Crew Evacuated After Yacht Strikes Whale

[Updated] A yacht sailing from Bermuda was abandoned yesterday [May 18], and the crew were evacuated after striking a whale and sustaining damage to the hull. Skipper Joost Gehrels, doubted that the boat — called Outer Limits — could safety return to Bermuda and issued a MayDay to request immediate assistance. Bermuda Radio contacted vessels [...]

‘Morning Glory’ Wins PHRF Championship

The inaugural championship for Bermuda yachts run under the PHRF handicap system took place on Saturday [May 12], with 16 teams entering the 3 race competition for the Ignition Trophy. The PHRF handicap system allocates each boat a handicap, based on her design, and that is used to adjust her time to complete a course [...]

Sailing: World’s Team Trials Completed

The final races of the BODA Worlds Trails were sailed last weekend with 2011 National Champion Rory Caslin clinching the top spot as expected. Caslin never let the lead go during the 20 race series which spanned 4 race days over 3 weekends . Close behind in second place was Mikey Wollmann who sailed consistently [...]

Time Lapse Video: Building Spirit of Bermuda

The camera ran for three years as Rockport Marine in Maine built the “Spirit of Bermuda,” with the footage assembled into the two minute video clip below. Launched in 2006 and operated by the Bermuda Sloop Foundation, the “Spirit of Bermuda” is an educational vessel intended to introduce its crews of young Bermudians to the [...]

International Sailing Race Week Kicks Off Sunday

[Written by Talbot Wilson] Bacardi’s Bermuda International Invitational Race Week action begins this Sunday in the waters of Bermuda’s Great Sound. The annual event organized by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club and supported by the Spanish Point Boat Club will feature racing in four one-design classes — Comets, Lasers, International Etchells and International One Designs [...]

“Athena” Superyacht Docks In St George’s

One of the largest privately owned sailboats in the world arrived in St. George’s Harbour on Sunday [Apr.8] morning and is now berthed at Ordnance Island. The Cayman registered mega yacht Athena is an approximately 300 feet long schooner. The visiting mega yacht has 17 people on board and arrived while on route from the [...]

South American Championships Conclude

The 2012 International Optimist Dinghy Association [IODA] South American Championships wrapped up in San Isidro, Argentina this weekend. Team Bermuda — Rory Caslin, Chase Cooper, Ceci Wollmann, Mikey Wollmann and Benn Smith joined the fleet of 160 sailors from 17 countries and were racing for seven days on the River Plate, just north of Buenos [...]

Tall Ship Seeks Doctor For UK Voyage

Tall Ships Bermuda has been advised that The Jubilee Sailing Trust [JST] vessel “Tenacious” is in urgent need of a doctor for a transatlantic voyage from Bermuda to Southampton, England. The Tall Ship will be arriving in Bermuda from the Caribbean at the weekend and departing on Monday 16 April 2012. The voyage to Southampton [...]

Sailors Patton And Nicholls Excel In Italy

The World Record Regatta in Italy came to a close on Sunday [Apr.8] on Lake Garda as the 1,100 Optimist sailors from 26 Nations raced their boats together for one last time. There continued to be an amazing “wow” factor for many spectators as the boats left the shore and sailed off to their racing [...]

‘Spirit Of Bermuda’ Joins Newport Bermuda Fleet

[Written by Fred Deichmann] The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that the Bermuda Sailing Foundation’s sail-training schooner “Spirit of Bermuda” will join the 2012 Newport Bermuda Race fleet, sailing in the new ‘Spirit of Tradition’ Division. The biennial classic gets underway in Rhode Island on June 15. Her participation is expected to [...]

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