Project Scaramouche is a mission for Greig City Academy to be the first student led team to enter the Fastnet Race in 2017. In 2013, Greig City Academy (GCA) set up a school sailing club to allow inner-city London students access to the sport of…
Mastervolt, the leading supplier of energy systems, is sponsoring the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution (KNRM). The company’s main aim is to ensure the KNRM teams a safer working environment. In addition to equipment, Mastervolt is providin…
After recently launching a Veterans Appeal to find descendants of those who lived, worked, served or owned vessels from the First World War, Martyn Heighton, Director of National Historic Ships UK, talks exclusively to Blue Sheets about the campaign an…
Organisers of the London On-Water Show at St Katharine Docks in May have announced an exciting new addition to the show dedicated to boat dealers, brokers and their customers. The Sunseeker Quay will be located in the new Brokerage area overlooking the…
Reading Sailing Club held their second RS Aero Open meeting. The forecast was variable with expected winds from the west of 9 – 12 knots. This was good news as it meant it would be blowing straight down the lake. 14 boats entered with a strong continge…
UK-based Global Telesat Communications (GTC) is pleased to announce a breakthrough in portable, weatherproof equipment with the arrival of the Iridium Extreme Push-to-Talk (PTT), a remarkably tough handheld satellite phone that can be used like a…
The International IRC Rating Rule, jointly owned by the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) and l’Union Nationale pour la Course au Large (UNCL) will be attracting boats from all over the world to the port of Crosshaven in Ireland this year. From 10th to 15…
Over an action-packed weekend (9-10 April), teams from across Europe descended on the Royal Southern Yacht Club for an exciting ISAF Grade 4 match racing competition – the qualifying round and prelude to the main event, the ISAF Grade 2 Match Racing Fi…
CJR is pleased to announce the appointment of Alex Stevens as the group’s new Technical Sales Manager. Alex will be responsible for global sales growth for both the CJR Propulsion and CJR Fabrication brands, working across the superyacht, recreational…
Over the Easter weekend the McConaghy built, Ker designed, Black Baza won the China Seas Race on corrected time on IRC Handicap. The victory came in the early hours of Saturday morning after just over 60 hours of racing. Of the win co-owner Anthony Roo…
