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Final 15 Selected For Bermuda’s Youth AC Team
After a grueling last training session that pushed them to their physical limits the final 15 members of Team BDA have been selected to compete against some of the best young sailors in the world in the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup. The last trial to select Team BDA members was held over the weekend at the Oracle Team USA base and at AC Endeavour... Read more of this article
Phaedo3 To Set The Pace For Antigua Race
Lloyd Thornburg’s American MOD70 Phaedo3 will be attempting a record run from Antigua to Bermuda this April with a view to joining the Antigua Bermuda Race next year. Phaedo3 has set multiple world records over the past 12 months, including the Antigua to Newport passage, taking just 3 days, 5 hours, 55 minutes and 12 seconds to complete the 1,560... Read more of this article
Sailing: 2016 Newport Bermuda Deadline Looms
[Written by Talbot Wilson] The June 17, 2016 Newport Bermuda Race, the 50th Thrash to the Onion Patch, is shaping up to be the largest since the 2006 Centennial celebration. The call for Applications for Entry [AFE’s] in the ocean classic went out January 12 and just over two months later the race is almost fully subscribed. As of March 18, organizers... Read more of this article
Oracle To Mentor Bermuda’s Youth Sailing Team
Oracle Team USA will mentor Team BDA in preparation for the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, which means the soon-to-be-selected team of young Bermudian sailors will automatically advance to the Qualifying Series on the Great Sound in 2017. The announcement comes as Team BDA contenders tonight [Wednesday March 23] begin the last training camp which... Read more of this article
Sailing: Looking Back At RC44 Bermuda Cup
The RC44 Bermuda Cup was a glamorous start to 2016 season. The four days of fleet racing on Bermuda’s Great Sound produced fickle conditions which meant the pressure was on the the team coaches to analyse the performance at the end of each day to see where gains could be made. We caught up with 1984 Los Angeles Olympic gold medallist and team... Read more of this article
Photos: “Roald Amundsen” In St. George’s
The Tall Ship Roald Amundsen recently docked in the east end, and according to online marine trackers, the German-flagged vessel sailed in after traveling from Havana, Cuba. In describing the ship, the Sail Training website says, “The brig Roald Amundsen offers the unique experience of sailing on a traditional Tall Ship. Our ship sails all the... Read more of this article
Team BDA Hopeful Combines Passion, Degree
Emily Nagel, a 22-year-old in her final year of an Engineering Degree at Southampton University in the United Kingdom, is aiming to represent Bermuda as part of the the island’s Team BDA in the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, with her endeavors in the sport including not only sailing, but boat building as well. Regarding her history with the sport,... Read more of this article
Youth Sailors To Compete In Salinas Ecuador
Bermuda youth sailors are heading to Salinas, Ecuador to compete in the International Optimist Dinghy Association’s[IODA] South American Championships. The team of 6 were chosen after a qualification series of 20 races to determine the top sailors. Representing Bermuda will be Jordan Etemadi, Sebastian Kempe, Luke Madeiros, Rian McDonnell-Geraghty,... Read more of this article
Victory For Team Magenta 32 In Bermuda
After two near perfect days of racing on Bermuda’s Great Sound, Team Magenta 32 skippered by Sally Barkow clinched victory at the third and penultimate stage of the M32 Series Bermuda posting an impressive eight wins out of fifteen races over the two day regatta. ‘We had some great starts, good speed and not too many mistakes’ commented Barkow... Read more of this article
Videos: Four Days Of The RC44 Bermuda Cup
A last minute charge from Vladimir Liubomirov’s Bronenosec Sailing Team was not enough to displace Chris Bake’s Team Aqua from the top of the leaderboard at the conclusion of the RC44 Bermuda Cup, the first event of the Sir Russell Coutts-conceived one design’s 10th anniversary season which was held recently in Bermuda. Fleet Racing Day 1 –... Read more of this article
Six Teams Competing In M32 Sailing Series
This weekend sees the return of six M32 teams to the waters of the Great Sound in Bermuda for the third stage of the M32 Series Bermuda. Teams from Great Britain, North America and Sweden will compete in a fleet racing series over two days including a new long distance race to gain valuable points towards the 2016 Bermuda Series. Not only is the M32... Read more of this article
Artemis Racing Officially Opens Bermuda Base
Artemis Racing officially declared their new America’s Cup base in Bermuda open and fully operational on Friday. Hundreds of guests attended the opening ceremony held indoors, including Torbjörn Törnqvist, Artemis Racing team principal, Premier Michael Dunkley, local dignitaries, sponsors, local contractors, team members and their families. Torbjörn... Read more of this article
