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Lawyer Amanda Mochrie is on course to make Newport Bermuda Race history. Barring a late withdrawal in the final lead up to this year’s race, the seasoned offshore sailor will become the first female to skipper a Bermuda yacht in the race’s 106-year h...

Local sailing legend Warren Brown has donated one of his most prized trophies to the Newport Bermuda Race’s newest class. Brown has donated the prestigious Grimaldi Coupe Prada Cup he won at the helm of War Baby in the Mediterranean Sea several years...

Olympic-bound sailors Jesse and Zander Kirkland endured a tough day at the office at the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth, England yesterday. Provisional results at press time showed the siblings 30th in the 38-boat 49er fleet after posting ...

Readjusting to heavy air racing will be among the top priorities for Olympic-bound sailors Jesse and Zander Kirkland at this week’s Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth, England. The regatta, that gets underway today, is a final dress rehearsal ...

West End Sailboat Club commodore Emily Deshields has a passion for sailing that perhaps runs deeper than the Great Sound on which her club borders. “I love to watch the sailboats in the harbour, it’s a feeling like no other,” she said. The wife of p...

Academy and Emmy Award -winning actor Louis Gossett Jr has been given the honour of starting this year's Long Distance Comet Race. The American has accepted an invitation to be a guest of race hosts West End Sailboat Club (WESC) and is looking forwar...

Accomplished sailor Allan Williams is the new man at the helm of Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club (RHADC). The past National International One Design (IOD) champion has succeded Robert Mason as the club’s commodore. He has also served as the RHADC’...

Britain’s Olympic team manager Stephen Park has defended the decision to stage next week’s Skandia Sail for Gold event at the same venue that will host Olympic sailing in July. British sailors fear that they may forfeit home advantage with the hostin...

But so far they have been unable to get down to the serious business of sailing due to skipper Jesse having come down with a stomach bug. “We are ready to go training, but unfortunately Jesse is fighting a stomach bug and so we couldn’t sail today (y...