International Sailing Race Week Kicks Off Sunday

[Written by Talbot Wilson] Bacardi’s Bermuda International Invitational Race Week action begins this Sunday in the waters of Bermuda’s Great Sound. The annual event organized by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club and supported by the Spanish Point Boat Club will feature racing in four one-design classes — Comets, Lasers, International Etchells and International One Designs [...]

“Athena” Superyacht Docks In St George’s

One of the largest privately owned sailboats in the world arrived in St. George’s Harbour on Sunday [Apr.8] morning and is now berthed at Ordnance Island. The Cayman registered mega yacht Athena is an approximately 300 feet long schooner. The visiting mega yacht has 17 people on board and arrived while on route from the [...]

South American Championships Conclude

The 2012 International Optimist Dinghy Association [IODA] South American Championships wrapped up in San Isidro, Argentina this weekend. Team Bermuda — Rory Caslin, Chase Cooper, Ceci Wollmann, Mikey Wollmann and Benn Smith joined the fleet of 160 sailors from 17 countries and were racing for seven days on the River Plate, just north of Buenos [...]

Tall Ship Seeks Doctor For UK Voyage

Tall Ships Bermuda has been advised that The Jubilee Sailing Trust [JST] vessel “Tenacious” is in urgent need of a doctor for a transatlantic voyage from Bermuda to Southampton, England. The Tall Ship will be arriving in Bermuda from the Caribbean at the weekend and departing on Monday 16 April 2012. The voyage to Southampton [...]

Sailors Patton And Nicholls Excel In Italy

The World Record Regatta in Italy came to a close on Sunday [Apr.8] on Lake Garda as the 1,100 Optimist sailors from 26 Nations raced their boats together for one last time. There continued to be an amazing “wow” factor for many spectators as the boats left the shore and sailed off to their racing [...]

‘Spirit Of Bermuda’ Joins Newport Bermuda Fleet

[Written by Fred Deichmann] The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that the Bermuda Sailing Foundation’s sail-training schooner “Spirit of Bermuda” will join the 2012 Newport Bermuda Race fleet, sailing in the new ‘Spirit of Tradition’ Division. The biennial classic gets underway in Rhode Island on June 15. Her participation is expected to [...]

Patton Rises Above Light Wind Chaos

Day 2 of the World Record Breaking Lake Garda Optimist Regatta will be remembered for the light winds of the morning and the chaos that resulted. However Campbell Patton will remember it for the day he finished 4th and 2nd in his fleet. The Race Committee started the first races of the day in light [...]

Local Sailors In World Record Regatta In Italy

The World Record Breaking Regatta at Lake Garda started on yesterday [Apr.5] with over 1,100 competitors from 26 countries racing their Optimists in 2 age gategories. Bermuda sailors Campbell Patton (11) and Matilda Nicholls (10) have been training hard with the Nationals Squads from Poland and Switzerland with Coach Zizi Staniul. Yesterday racing started and [...]

Junior Sailors 4th Place In Argentina

Team Bermuda has earned a day off after reaching the half way point of the 2012 IODA South American Championships in Argentina. Eight fleet races have been completed over 3 days, and youngest team member Mikey Wollmann is the top Bermudian in 30th place, having secured 3 top ten finishes in the 8 races sailed. [...]

Bermuda Sailors Competing In Argentina

Local junior sailors have been training in San Isidro, Argentina for the last week preparing for the 2012 IODA South American Championships. The Bermuda Optimist Dinghy Association (BODA) qualifiers consist of Rory Caslin, Chase Cooper, Ceci Wolmann, Mikey Wolmann and Benn Smith. The Bermuda team enjoyed the opening ceremonies put on by hosts Club Nautica [...]

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