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Videos: TeamBDA Advance To Youth AC Finals
TeamBDA triumphantly sailed their way to the finals of the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup after two days of strong racing on the Great Sound. With the support of Bermudians in the America’s Cup Village and on the water, the home team fought hard for their place in the finals of the competition and finished in the middle of the leaderboard with 45... Read more of this article
Marion Bermuda Race Fleet Down to 42 Boats
[Written by Talbot Wilson] Tuesday afternoon the fleet in the boat Marion Bermuda Race fleet got smaller by three more boats. Ray Cullum in ‘Frolic’ a McMullen & Wing Dixon 44 was becalmed, Robert Purcell’s ‘Swell’ a Beneteau 40 had no wind and Kenneth Olsen’s ‘Skellum’ an Oyster 47 in persistent light air have all retired. The... 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
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
47 Boats Continue Marion Bermuda Yacht Race
[Written by Talbot Wilson] Monday morning the forty-seven boat Marion Bermuda Race fleet was in a bunch from 225nm away from Bermuda to about 310nm out. They are trying to make their way, but having a tough go of it. Boats at the top of the YB Tracker’s Leaderboard are ‘Lucy Georgina’, XP44 skippered by Peter Bacon, the scratch [fastest] boat... Read more of this article
Video: 2017 Rendez-Vous Tall Ships Regatta
The City of Hamilton released a short video commemorating the Tall Ship Fleet that recently visited Bermuda, one of the stops on the Rendez-Vous 2017 Tall Ships Regatta. The Tall Ship Regatta is a 7,000 nautical mile Trans-Atlantic race to six countries to mark the 150th Anniversary of the Canadian Confederation through its founders and founding provinces. The... 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
Smooth Sailing For Marion Bermuda Race
[Written by Talbot Wilson] Forty-seven boats are enjoying a pleasant sail so far in the Atlantic Ocean near or in the Gulf Stream. They are racing from Marion to Bermuda in the 40th Anniversary of the Marion Bermuda Race. The scratch [fastest] boat ‘Jambi’, a new Hinckley Bermuda 50 skippered by John Levinson and race veteran ‘Defiance,’ a Swan... 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
