Month: June 2017

How best to describe the annual Round the Island Race in association with Cloudy Bay in one word, one that neatly encapsulates the passion, competition, thrills and enjoyment shared by thousands of sailors each year? It’s always EXCITING!…

While conditions on day one built to a brutal 30 knots, today it was equally challenging at the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s IRC National championship. There was marginally less wind, but stronger gusts coming through in the squalls. Once again two windwa…

Team AkzoNobel, the Dutch ocean racing team preparing to compete in the 2017-18 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, has christened its newly built Volvo Ocean 65 racing yacht at a spectacular event in the Netherlands. The ceremony took place at the team’s…

Former crowned Superyacht UK Young Designer, Dastinas Steponenas, has unveiled an eye-catching superyacht called ECTHETA designed in honour of new Sky Atlantic series, ‘Riviera’. The winner of the 2016 edition of the prestigious design competition was…

According to Mark Rushall (June “Yachts and Yachting”) Hayling Island Sailing Club is a venue sailors seem to love or hate.  Probably loved by HISC members but the strong tides, sand banks, the waiting for the wind to arrive and the long queues ge…

The aptly named RS Summer Championships were held over the weekend of 17-18 June with extra water and sun screen being the order of the day as temperatures rose to 30 degrees .  With 200 boats across the RS classes present it was quite a spectacle…

Multimarine, the composite engineering specialist, and builder of performance racer-cruisers Dazcat, is celebrating a successful partnership with Coppercoat, the long lasting antifoul. Over the past 15 years, Coppercoat has been successfully applied to…

Global powerboat championships, the P1 Grand Prix of the Sea, which is heading to Milford Waterfront next month has attracted high profile sponsors from across Wales. Thousands of spectators are expected to descend on Milford Haven on Saturday 15th…

Hunton Yachts Ltd and Rib-X Ltd have today announced a joint venture to produce the Hunton range of Rigid Inflatable Boats (RIBs) The joint venture constitutes a profit share agreement, combining the manufacturing skills of Rib-X with the design, and t…

RS Vareo Magic Marine Grand Prix Event NumberThree   We had a new venue for this year’s circuit  in Milton Keynes Sailing Club.  The event took place this weekend and was generously sponsored by Illuminis Insight Software.  RS Vareo…