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Sunderland, Coast Guard, Drop Bermuda Race Claims |
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7/11/2010
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Abby Sunderland’s father and the U.S. Coast Guard have retracted statements that a boat was lost in the 2010 Bermuda Race. “We take Laurence Sunderland’s charge very seriously because we take safety extremely seriously,” says Race Chairman Bjorn Johnson.
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Bermuda Winners Celebrate at Government House |
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6/27/2010
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His Excellency the Governor of Bermuda Sir Richard Gozney and guest presenters handed out 113 trophies and prizes for contestants and a special award for race Chairman Bjorn Johnson.
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How Carina Won |
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6/23/2010
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Some of the tactics that help bring Rives Potts' Carina to a first place finish in the St. David's Lighthouse Division.
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Division Leaders Become Clear |
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6/23/2010
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Though 25 boats are still out in the course, provisional results point to winners in each of the race's five divisions.
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Carina wins St. David's Lighthouse Trophy |
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6/23/2010
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Carina has won the St. David’s Lighthouse Division in the 2010 Newport Bermuda Race. Owned and sailed by Rives Potts (Westbrook, CT) with a crew blending four families, Carina is the 46th winner of the race’s top trophy in the 104-year history of the race.
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Genuine Risk, Rán, Aurora Win |
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6/21/2010
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With race conditions stable and fair by Bermuda Race standards, the winners in the fastest classes won by strategy and execution, not brawn.
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Carina leads class by 60 miles |
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6/20/2010
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While the focus of attention has been on the big, Open Division boats, Carina, a Class 3 McCurdy & Rhodes 48 skippered by Rives Potts, appears to have made the most of the Gulf Stream.
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Friday Morning Pre Start Report |
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6/18/2010
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With the Bermuda Race start imminent, the fleet’s watching the weather, there’s a new SI for the finish line, and the Onion Patch Series has some surprises.
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184 Boats to Start 47th Newport Bermuda Race Friday |
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6/17/2010
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The 184-boat international fleet is the third largest in the race’s 104-year history, with nearly 2,000 sailors on an often demanding course that runs 635 miles across the Gulf Stream to the finish off St. David’s Head, Bermuda.
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Weather a likely decider in this year's Bermuda Race |
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6/17/2010
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Settled weather and a favorable current parallel to the rhumb line will likely turn this year's race into a game of weather strategy. We take a look at some of the factors and yachts competing in the 2010 Newport Bermuda Race.
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Gulf Oil Disaster Impacts Newport Bermuda Race |
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6/10/2010
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The starting line for the Newport Bermuda Race will take on a new look this year. When the first warning sounds at 1:50PM on Friday afternoon June 18th, it won’t come from the deck of the US Coast Guard vessel Juniper, but from the deck of the 126-foot S&S Pilothouse Ketch Axia.
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Eight Bells: John B. Bonds |
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6/9/2010
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John Bledsoe Bonds – conscience of sailing, safety innovator and authority, and former Executive Director of U.S. Sailing – died on board his boat, Alliance, at Newport, R.I., on the night of June 8. He was 70. He and his wife, Beth, lived in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
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Bermuda Race Names West Marine Official Supplier |
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5/21/2010
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The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee has named West Marine as an official supplier for the 47th Newport Bermuda Race.
On May 28, West Marine opens its new Newport Flagship West Marine store in Middletown, RI.
The new store will provide free transportation for Newport Bermuda Race sailors between the Newport waterfront and the store.
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Bermuda Race Entries at 196 |
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4/6/2010
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With 196 entries, the 47th Newport Bermuda Race fleet is on track to be the third largest in the race’s history. The race has a wide range of boats. Niklas Zennstrom’s Rán in her first year won the 2009 Fastnet Race and also took Class 1 in the Sydney-Hobart, while St. David’s Lighthouse Trophy winner in 2006 and 2008, Sinn Fein, owned by Peter Rebovich, is a victory away from matching one of sailing’s most hallowed records – three straight Bermuda Race wins.
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