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Female Sailors Represent Well In Jr Gold Cup
[Written by Christina Sgobba] In a sport that’s traditionally dominated by boys, it’s becoming more common to see girl sailors on the water. That fact is no more apparent than at the RenaissanceRe Jr. Gold Cup. The Organizing Authority has made special allocations to ensure that 25% of the invited competitors are female. With girls achieving sailing... Read more of this article
Swinton & Steele Into Gold Cup Quarter Finals
Keith Swinton’s Black Swan Racing from Australia and Chris Steele’s 36 Below Racing from New Zealand have advanced to the Quarterfinal Round at the 67th annual Argo Group Gold Cup. The two crews led the Repechage Round yesterday and then held on yesterday [Oct 9] through a long day of racing to advance to the next round. Swinton won the repechage... Read more of this article
Repechage Round Underway At Argo Gold Cup
With six of the eight quarterfinalists set at the $100,000 Argo Group Gold Cup, all eyes are on the Repechage Round to see which two crews will join the action slated for Friday. At the end of today Chris Steele’s 36 Below Racing from New Zealand and Keith Swinton’s Black Swan Racing from Australia have the edge. They’re each at 2-0 with two of... Read more of this article
Photos & Results: Argo Group Gold Cup Sailing
The 67th annual Argo Group Gold Cup commenced today [Oct 7] with wind conditions that kept crews on their toes and will keep the repair crews up late tonight. The early leaders in the $100,000 match racing regatta, an event of the World Match Racing Tour, are Eric Monnin’s Swiss Match Race Team and Taylor Canfield’s USone. Monnin won three of his... Read more of this article
Spodberg To Defend RenRe Jr Gold Cup Title
Danish Optimist champion, Christian Spodsberg, has returned to Bermuda this week to defend his RenaissanceRe Junior Gold Cup title sailed in Optimist dinghies. Since his victory last October, Spodsberg has continued to rack up an impressive record which includes an 8th place finish at the IODA World Championships, a 2nd at the Lake Garda Meeting and... Read more of this article
Williams vs Walker At Argo Group Gold Cup
The seedings for the 67th annual Argo Group Gold Cup have been determined and racing for Group A is scheduled to begin tomorrow at 9 am [ADT]. The first match pits a skipper on top of his game, world No. 1 Ian Williams of Great Britain, against one who’s returning for the first time in three years, Bermudian ace Blythe Walker. The quirkiness of the... Read more of this article
Cooper To Compete In 2015 U.S. Team Racing
Bermudian intercollegiate sailor and Red Bull Youth America’s Cup hopeful, Mackenzie Cooper will be leaving most of his St. Mary’s College of Maryland teammates behind this weekend to join a team of accomplished college sailors competing at the 2015 U.S. Team Racing Championships. Cooper will join skippers Ian Barrows and Alex Curtiss on the 3-boat... Read more of this article
Register Your Boat To Watch The America’s Cup
Bermudian boaters are encouraged to watch the top America’s Cup sailors in the world as they race their AC45F catamarans across the Great Sound next month in the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series. Emirates Team New Zealand, led by the hot hand of Peter Burling, one of the youngest sailors in the fleet, currently sit atop the Louis Vuitton... Read more of this article
Argo Gold Cup To Feature America’s Cup Flair
America’s Cup sailors Dean Barker and Francesco Bruni join Royal Bermuda Yacht Club regular Blythe Walker in the lineup for the 67th annual Argo Group Gold Cup match racing regatta, scheduled Oct. 6-11. The Argo Group Gold Cup, an event of the World Match Racing Tour, enjoys preeminence among match racing regattas around the world. Year after year... Read more of this article
Premier Greets SoftBank Team Japan At Cabinet
With just a few weeks until the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Races, Premier Michael Dunkley recently welcomed sailors from SoftBank Team Japan to the Cabinet Office. The team is led by Dean Barker, who has been appointed skipper and CEO of the Japanese challenger. According to Team Japan details, Skipper Barker brings over 15 years of... Read more of this article
Second Try Out To Be Held: Youth America’s Cup
Less than 36 hours remain to sign-up ahead of the second try out for Team Bermuda’s entry in the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup. Thus far, 22 have submitted expressions of interest for the combine this weekend on Saturday, September 26th, 2015. In the first casting call last month, 50 young athletes were put through the paces. “In the first... Read more of this article
Seven Videos: America’s Cup Town Hall Meeting
The public were treated to an in-depth presentation on the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series recently at a Town Hall Meeting, and if you missed the presentation you can watch almost two hours of footage from the meeting below. “Held at St Paul AME Centennial Hall, the meeting drew a crowd of more than 200 to hear details about both the... Read more of this article
