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Best of the Best Regatta Scheduled for December 1 - 4
The Best of the Best Regatta is on the schedule again, after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Minister of Agriculture, Marine Resources and Family Island Affairs, the Hon. Clay Sweeting made the announcement during a press conference held at the Ministry on Monday, 21st November, 2022. He said this year’s event will be the ‘best ever.’
McKinney-Lambert wins Cecil G. Cooke Junior Regatta
McKinney-Lambert wins Cecil G. Cooke Junior Regatta
Finley McKinney-Lambert won the prestigious 2022 Cecil G. Cooke Memorial Junior Regatta this past weekend. It was hosted at the Nassau Yacht Club. The annual event has become one of the most popular multi-class junior championships in the country. Sailing since he was just four years old, Finley, who is now 12, sails with the ...
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Bahamian rowers compete in Head of the Charles Regatta
Six rowers from the Nassau Rowing Club (NRC) and the Windsor High School Rowing Club traveled to Cambridge, Massachusetts to compete in the Head of the Charles Regatta on the Charles River this past weekend.
Cecil Cooke Memorial Junior Regatta set for this weekend
The 9th Annual Cecil G. Cooke Memorial Junior Regatta is set to be held in the Montagu Bay this coming Saturday and Sunday. A great display of junior sailing is expected this weekend. The event was initiated in 2014 by Cooke's daughter Sandra Cooke, to honor her father who was one of The Bahamas' greatest ...
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Regattas are Important to the National Development of The Bahamas
The $250,000 injected into the 2017 National Family Island Regatta is the largest contribution to regattas ever by The Government of The Bahamas and an expression of the value that the Government has for this Bahamian tradition...
Nassau Sailors dominate at Sunfish and Optimist Regatta in Marsh Harbour
The 21st Homer Lowe Memorial Sunfish Regatta was held over Motherʼs day weekend hosted by the Marsh Harbour Sailing Club. The Regatta was held in conjunction with the Hugh Cottis Memorial Optimist Regatta. The Optimist Dinghy is the top youth boat sailed by sailors up to the age of 16 in more than 100 countries throughout the world. The Sunfish is a boat well- known throughout the...
Ferguson to skip 'Regatta of Champions' for OPTINAMs
Ferguson to skip 'Regatta of Champions' for OPTINAMs
Following his outstanding recent performance, placing first in the silver fleet at the Optimist World Championships in Bodrum, Turkey, last month, 15-year-old sailor Craig Ferguson has been offered a prestigious invitation to participate in a brand new international event, the 'Regatta of Champions', scheduled to take place in Cyprus in November. Not only did Ferguson finish top ...
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Cancelled 'All For One' regatta frustrating sailor
Cancelled 'All For One' regatta frustrating sailor
As expected, the apparent cancellation of the ?All for One? Regatta is not sitting too well with sailing enthusiast ?King? Eric Gibson.
Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Charles Maynard was unavailable to confirm the reports yesterday, but boat owner and sailing enthusiast Gibson is irate about the sudden turn of events. He said that last year?s debacle should have showed the ministry how imp...
Tristan Eldon wins Subway's Cecil G. Cooke Regatta 2015
NASSAU, Bahamas -- 2015 was the second year The Bahamas National Sailing School and Nassau Yacht Club have hosted the Cecil G Cooke Memorial Jr Regatta. Sponsored by Subway and organized by Sandra Cooke, this regatta honors the late Cecil Cooke, one of this country's great sailors who competed with Sir Durward Knowles' in the 1960 Tokyo Olympics when they won the first ever gold medal for The Baha...
Junior rowers prepare for CanAmMex Regatta
Junior rowers prepare for CanAmMex Regatta
Local junior rowers have been putting in the work on Lake Cunningham as they prepare for competition at the 2022 CanAmMex International Regatta to be held on Fanshawe Lake in London, Ontario, Canada. It is set for July 11-12. The Bahamas' participation in the regatta is via a collaboration of two clubs - the Nassau Rowing Club ...