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08/25/98 Team Caribbean Selects Track Marketing
for Sponsorship Representation to Corporate America
Officials of Team Caribbean announced today that the syndicate has selected Track Marketing of New York City to promote its sponsorship opportunities to U.S. corporations on the mainland. more...

08/24/98 Roger Headrick, Minnesota Vikings' President, Joins Team Caribbean Board of Directors.
Officials of the Team Caribbean America's Cup Challenge today announced that Roger L. Headrick has joined the syndicate's Board of Directors.-- Mr. Headrick, a part time resident of St. Thomas, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Minnesota Vikings NFL football team. more...

08/05/98 Cigna Knickerbocker Cup To Bring World's Top Sailors To New York Habor
Four of the world's top ten ranked sailors have confirmed their entries in North America's most prestigious and richest professional sailing competition. The CIGNA Knickerbocker Cup, to be sailed in New York Harbor from September 23 to September 27, 1998, will feature a total of twelve professional skippers, many of whom represent syndicates preparing for the next America's Cup which begins in Auckland, New Zealand in October, 1999. more...

07/24/98: Team Caribbean Fifth In Germany's Match Race Lake Constance After dominating an impressive field of 12 world-ranked skippers and leading on points after the first two days, Peter Holmberg's Team Caribbean Match Racing Team narrowly missed qualifying for Saturday's semi-finals to finish fifth in the MATCH RACE LAKE CONSTANCE 1998. more...

07/23/98: Holmberg Wins Five Straight To Take
German Match Race Lake Constance Lead
Team Caribbean Match Racing Team dominated Day Two of the MATCH RACE LAKE CONSTANCE 1998 to take the lead in the southern Germany competition that continues through Saturday. more...

07/22/98: Holmberg Scores Four Bullets
In Lake Constance Match Opener
``Sailing under sunny skies before some 5,000 spectators on southern Germany's Lake Constance, the Team Caribbean Match Racing Team sailed well on Wednesday to finished near the top of its grouping in the opening Round Robin of the Match Race Lake Constance that concludes July 25. more...

07/13/98: Team Caribbean Secures New Zealand Base Camp
"This is a significant commitment by the campaign," said Team Caribbean Board Member Dick Johnson. more...

07/07/98: Holmberg Ranked Top U.S. Match Race Sailor
"It's exciting to be ranked this highly," said Holmberg. more...

07/03/98: Winless on Friday
Holmberg failed to advance to the semi-finals...more...

06/30/98: Swedish Match Opener
Holmberg bested Denmark's Morten Henriksen. more...

06/28/98: Holmberg Wins Trofeo
Adversaries who have rattled swords many times before, Holmberg and Law battled with a vengeance. more...

06/27/98: Holmberg to Face Law for Trophy
Team Caribbean Beats Pillot 3-1 in Semi-Final Series more...

06/15/98: Team Caribbean Signs up the San Juan Star Group
San Juan Star group of newspapers and magazines in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as the "Official Corporate Media Sponsor" of the campaign. more..