It has been confirmed that Harken will be the official equipment sponsor for the Volvo Noble Marine RS700/RS800 National Championships for 2015! Harken, who have worked closely with the RS Class Association for many years, will be providing all…
Today was a day where local knowledge was the winning advantage for the races ‘around the cans’ for the J Class and Maxi Yachts along with the IRC classes at the Royal Yacht Squadron’s Bicentenary International Regatta. While they battled it out…
This weekend (1/2 August) see Kent based Jelf Racing Powerboat Team sponsored by Peters & May Racing head to Stewartby Powerboat Racing Club, Bedford for the 2015 Powerboat GP British RYA Sprint Championships where Ben Jelf will hope to secure his…
Today’s Race Around the Island, part of the Royal Yacht Squadron’s Bicentenary International Regatta, was the first chance for a long awaited sight of the three J-Class yachts getting together to race in the Solent. Patient spectators on the shor…
Would they, wouldn’t they go racing this morning? There was anticipation as winds and sea state were still looking strong in the morning, following yesterday’s cancellation at the Royal Yacht Squadron’s Bicentenary International Regatta. But the…
The most universally recognised visual signal indicating distress offshore – the sight of a pyrotechnic flare illuminating the sky – has been saving lives at sea for more than one hundred years. Blue Sheets speaks exclusively to Chris Feibusch, Head of…
RS Elites are converging on Lymington ahead of the Lofoten sponsored National Championships to be hosted by the Royal Lymington YC from Thursday to Sunday this week. Who’s going to win it? Too close to call. The Class has several top new names who’ll p…
A 730-metre section of the Lancaster Canal, which has been closed for emergency repairs since the end of June, has re-opened today – three days ahead of schedule. The Canal & River Trust was forced to close this stretch of canal on the Lune embankm…
With racing cancelled today on the opening day of the Royal Yacht Squadron’s Bicentenary International Regatta most crews could only stay ashore and watch the white caps of the waves as the Solent did its worst in the wind speeds gusting 30 knots, with…
Leading independent multihull agent, Robert Underwood Multihulls – has announced that it has become the sole UK distributor for Bali Catamarans and will be unveiling the first Bali 4.3 Loft to hit the UK at the Southampton Boat Show, 11-20 September 20…
