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Constellation “Catches Train” To Bermuda
[Written by Talbot Wilson] Only six boats had finished the 2014 Newport Bermuda Race by late Tuesday afternoon in Bermuda — Shockwave, Bella Mente, Caol Ila, and Constellation have finished in the Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Division. Kodiak and Stark Racing Mad VII have finished in the St. David’s Lighthouse Division. The tally is six boats retired,... Read more of this article
Shockwave Crosses Line In 2 Days, 15 Hours
[Written by Talbot Wilson] George Sakellaris’ big white Richel/Pugh mini-maxi Shockwave crossed the finish line off Bermuda’s St. David’s Lighthouse Monday morning at 5:34 race time EDT [6:34AM local time]. Her elapsed time was 63:04:11. Bella Mente, Hap Fauth’s 72 foot Judel/Vrolijk mini-maxi, followed by seven minutes with her time at 63:11:25.... Read more of this article
Shockwave Wins The Newport Bermuda Race
[Written by Talbot Wilson] George Sakellaris’ Shockwave claimed first place in the Newport Bermuda Race this morning, with Hap Fauth’s Belle Mente coming in at a close second. For many of the 1500+ sailors on 162 boats on course to Bermuda in the 49th Newport Bermuda Race, yesterday’s Summer Solstice must have seemed like the longest night... Read more of this article
Follow The Newport Bermuda Race Fleet Online
[Written by Talbot Wilson] The 49th Newport Bermuda Race is right around the corner. Home-based spectators can track their favorite yachts, skippers or crewmembers in the 635-mile ocean classic starting June 20 from Newport Rhode Island. All boats in the 2014 fleet will be provided with Yellowbrick tracking modules before the start. Bringing the competition... Read more of this article
Carina Goes For Honours In Newport Bermuda
[Written by Talbot Wilson] Carina, the sturdy black-hulled McCurdy Rhodes 48 foot sloop now owned by Rives Potts of Westbrook CT, has sailed the classic Newport Bermuda Race 20 times, more than any other boat. Under her original owner, Richard Nye she won the St. David’s Lighthouse Trophy in 1970. Potts won the trophy with Carina in 2010 and 2012.... Read more of this article
Sailing Onion Patch Entry Deadline Is On Monday
[Written by Talbot Wilson] Entries close Monday, June 9 at 5PM EDT for the New York Yacht Club 160th Annual Regatta presented by Rolex, Stage 1 of the Onion Patch Series. The first IRC division race on Saturday June 14th and the first IRC division race on Sunday June 15th count as the first stage of the traditional Onion Patch Series. The new Navigator’s... Read more of this article
Junior Sailors Competing In IODA Championship
[Written by Talbot Wilson] A team of young Optimist Sailors left Bermuda this week for Punta del Este, Uruguay to represent Bermuda at the International Optimist Dinghy [IODA] South American Championships. They are the cream at the top of a crop of up and coming and very talented young Bermuda sailors. Racing will begin 12 April and conclude 19 April. The... Read more of this article
Tour Card Holders ‘All In’ for Argo Gold Cup
[Written by Talbot Wilson] The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club and Argo Group issued 17 initial invitations for Bermuda’s 2014 Argo Group Gold Cup. All of the 8 Alpari World Match Racing Tour [Alpari WMRT] Card Holders have told Alpari Tour management that they will sail in Bermuda. Match racing for the King Edward XVII Gold Cup Trophy is scheduled to start... Read more of this article
Sailing Community Remembers Lord Wedgwood
[Written by Talbot Wilson and Bonnie L. Cook, Philadelphia Inquirer staff writer] Piers Wedgwood, a British lord and fifth-generation great-grandson of Josiah Wedgwood, creator of the distinctive blue and white pottery that embellishes tea tables and china collections, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, of cardiac failure at the Hospital of the University of... Read more of this article
Bruni Takes Ainslie To Win Argo Group Gold Cup
[Written by Talbot Wilson and Laurie Fullerton] It was a battle of America’s Cup tacticians Sunday in Bermuda. In one of the most exciting finals in Argo Group Gold Cup history, Francesco Bruni (ITA) Luna Rossa put a stop to the comeback kid, Sir Ben Ainslie (GBR) BART/Argo Group. Bruni won the first two races and then Ainslie took two and looked... Read more of this article
Ainslie And Bruni Draw First Blood In Semi Finals
[Written by Talbot Wilson and Laurie Fullerton] In the very light and shifty conditions, the Semi Finals were delayed after only one race in each match. Sir Ben Ainslie [GBR] BART/Argo Group defeated Adam Minoprio [NZL] Team Alpari FX in a runaway. Ainslie was masterful in picking his way through the shifts and taking the best of the puffs. The sole... Read more of this article
Argo Cup Semi Finals: Ainslie Will Race Minoprio
[Written by Talbot Wilson and Laurie Fullerton] As the top finisher in the Group 2 Stage 1 Qualifying round, Sir Ben Ainslie [GBR] BART/Argo Group, who had defeated Bjorn Hansen [SWE] eWork Sailing Team earlier Friday to qualify for the Semi Finals, was first to pick his opponent for the Semi Finals of the Argo Group Gold Cup. Ainslie saying, “its... Read more of this article
