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Bermuda’s Team Advance To Youth AC Finals
[Updated] Bermuda’s team — TeamBDA — made it through to the finals of the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, which will take place on June 20th and 21st, after finishing 4th in their group. The races which determined this have just been completed and we will update with further information as able. Update 8:08pm: Light winds again... Read more of this article
SJD World Creates America’s Cup Activity Book
All America’s Cup licensees have been through a process to win approval of their proposed product, but SJD World had an additional hurdle to overcome – getting kid approved. Not only did Creative Directors Stephan Johnstone and Anna Terceira convince the America’s Cup Event Authority that their product was worthy, they also chose to get it... Read more of this article
Red Bull Youth America’s Cup To Continue
It is day two of the Pool B Qualifiers for the 2017 Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, with the six teams that kicked off the action on day one back on board their AC45Fs on the Great Sound to fight for the four spaces available in the 2017 Red Bull Youth America’s Cup Finals. Yesterday [Monday] saw the start of the competition commence with the six... Read more of this article
Start Of America’s Cup Superyacht Regatta
Today [June 13], the America’s Cup Superyacht Regatta starts, as a part of the overall America’s Cup Superyacht Program. A fleet of twenty yachts measuring a minimum 24m in length – including an array of J Class yachts – will compete for the Boat International America’s Cup Superyacht Regatta Trophy. The trophy is currently held by... Read more of this article
Reminder About AC Village Hours This Week
Today [June 13] is the last day to visit the America’s Cup Village this week, until it reopens on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th, the ACBDA said. The ACBDA said, “The people of Bermuda have been repeatedly visiting the America’s Cup Village to soak up the vibrant atmosphere, top class entertainment and of course spectacular and exciting racing... Read more of this article
Bermuda In Third After First Day Of Youth AC
[Updated with video] The Red Bull Youth America’s Cup began today [June 12] on Bermuda’s Great Sound, the same waters that had just seen the conclusion of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Challenger Playoffs, and at the end of day one, Bermuda’s team are in third place overall after an impressive first day of Red Bull Youth America’s Cup... Read more of this article
Photos, Results & Video: NZ Defeats Artemis
Peter Burling’s Emirates Team New Zealand has earned a rematch against Oracle Team USA for the 35th America’s Cup. It was a nerve-wracking afternoon for New Zealand fans, who saw the first attempt at sailing race seven abandoned when the wind died. But 10 minutes before the last possible starting time for racing, Regatta Director Iain Murray determined... Read more of this article
Small Fire Occurs At Bar Area At AC Village
Yesterday evening [June 11] a small fire occurred in an exterior area of the Goslings Dark ’n Stormy Island Bar. An America’s Cup Event Authority [ACEA] spokesperson said, “A small fire occurred yesterday evening in an exterior area of the Goslings Dark ’n Stormy Island Bar. “It was immediately put out by event staff, then Bermuda Fire... Read more of this article
AC: Challenger Playoffs & Youth AC Begins
Not only is this the day that Peter Burling and Emirates Team New Zealand could become the official Challenger to Oracle Team USA, but it also the start of the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup and the first appearance in race action of local favourites TeamBDA. In the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Challenger Playoffs Finals, the score stands at 4-2 to... Read more of this article
Training Puts Young Sailors To The Test
The teams for the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup continue training, with the six teams in Pool B proving that the future of sailing is bright as they mastered their AC45F catamarans on Bermuda’s Great Sound. Despite sometimes wild and windy conditions that were tough even for the senior teams contending in the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Challenger... Read more of this article
BTA: Big Week For Nautical & Cultural Tourism
Nautical and cultural tourism activity intensifies in the east and central parts of the island this week with the Marion to Bermuda Race, Superyacht Regatta, J Class Regatta and Bermuda Carnival activities unfolding almost simultaneously, the BTA noted, adding that in addition, the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup gets started in the Great Sound, featuring... Read more of this article
Photos, Video, Results: NZ Sprint To A 4-2 Lead
Sunday dawned with dark clouds and stormy skies in Bermuda and an ominous forecast – rain showers and thunderstorms were expected throughout the afternoon, with winds anywhere from 7 to 17 knots. Peter Burling’s Emirates Team New Zealand started the day with 2-1 lead in the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Challenger Playoff final over Nathan Outteridge... Read more of this article
Impact Of Youth America’s Cup On Sailing
Will the young participants of the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup impact the future of the sport? Just ask three of the world’s most decorated sailors. “I think it already has had an impact,” says two-time America’s Cup Champion Jimmy Spithill of Oracle Team USA. “The winning New Zealand team from 2013 has graduated several sailors to Emirates... Read more of this article
Photos, Video, Results: Kiwis Take 2-1 Lead
A man overboard incident on Artemis Racing handed the scoreboard advantage to Peter Burling’s Emirates Team New Zealand squad on day one of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Challenger Playoffs Final. Nathan Outteridge, the skipper of Artemis Racing, slid off the back of the Swedish challenger at a critical point in the third race of the day, immediately... Read more of this article
Meet Germany’s Youth America’s Cup Team
Collectively, the individual members of SVB Team Germany have won multiple titles ranging from nationals to Europeans and the Junior World Championship. Their skipper Max Kohlhoff knows just what it’s like to take on the planet’s best youth sailors, because he was a bowman for the German team in the 2013 edition of the Red Bull Youth America’s... Read more of this article
Video: Bermuda’s Youth AC Team Highlighted
This week’s ‘Minute with Mikaela’ highlights Bermuda’s team for the Youth America’s Cup, saying, “TeamBDA is Bermuda’s entry into the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, which was develop to provide a pathway for youth sailors to get into the America’s Cup. “They are the home team and they will be competing against... Read more of this article
