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Qualifying Groups Set For Argo Group Gold Cup
[Written by Talbot Wilson] In spite of Hurricane Gonzalo’s thrashing of the Onion Patch last week, the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club and the people of Bermuda are ready to host the 2014 Argo Group Gold Cup, Stage 6 of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour [AWMRT]. All 20 teams have arrived safely from their corners of the world and will practice for a... Read more of this article
Marion To Bermuda Race Registration Opens
The Marion to Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race announced the opening of registration for its 20th anniversary, which will commence on June 19, 2015. Supported by the Beverly Yacht Club of Marion, Massachusetts, the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club of Paget, Bermuda, and the Blue Water Sailing Club of Boston, Massachusetts, the race is open to seaworthy... Read more of this article
RenaissanceRe Junior Gold Cup In 12th Year
[Written by Laurie Fullerton] The Renaissance Re Junior Gold Cup, now in its 12th year, is known around the world as an international championship of junior champions. It runs parallel to the penultimate event on the World Match Racing Tour, the Argo Group Gold Cup. In fact, while the seniors battle it out on Hamilton harbor, the Opti sailors take the... Read more of this article
Ceci Wollmann Begins Competing In Peru
While Bermuda was getting battered by Hurricane Gonzalo, young saolor Ceci Wollmann began competing in the Laser South American Championships in Peru. At the end of the first day, Wollmann found herself in 31st place overall and 16th in the female division. Wollmann finished 21st in the first race, before finishing 35th in the second race and then... Read more of this article
Argo Group Gold Cup Survives Gonzalo
[Written by Talbot Wilson] The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club has announced that the Argo Group Gold Cup is still set to sail, albeit on a compressed schedule, starting on October 22. Using the one-day-delay plan announced last Wednesday, the Argo Group Gold Cup will be compressed to five days of racing and organizers will take advantage of the fine weather... Read more of this article
Sailing: Gonzalo Delays Argo Group Gold Cup
[Written by Talbot Wilson] In a meeting today [Oct 15] Argo Group Gold Cup organizers at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club [RBYC] took a close look at Hurricane Gonzalo‘s predicted track and intensity and decided to delay the event schedule by one day to allow crews the opportunity to reschedule flights to arrive after the storm has passed and the... Read more of this article
5 BODA Sailors To 52nd IODA Championship
Five Bermuda Optimist Dinghy Association[BODA] sailors head to the historic town of San Isidro Argentina this week to compete in the 52nd International Optimist Dinghy Association [IODA] World Championship from October 20-30, 2014. There are 214 sailors from 51 countries registered for this year’s championship. The IODA World Championships is where... Read more of this article
Evans & Dickinson Win Alton Millett Regatta
Rockal Evans & Stephen Dickinson are the 2014 Alton Millett Regatta Comet Race winners with action taking place off the East End Mini Yacht Club in the St. George’s Harbour this past weekend. Millett once held the Edward Cross Long Distance Title winning the race 11 times, Dickinson is now the leader of the Long Distance Race. Evans and Dickinson... Read more of this article
Sailing: Fleet Set For Argo Group Gold Cup
[Written by Talbot Wilson] The fleet is set for the 2014 Argo Group Gold Cup, Stage 6 of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour. Racing starts Tuesday, October 21 at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. Qualifying knockout Round-Robin matches consist of 20 teams divided into two groups. That’s followed by knockout Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and Finals. Leading... Read more of this article
Family Festival Of Sail On October 19th
The Family Festival of Sail will kick off the 2014 Argo Gold Cup activities on Sunday, October 19th at Barr’s Bay Park, adjacent to the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. There will be fun castles, live entertainment, free face painting, games interesting displays about early Bermuda sailors and pilots, and food stalls available at the park for a day of fun... Read more of this article
Dickinson, Young Win St. David’s Cup Regatta
Stephen Dickinson and Pat Young are the 2014 St. David’s Cup Regatta Comet Race winners with action taking place off the East End Mini Yacht Club in the St. George’s Harbour this weekend. Dickinson and Young finished the four race series with 3 points after recording 3 wins and a 4th. Scott Fox and his crew Wesley Tucker finished second with 5 points... Read more of this article
Ben Ainslie: Bermuda Is Better For The Purists
“There are pros and cons to each as far as hosting the actual America’s Cup is concerned. Bermuda is probably better for the purists with San Diego offering more commercial potential,” Sir Ben Ainslie said in a column for the UK’s Telegraph. The elite sailor also said that the venue for 2017 — which will be either Bermuda or... Read more of this article
