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Bermuda’s Penny Simmons made a promising start in his bid for a seventh IOD World Championship in yesterday’s blustery conditions in the Great Sound. The Bermuda Sports Hall of Fame skipper posted finishes of second and eighth in the two races sailed...

Chase Cooper’s decision to arrive in Mexico early to practise with top female Optimist sailor Odile Van Aanholt paid huge dividends for the Bermudian sailor at last week’s IODA North American Championships. The promising sailor produced Bermuda’s bes...

A tornado tore through Somerset yesterday morning, damaging buildings and vehicles in a flurry of destruction before drifting off shore. The tornado ripped a section of the Prince Albert Lodge's roof onto a passing car, smashed windows and capsized s...

A tornado — or water spout — has hit part of Somerset village causing extensive damage. One person wrote on Twitter “Twister in somersrt. Just missed us. And almost killed the guy in this car.” One person wrote on our Facebook page: “Walking along so...

Two-time defending champion Elliott Wislar will rest his title on the line when the 2012 International One Design (IOD) World Championship commences in the Great Sound on Sunday. The American is among the pre-regatta favourites in a star-studded fiel...

Chase Cooper remains firmly on course for a top ten finish at the 2012 IODA Optimist North American Championships in Mexico. The Bermudian sailor is currently 13th in a field of 149 competitors at the halfway stage of the 12-race series being contest...

Varsity sailor Kyle Burgess has been unanimously voted Sailor of the Year and named to the All-Virginia Interscholastic Sailing Association (VISA) team. The Bermudian had these honours bestowed upon him after helping Christchurch School achieve glory...

Lots of social and cultural history surfaced on Sunday at the 70th Anniversary Luncheon of the West End Sail Boat Club. The moving spirit behind the founding of WESBC was a man named George Osrola Philpott. Better known and reverred as “Ossie”, he w...

Bermuda Sloop Foundation’s Spirit of Bermuda will be among the 2013 Marion Bermuda Race participants, The Royal Gazette can reveal. The triple masted schooner has been chartered by local businessman Preston Hutchings and several of his friends and wi...