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Bermuda Race Announces New Division Assignment Method |
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5/8/2013 8:22 AM
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The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee has introduced a performance screen(.xls) for the 2014 Newport Bermuda Race. The purpose is to identify modern lightweight, high-performance boats with large sail plans for assignment to the Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Division, and lower-performance boats for assignment to the St. David’s Lighthouse Division.
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Bermuda Race Certified as Clean Regatta by Sailors for the Sea |
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7/16/2012 9:09 PM
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The 2012 Newport Bermuda Race has been awarded a Silver Certificate as a Clean Regatta by Sailors for the Sea, a non-profit organization founded and chaired by David Rockefeller Jr. that is dedicated to educating the boating community about protecting the oceans.
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Prize Update: Corinthian Trophy returned by Carina |
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6/29/2012 8:55 PM
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The day after the Newport Bermuda Race prizegiving in Bermuda, the Bermuda Race Organizing Committee (BROC) learned that an error occurred in the ISAF classification for a crewpeson aboard Carina.
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Trouble on the return trip from Bermuda |
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6/26/2012 9:57 PM
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The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee learned from Bermuda Harbour Radio on Tuesday that two boats returning from the Newport Bermuda Race had faced emergency situations that are being managed by Bermuda Radio and the US Coast Guard
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Christopher Dragon wins Royal Bermuda YC Anniversary Regatta |
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6/23/2012 6:09 AM
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Following a week of celebrating a fast passage in the Newport Bermuda Race, the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club hosted its Anniversary Regatta presented by the Butterfield Group Friday. ‘Christopher Dragon’, the J122 owned by Andrew Weiss from Mamaroneck NY, took the New York Yacht Club Trophy for first in the 31-boat fleet.
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Bermuda Race Prize List Posted |
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6/22/2012 3:10 PM
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The prize list for the 2012 Newport Bermuda Race has been posted, including three special seamanship awards.
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Results Now Official |
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6/22/2012 11:32 AM
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The official results for the 2012 Newport Bermuda Race were posted at 1130 Friday.
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Lilla Takes Cruiser Division |
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6/22/2012 6:25 AM
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‘Lilla’, the big red Briand 76 (IRL7600) owned by Simon and Nancy De Pietro of Cork, Ireland and Mattapoisett MA, sailed a fast straight-forward Newport Bermuda Race and won Class 13 in the Cruiser Division.
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Two if by Sea |
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6/21/2012 12:03 PM
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Most think they're crazy. Their husbands and wives think they just do it to get away from them. And most of the time they don't even see their co-skipper but for a few minutes in between watches. The reality of the growing doublehanded Bermuda Race fleet, however, couldn't be further from these common beliefs
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Naval Academy Boats at Top of Bermuda Race Fleet |
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6/21/2012 11:49 AM
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When three young skippers in U.S. Navy uniforms step forward on Saturday afternoon to accept their boats’ trophies at the traditional Bermuda Race prizegiving ceremony, they will represent another tradition stretching back three-quarters of a century.
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J/44s Tighter than Ever |
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6/20/2012 12:57 PM
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A rhumbline race will produce a tight race in any class but no one could have predicted five J/44s exiting the Gulf Stream virtually within sight.
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Two Jibes, Two Tacks: Carina Leads Another Thrash |
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6/19/2012 5:48 PM
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It may seem a little boring: one long, 635-mile port-tack reach in a 15-25 knot northeasterly, sailing mostly under jib and main. The fact is that the smaller boats had a lot more complicated challenge, and they’re the ones that did well on corrected time.
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Details of Evacuation of Ill Sailor |
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6/18/2012 7:33 PM
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Intense efforts on the part of many people came to a satisfying end before dawn on July 18 when an ill sailor was evacuated from a yacht competing in the 635-mile Newport Bermuda Race.
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Sunday Afternoon Bermuda Race Update by John Rousmaniere |
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6/17/2012 7:05 PM
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As of 1800 Sunday, six boats had finished the 2012 Newport Bermuda Race, each of them breaking an elapsed time course record. In addition, more has been learned about two boats that withdrew from the race.
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Saturday PM Update from John Rousmaniere - Sprinting and Thrashing to Bermuda |
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6/16/2012 1:00 PM
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When the 6-hour delay came off the Yellowbrick tracker on Saturday afternoon, it wasn't as though the doors to Sailing Reality were suddenly thrown open. There's been plenty of Reality to spare for the sailors over the last day and also for those of us who happen to be on shore this year, who have been in such conditions, and who can easily imagine the mixed pleasures and challenges and anxieties of sailing so close to the edge.
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Race Tracker Going Live Ahead of Schedule |
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6/16/2012 11:00 AM
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In light of the historic potential of this particular race, weather conditions, and the less than likely circumstances that even minor changes in tactics will take place in the next 11 hours...
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Race Update 0800hrs Saturday |
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6/16/2012 8:00 AM
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Sixteen hours into the 48th Newport Bermuda Race, the northeast wind that sent the fleet off at high speed under spinnakers on Friday has strengthened offshore and held up all night. Four boats have retired from the race due to damage, with no reported injuries.
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Change in Tracker Delay |
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6/15/2012 12:00 AM
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The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee has changed the period of the automatic 6-hour time delay to the first 36 hours of the race, instead of 48 hours, as first announced.
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Elapsed Time Records |
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6/15/2012 12:00 AM
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The entire Bermuda Race fleet got off the starting line so fast in the moderate to fresh northeast wind on Friday afternoon that everybodys mind naturally ran to new elapsed time records.
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Yellowbrick Tracking Policy and Links |
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6/11/2012 12:00 AM
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Yellowbrick Tracking is providing satellite tracking for the 2012 Newport Bermuda Race using trackers (transponders) placed on board the racing boats.
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June 5 Inspection Deadline Reminder |
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5/17/2012 12:00 AM
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June 5 is the deadline for onboard inspections of Bermuda race boats. As of May 15, 103 boats had not scheduled their inspections.
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