Bacardi Newport Sailing Week started a New Tradition

1:10 AM Tue 28 Jun 2011 GMT

'Bacardi Newport Sailing Week presented by EFG Bank' Cory Silken

Bacardi Newport Sailing Week 2011 now presented by EFG Bank An iconic brand has taken its decades-long affiliation with the sport of sailing to a new level with the start of a new tradition: BACARDI Newport Sailing Week presented by EFG Bank. For this inaugural event staged from Sail Newport, Rhode Island's public sailing center, four one-design fleets - Star, Audi Melges 20, Viper 640 and J/80 - got in three days of racing (June 24-26) under PRO Anderson Reggio who received resounding applause at the awards presentation. 'It was fantastic. It exceeded what we expected,' said Eddie Cutillas of ...

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by Gabriele Pedone