Adriana Penruddocke, Nancy Rickmann, Jade Smith, and Moriah Wheddon have all completed a course and qualified as Royal Yachting Association (RYA) Start Windsurfing Instructors under the watchful eyes of Simon Winkley RYA Windsurf Trainer, and RYA Windsurf Trainer Moderator Tris Best.
Best said, “Since March 2020 during the Easter Holidays, Bermuda’s first RYA Start Windsurfing Instructor course had been planned but then put on hold due to the coronavirus covid-19 pandemic.
Recently we had 4 candidates, including 3 local Bermudians, take part in the 5-day course run at one of our Royal Yachting Association Accredited (RYA) recognized training centers.
This course was run by an RYA Windsurfing Trainer and moderated at the end, by an independent RYA Windsurfing trainer.
All 4 candidates, Adriana Penruddocke, Nancy Rickmann, Jade Smith, and Moriah Wheddon qualified as RYA Start Windsurfing Instructors. This is a great achievement to help to bring RYA to start Windsurfing to the island and encourages others to try this fun sport.”
Saturday, September 18, 2021
Bermuda Sailors Conclude Invitational Cup
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Southern Yacht Club were crowned the 2021 ROLEX New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup Champions.
The Bermuda boat skippered by James Macdonald, along with his crew Jon Corless, Tom Miller, Lexa Macdonald, Jeff Roach, Walter Smith, Paul Watson, and Alison Hill, finished in last place in the 19 boat fleet.
The Southern Yacht Club team has become the second team to ever win sailing's premier Corinthian big-boat championship.
Macdonald and his crew finished the first race of the final day of racing in 14th place, they would then finish in 18th in the second race and final race of the day.
They finished the regatta with 209 points, while the Southern Yacht Club finished with 48 points.
Friday, September 17, 2021
Freemont-Smith Crowned IOD World Champion 2021
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Race Day Five which was the Final Day of the International One Design Class 85th Anniversary & World Championship 2021 on the Great Sound saw , Tom Freemont-Smith crowned Champion.
Two more races were sailed, Freemont-Smith finished 5th in the first race of the day and the ninth of the series, and then crossed the line 1st in the second race, Freemont-Smith finished with 21 Net points.
John Burnham and Peter Rugg finished in second place this after they finished 7th in the first race, and then crossed the line 2nd in the second race, and they came off the water with 23 Net Points.
Bermuda’s Patrick Cooper finished in 3rd, this after winning the first race and then 6th in the second race, he had 29 Net Points.
International One Design Class 85th Anniversary & World Championship 2021 Day Five Overall Provisional Results
21 Tom Freemont-Smith 23 John Burnham & Peter Rugg 29 Patrick Cooper 37 Urban Ristorp 48 Phil Kennedy 49 Nick Schoeder 53 Ronny Friberg 69 Rick Pierce 71 Leif Skorge 74 Peter McCausland 82 Marc Migliazzo
Friday, September 17, 2021
Bermuda Sailors Have a Better Day in Invitational Cup
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Loads of drama on the water today on Race Day 4 of the 2021 Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup. San Diego Yacht Club clinched 1st place in both Race 9 and 10, continuing their climb up the leaderboard and the pressure is officially ON for Southern Yacht Club.
The Bermuda boat skippered by James Macdonald, along with his crew Jon Corless, Tom Miller, Lexa Macdonald, Jeff Roach, Walter Smith, Paul Watson, and Alison Hill, had their best day on the water, although they remain in last place in the 19 boat fleet.
Macdonald and his crew finished the first race in 18th place, they would then finish in 16th in the second race, they then finished 13th in the final race of the day.
Macdonald and his crew have 177 points, while the Southern Yacht Club boat skippered by John Lovell representing the USA continues as the leader with 39 points.
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Bermuda Sailors Continue Invitational Cup Struggles
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Sailors competing in the 2021 Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup including the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Sailing Team faced one of the most challenging days on the water in the history of this storied event.
The fleet had periods of a wave, a shift, a patch of no wind, a trench of disturbed air, a picket fence of competitors on starboard tack.
The Bermuda boat skippered by James Macdonald, along with his crew Jon Corless, Tom Miller, Lexa Macdonald, Jeff Roach, Walter Smith, Paul Watson, and Alison Hill, struggled yet again remaining in last place in the 19 boat fleet.
Macdonald and his crew finished the first race in 19th place, they would then finish in 18th in the second race, they then finished 18th in the final race of the day.
Macdonald and his crew have 148 points, while the Southern Yacht Club boat skippered by John Lovell representing the USA continues as the leader with 28 points.
Another Bermudian sailor is also competing in the event, Lance Fraser, tactician for Royal Canadian Yacht Club said, "The boats are amazing, it’s frustratingly close racing. Every inch matters, every tack matters, every shift matters. If you end up on the wrong side of a few things, you get deep and it’s really hard to get back. We’ve had an OK regatta so far, we need to keep pushing, basically no more mistakes at this point."
