A Landlubber's Guide to The America's Cup

A Landlubber's Guide to The America's Cup: Opinion
A Landlubber's Guide to The America's Cup

A Landlubber's Guide to The America's Cup: Opinion

There’s this scene in the 5th season of Seinfeld. Newman, the villainous mailman, comes slithering into Jerry’s apartment pleading to borrow the talents of a lip-reader Jerry had recently met. When Jerry says no, Newman leaves, but not before delivering an ominous warning. “You remember this – when you control the mail, you control the information!”The reason this comes to mind is because Bermuda Industrial Union chief Chris Furbert discovered this January that when you control public transport, you control…

February 27, 2017

The Landlubbers' Guide to the America's Cup: Team BDA
A Landlubber's Guide to The America's Cup

The Landlubbers' Guide to the America's Cup: Team BDA

After a selection process that began with 100 candidates, the final 11 members of Bermuda’s Red Bull Youth America’s Cup team were named this August. Over the course of 12 months and brutal training camps, the team represents the best…

December 12, 2016

The Landlubbers Guide to the America's Cup: Racing the BAR
A Landlubber's Guide to The America's Cup

The Landlubbers Guide to the America's Cup: Racing the BAR

The ACWS is the first stage of competition in the 2017 America’s Cup and features all of the America’s Cup teams racing in foiling, one-design AC45 catamarans. For the top two overall finishers, the series represents an early opportunity to…

September 9, 2016

Sailboats Don't Fly
A Landlubber's Guide to The America's Cup

Sailboats Don't Fly

Sailing is a thinking man’s game. Skippers learn to search for wind shifts in the way the sun shimmers on the waves or shuddering ripples belie a favourable “puff”—a pocket of low-pressure on the course signifying stronger winds and an…

July 25, 2016

A Landlubber's Guide to The America's Cup

Slideshow: Foil Fest

Last weekend was Foil Fest in Dockyard, presented by The America's Cup and in conjunction with WEDCO. The hugely successful event featured the three 'resident' America's Cup teams participating in friendly races, as well as a number of other races…

June 30, 2016

A Landlubber's Guide to The America's Cup

The Science Side of the America’s Cup

The new exhibit at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute is a sailing nerd’s dream. And if you’re not already fascinated by the technical side of the sport, chances are you will be. Ahead of the 35th America’s Cup next summer,…

June 22, 2016