfield & Vallis, handed over the money yesterday af...