Leading global supplier of sail and deck hardware, Barton Marine, announces it will be represented by Rooster Sailing for its new EasySplice product, at the RYA Suzuki Dinghy Show on Stand B66, this weekend. Raising valuable brand and product awareness…
RS Aero UK Winter Championships at the Oxford Blue
RS Aero UK Winter Championships at the Oxford Blue
47 RS Aeros are greeted by the arrival of Spring at Oxford! What a weekend! An incredible 47 RS Aeros entered The Oxford Blue which included the 2017 RS Aero UK Winter Championships. We had seen fleets of about 40 at events in the late autumn but we wo…
Coppercoat: Suffolk Yacht Harbour Celebrates Record-Breaking Year for Coppercoat Applications
Coppercoat: Suffolk Yacht Harbour Celebrates Record-Breaking Year for Coppercoat Applications
East coast marina is named UK’s busiest application centre for the leading long-term antifoul solution Suffolk Yacht Harbour is celebrating a record-breaking year for the number of Coppercoat antifoul applications it completed during 2016. The east coa…
Day 3 race report: Phaedo3 take Multihull Line Honours – RORC Caribbean 600
Day 3 race report: Phaedo3 take Multihull Line Honours – RORC Caribbean 600
While the multihull race record was not broken this year, Phaedo3 and Maserati had an incredible 600 mile high-speed duel. Lloyd Thornburg’s MOD70, Phaedo3 finished the 2017 RORC Caribbean 600 on Tuesday 21 February 2017 at 21 hrs 20 mins 46 secs…
Cloudy Bay is the new Presenting Sponsor for the Round the Island Race™
Cloudy Bay is the new Presenting Sponsor for the Round the Island Race™
Cloudy Bay has today been announced as the Presenting Sponsor of the Round the Island Race™ which is forthwith branded ‘The Round the Island Race™ in association with Cloudy Bay’. Robin Aisher, Admiral of the Island Sailing Club, who has…
More Argyll than Antigua Day 2: RORC Caribbean 600
More Argyll than Antigua Day 2: RORC Caribbean 600
After a champagne start to the race there was a huge change in weather conditions by the end of the first day. The low pressure system emanating from the north arrived earlier than anticipated, extinguishing the trade winds to provide a windless n…
MDL Marinas sponsors Ocean Youth Trust South’s new sailing vessel
MDL Marinas sponsors Ocean Youth Trust South’s new sailing vessel
MDL Marinas is excited to support Ocean Youth Trust South as it introduces its new sail training vessel, Prolific. The marina operator is offering six young sailors from its annual Sail Training Awards, now in its 29th year, the chance to set sail with…
An awe inspiring start to the RORC Caribbean 600
An awe inspiring start to the RORC Caribbean 600
The ninth edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 started in magnificent conditions with the largest ever offshore fleet assembled in the Caribbean enjoying sparkling conditions. A southeasterly breeze, occasionally gusting up to 15 knots and a relatively ca…
Government minister meets Birminghams waterway heroes
Government minister meets Birminghams waterway heroes
Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey visited Birmingham yesterday to find out more about the vital role that local people are playing in helping to care for and promote the city’s famous network of canals. Dr Coffey met staff and volunteers from the Can…
RS Aero Florida State Championships at US Sailing Center of Martin County
RS Aero Florida State Championships at US Sailing Center of Martin County
The second event in the Florida RS Aero Winter “Series” was the first ever Florida State Championships held February 3-5 at the United States Sailing Center of Martin County located along the Indian River lagoon in Jensen Beach, Florida. The setting pr…