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February 26, 2024
Exuma Sailing Club won Sir Durward Knowles National Junior Sailing Championship 'Overall Team Winner' Floating Trophy at Montagu Bay

At the Closing Ceremony for the Sir Durward Knowles National Junior Sailing Championship, Saturday, February 24, 2024 at Montagu Bay, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Hon. Philip Davis and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investments and Aviation the Hon. Chester Cooper commended the young sailors and presented first, second, third place, and overall team winner trophies.

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October 01, 2011
National Junior Sailing Championship on Tap for Grand Bahama October 1-2

Seventy eight boats, including at least four from Cayman and others from around The Bahamas, are on course to cross the starting line in various divisions in what is expected to be a tight series of races in the hotly contested Bahamas Junior Optimist Nationals set for October 1-2. It will be the first time the five-year local history of the event that it will be held in Grand Bahama.

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January 25, 2024
Trump Sails To A Comfortable Win In New Hampshire

USA - Donald Trump secured a decisive win in New Hampshire's Republican presidential race, according to Edison Research Projections on January 23.

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January 24, 2024
British high commission building and donating an e-class sloop in support of sailing

AS the 2024 year begins, the government has already announced plans for co-curricular sailing in schools, for a new National Sailing Academy, and for new oversight bodies for sloop sailing.

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October 25, 2011
New Junior Sailing Champion wins by half a boat length in 7-race series

It was the kind of competition you'd expect from a Kentucky Derby or a World Series -- neck and neck with a winner breaking through by a nose or a single home run, but this was the Bahamas Junior Sailing Association Optimist National Championship and no one -- least of all the sailors themselves -- expected it to come down to half a boat length in the sixth race.

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January 19, 2024
Sailing Director: National Sailing Academy Won't Be Built Overnight

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - The national sailing academy will take months and even years to build, according to sailing director at the Bahamas National Sailing School.

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January 19, 2024
Three Venues Identified For National Sailing Academy

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Three locations have been identified for construction of the National Sailing Academy, according to the Director of Sailing at The Bahamas National Sailing Academy Jimmy Lowe.

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January 18, 2024
Sailing School To Benefit From Brand New Boat

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Last year the government declared that sailing is the national sport of the country and almost immediately British High Commissioner Thomas Hartley came on board to assist in that effort.

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January 18, 2024
ICON of the Seas has arrived with its inaugural sailing to Nassau, Bahamas

ICON of the Seas is the most expensive and most ambitious project in the 54-year history of
Royal Caribbean International with a cost of $2 billion.

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January 17, 2024
The Integration of Sailing in Schools is a Significant Leap Forward for Junior Sailing says Minister

The Hon. Clay Sweeting, Minister of Works and Family Island Affairs on Monday underscored the government’s commitment to youth empowerment as his ministry strengthened its partnership with the Ministry of Education and Technical and Vocational Training (MOETVT) through its recently launched Co-Curricular Activities Programme.

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