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Gold Cup Quarterfinal Round Packed With Action
If today’s late-afternoon form holds through to tomorrow morning, Ian Williams’s Team GAC Pindar will square off against Taylor Canfield’s Team Stars+Stripes for the championships of the 70th Bermuda Gold Cup and 2020 Open Match Racing World Championship. Williams’s and Canfield’s crews lead their semifinal series, 2-0, against Jeppe Borch’s... Read more of this article
Teams Advance To Gold Cup Quarterfinals
Teams from Denmark and Sweden have advanced to the quarterfinal round of the 70th Bermuda Gold Cup and 2020 Open Match Racing World Championship. A spokesperson said, “A pair of Scandinavian crews, Jeppe Borch’s Borch Racing Team from Denmark and Johnie Berntsson’s Berntsson Racing Team from Sweden, advanced to the quarterfinal round of the... Read more of this article
Day 2: Bermuda Gold Cup & Open Match Racing
The second day of the 70th Bermuda Gold Cup and 2020 Open Match Racing World Championship took place yesterday. The southwesterly wind between 10 and 16 knots propelled six crews into the Quarterfinal Round. Chris Poole’s Riptide Racing, Phil Robertson’s China One Ningbo and Eric Monnin’s Capvis Swiss Match Race Team advanced from Group A while... Read more of this article
First Day Of 70th Bermuda Gold Cup Action
The 70th Bermuda Gold Cup and 2020 Open Match Racing World Championship has opened with its first day of sailing action, with Phil Robertson’s China One Ningbo and Torvar Mirsky’s Mirsky Racing Team leading their respective groups after day one of the round robin. A spokesperson said, “As Phil Robertson’s China One Ningbo and Torvar Mirsky’s... Read more of this article
Dickinson Wins Edward Gates Smith Regatta
Stephen Dickinson picked up yet another win, this time claiming victory in the Edward Gates Smith Comet Regatta. Dickinson and Mickia Brangman won all three races collecting 3 points, Gladwin Lambert and his crew Jaire Shields were second with 7 points, and Maxwell Curtis and his crew Stefan Furbert finished third with 8 points. Edward Gates Smith Comet... Read more of this article
Open Match Racing Worlds To Start On Monday
After a year in which many regattas were postponed or cancelled due to the novel coronavirus, the specter of International One-Design [IOD] sloops thrashing about Hamilton Harbour is welcomed by all associated with the 70th Bermuda Gold Cup and 2020 Open Match Racing Worlds, which begins on Monday [Oct 26] with gold and silver awaiting the winner at... Read more of this article
Sailing: Female Skippers To Race In Open Worlds
Another glass ceiling for women in sailing will be shattered next week at the 70th Bermuda Gold Cup and 2020 Open Match Racing World Championship when two accomplished female skippers – Pauline Courtois of France and Anna Östling of Sweden – will race in the Open Worlds for the first time ever. “Women’s crews have been regular entrants... Read more of this article
Nine Complete Endeavour Career Springboard
Nine participants completed the 2020 Endeavour Maritime Career Springboard Programme, hosted by Endeavour Community Sailing, on October 8. A spokesperson said, “Endeavour Community Sailing, a registered charity and non-profit that engages Bermuda’s youth in experiential learning, partners with the Bermuda College Professional & Career Education... Read more of this article
Oct 23 – 31: Bermuda Catamaran & Yacht Week
The Bermuda Catamaran & Yacht Week will be held from October 23 to 31, with the events set to include a Catamaran Flotilla, Marina Nights, Catamaran Rally, Breakfast & Bubbles Cruise, Spirit of Bermuda Dinner Cruise, and Float-up Movie. A BTA spokesperson said, “Visitors and residents are encouraged to reclaim summer in the middle of fall.... Read more of this article
Photos: Dickinson Wins Hendrickson Memorial
[Updated with photos] The Comet Class was back on the water off the Mid-Atlantic Sailboat Club competing in the Lawrence Stickers Hendrickson Memorial Regatta. Stephen Dickinson picked up where he left off winning the first three races of the Regatta. Dickinson and his crew Mickia Brangman ended with 3 points, while Maxwell Curtis and Stefan Furbert... Read more of this article
Three Named To Bermuda Race Roll Of Honour
Three sailors — John Alden, Kirk Cooper and Bjorn Johnson — have been named to the Bermuda Race Roll of Honour. A spokesperson said, “Created in 2006 with the centennial of the first “Thrash to the Onion Patch,” the Bermuda Race Roll of Honour recognizes and celebrates extraordinary sailors who have sailed across the Gulf Stream... Read more of this article
Sailing: Lineup Confirmed For Bermuda Gold Cup
The lineup for Bermuda Gold Cup and 2020 Open Match Racing Worlds has been confirmed, with a field of 16 entrants. A spokesperson said, “World and event champions highlight a fleet adorned with accolades for the celebratory 70th Bermuda Gold Cup and 2020 Open Match Racing World Championship, hosted by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Oct. 26-30. “Sweden’s... Read more of this article
