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Sunday’s America’s Cup World Series Race Info
America’s Cup Race Management [ACRM] Race Director Iain Murray has announced that today’s [Oct 18] racecourse will once again be located to the west of Two Rock Passage in the Great Sound. “The Bermuda Weather Service confirmed that a band of showers will cross the Island this morning and are expected to clear for this afternoon’s racing.... Read more of this article
Sunday: Three America’s Cup Races Scheduled
Sunday’s racing in Bermuda will have more points on offer than any other day in the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series to date, the organisers said this evening. “After racing was abandoned on Saturday due to extremely light winds, a third race has been added to the schedule on Sunday,” the America’s Cup said. “All... Read more of this article
What Is The Wind Forecast For Sunday?
[Updated] The first day of America’s Cup racing was cancelled today [Oct 17] due to low winds, however according to multiple weather sources, tomorrow is predicted to have higher winds, with most forecasts suggesting that Sunday will have at least double the wind that today did. The organisers said, “Racing has been abandoned for the day,... Read more of this article
Mariners Reminded Of “Green Boating Ethics”
The Waste Management Section of the Ministry of Public Works and the Corporation of Hamilton said they “would like to remind charter boats and the boating public at large to observe good environmental stewardship during this weekend’s Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Bermuda Races. “AC events are Clean Regattas, following... Read more of this article
Over 1,000 Boat Owners Register To Watch AC
The Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Bermuda will see an impressive number of spectators on the Great Sound to watch the first racing in the host venue of the America’s Cup, the organisers said today. “Over 1000 local boat owners have registered their craft to be on the water for the races on Saturday and Sunday,” the ACBDA said. “All... Read more of this article
Photos: America’s Cup Endeavour Day Held
Endeavour Day was held today [Oct 15] with the official opening of the east end facility of the America’s Cup Endeavor Community Sailing Program, with a number of activities taking place throughout the event. Students from local schools were invited to help celebrate the event, which featured an opening ceremony, an Endeavour race, a Bermuda Pilot... Read more of this article
Explaining The America’s Cup Sailing Races
There are six teams racing in this weekend’s Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series. They are racing to earn cumulative points for the overall two-year World Series competition and also to win the Bermuda event. The race course is made up of a start line, finish line and turning marks. It is also defined by an electronic boundary, for which the... Read more of this article
Hamilton Sponsors AC Endeavour Programme
Hamilton Insurance Group – the Bermuda-based holding company for insurance and reinsurance operations in Bermuda, the US and at Lloyd’s — today [Oct 14] announced its participation as an Official Partner of Endeavour, the America’s Cup youth sailing programme. Funds donated by Hamilton will be used by the America’s Cup Event Authority... Read more of this article
Endeavour Day To Mark Sailing Facility Opening
Endeavour Day will be marked on Thursday, October 15 with the official opening of the east end facility of the America’s Cup Endeavor Community Sailing Program, with the event getting underway at 12.45pm. Nearly 550 students between the ages of 9 and 12 have been invited from local schools to celebrate the event, which will feature an opening... Read more of this article
Argo CEO Watson Treats Children To Thrill Ride
On Saturday [Oct 10] Argo Group CEO Mark E. Watson, III, took ten school children from around Bermuda for the ride of their young lives aboard an M32 catamaran. The children were from the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club’s sailing programmes with the public school system and home school group and included a mix of boys and girls. Argo Group CEO Mark Watson... Read more of this article
BlackMatch Racing Wins Argo Group Gold Cup
Adam Minoprio’s BlackMatch Racing has won the 67th annual Argo Group Gold Cup. The Kiwi crew defeated Keith Swinton’s Black Swan Racing from Australia, 3-2, in a dramatic final. With a southerly wind blowing around 10 knots the crews were racing the width of Hamilton Harbour. That placed the windward mark under the southern shore and in... Read more of this article
Argo Group Gold Cup Moves Into Semifinals
The semifinals of the $100,000 Argo Group Gold Cup features a past champion, a two-time runner-up, a 12-time entrant and a young gun aiming to upset the balance. Crews led by skippers Taylor Canfield, Adam Minoprio, Björn Hansen and Keith Swinton advanced to the next round of the regatta after surviving a light and patchy day on Hamilton Harbour where... Read more of this article
