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Marion Race Offers Front Row To America’s Cup
[Written by Talbot Wilson] Sail the 2017 Marion Bermuda Race starting June 9th from Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, enjoy all the post-race fun and activities at the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club and stay on for your front row seat at the 2017 America’s Cup on Bermuda’s Great Sound. In an effort to provide the best possible viewing opportunity... Read more of this article
Aspen Named Title Sponsor For Viper 640 Sailing
The Viper 640 Class Association, Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, and Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club announced Aspen has been named the title sponsor for the Class’s 2016 International Championship: The Aspen Viper 640 International Championship presented by EFG. “This major regatta will be sailed from November 16-19, 2016 on Bermuda’s Great... Read more of this article
Results: Fitted Dinghy Racing In Granaway Deep
The final round of the Bermuda Fitted Dinghy Association’s 2016 season racing was held in the Granaway Deep. The racing season concluded with all races taking place with young skippers at the helm on a regular basis. Challenger II skippered by Owen Siese won the 400th Anniversary Cup over Contest III skippered by Connor Astwood, while Elizabeth II... Read more of this article
Brangman & Matthews Win Marsha L Regatta
The Bermuda Comet Season continued with the Marsha L Trophy Regatta just off the West End Sailboat Club. Five boats went to the start line with Dale Brangman and Comorie Matthews winning the Regatta with 5 points after winning the final race. All sailors can drop their worst finish in the four race series. Gladwin Lambert and Stefan Maybury finished... Read more of this article
America’s Cup Highlights “Ultimate Then & Now”
With 165 years of history behind it, the America’s Cup has had a long and storied past, with a recent tweet highlighting some of the differences between then and now by comparing the winning vessel of the event’s inaugural race and defending champion Oracle Team USA’s craft. The photo associated with the tweet shows the two vessels... Read more of this article
Sailing Instructor Earns International Designation
Bermudian Tristan Loescher has completed an internationally recognized yachting instructor course as part of his professional development at the America’s Cup Endeavour program. Mr Loescher, a full-time member of the AC Endeavour team, travelled to the UK this July to complete the Royal Yachting Association’s Instructor training course. This... Read more of this article
Final Team Selected For Youth America’s Cup
Bermuda’s team for next year’s Youth America’s Cup is now complete with the final 11 members selected after an intensive training camp held last week. Last week’s training camp saw the participants sailing in Nacra 17s, an Olympic class catamaran, as they showcased their skills and development as sailors and teammates. The final members of... Read more of this article
Bermuda Sailors Finish In Top 10 In California
Bermuda sailors Michael Wollmann and Camille Chin-Gurret — both 16-years-old – finished competing in the youth division of The C420 North American Championship and ninth overall after four days of racing. Wollmann – fresh from watching his sister Ceci compete in the 2016 Olympics – and Chin-Gurret achieved the result in their... Read more of this article
Young Sailors Competing In C420 In California
Bermuda sailors Michael Wollmann and Camille Chin-Gurret — both 16 years old — are presently competing in the C420 North American Championship in California, and after two days of sailing are in 10th place. They have now both aged out of Optimist sailing and are sailing in both Lasers and now 420 classes. The C420 North American Championship... Read more of this article
America’s Cup Sailors Secure Olympic Gold
Emirates Team New Zealand sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke – who will compete in the America’s Cup in 2017 – have secured the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Rio after winning the first two races of the Olympic regatta. In all, the pair were able to achieve seven top-three finishes out of the 12 total races. The sailors finished... Read more of this article
Photos & Results: Wednesday Night Sailing
Twenty-two boats went to the start line for Race Day Twelve of the 2016 Wednesday Night Sailing that begins and ends in the Hamilton Harbour. Cross Fire crossed the line first with a time of 1:06:31 and with their corrected time of 1:12:58 saw them finish 5th on the night. Nasty Medicine was the second boat to cross the line clocking a time of 1:12:44,... Read more of this article
Video: Sailor Pimentel Aiming For 2020 Games
Following his performance at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Bermuda’s Cameron Pimentel called it “a great experience,” with his coach saying that he performed “very, very well.” Mr. Pimentel said, “It was a great experience; I think it went well. It could have been better, but I’m overall happy with how the... Read more of this article
