Catherine Pourre’s Class40, Eärendil crossed the finish line of the RORC Transatlantic Race outside Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina on 12 December at 13 hours 25 minutes and 02 seconds. Eärendil was nearly a day behind the Class40 winner, Cam…
Canoeists enjoy festive ‘Santa Splash’ in Leeds & Liverpool Canal
Canoeists enjoy festive ‘Santa Splash’ in Leeds & Liverpool Canal
England’s first ever coast to coast canoe project, the Desmond Family Canoe Trail, hosted brave canoeists on a ‘Santa Splash’ festive paddle along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Liverpool (Saturday) and Blackburn (Sunday) this weekend. The ev…
RORC Transatlantic Race – Maverick Blasts into Grenada
RORC Transatlantic Race – Maverick Blasts into Grenada
Infiniti 46, Maverick, skippered by Oliver Cotterell crossed the finish line outside Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina, Grenada at 06h 52m 09s on 10th December 2016. The British yacht, with radical side foils is provisionally the winner of IRC…
Quantum Key West Race Week Family of Sponsors continues to Grow
Quantum Key West Race Week Family of Sponsors continues to Grow
As entries keep coming in for Quantum Key West Race Week, organizers at the Storm Trysail Club welcome Red Stripe Beer as a first-time sponsor and the return of Foiling RIBs for the 30th anniversary regatta, scheduled Jan. 15-20, 2017. Founded in 1928…
Landau UK awarded BMEEA Dealer of the Year 2016
Landau UK awarded BMEEA Dealer of the Year 2016
Landau UK is once again delighted to win ‘BMEEA Dealer of the Year 2016’ for the third year in a row at the BMEEA Annual AGM held last week. “We are extremely proud to win this award again, thank you to all our customers and dealers who voted for us. W…
Engineers honour historic Leeds & Liverpool Canal
Engineers honour historic Leeds & Liverpool Canal
One of Britain’s leading professional institutions today honoured the historic Leeds and Liverpool Canal with the presentation of a Special Award for Civil Engineering Heritage. The award certificate was presented to representatives of the Canal &…
Vendee Glove – Rescue plan for stricken De Pavant is in operation
Vendee Glove – Rescue plan for stricken De Pavant is in operation
French skipper Kito de Pavant was enduring an anxious wait this afternoon aboard his Bastide Otio after he struck an object which destroyed his keel housing, ripped off his aft keel mountings and left the appendage supported only by the hydraulic keel…
RS Aero UK Winter Series 2016 – 2017
RS Aero UK Winter Series 2016 – 2017
The RS Aero UK Winter Series 2016/2017 will kick off straight after Christmas again at Yorkshire Dales’ Brass Monkey and comprise a selection of 10 key events. Part of the RS Aero series shall be made up from events in the GJW Direct SailJuice Winter S…
Vendee Globe – Salad and ice cream as Colman turns 33
Vendee Globe – Salad and ice cream as Colman turns 33
Colman is one of two skippers whose birthdays take place during the solo round the world race, the other being Spaniard Didac Costa on December 22. Speaking live to Vendée Globe HQ today Colman said his wife Clara had given him a special box…
RORC Transatlantic Race – Phaedo Prepares to Land
RORC Transatlantic Race – Phaedo Prepares to Land
Lloyd Thornburg’s American MOD70 Phaedo3 is flying towards Grenada’s Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina and expected to touch down in about 24 hours. Mike Slade’s Maxi 100 Leopard 3 is racing against the clock in an assault on the race record. T…