12-15 October 2017 | Dock E1 | City Dock, Annapolis, Maryland British luxury motor yacht manufacturer, Fairline Yachts, will take its revival to another level during its 50th anniversary year as it showcases the new Targa 63 GTO, the first Alberto…
Volvo Noble Marine RS200 Nationals – Runners sand Riders
Volvo Noble Marine RS200 Nationals – Runners sand Riders
Sun (Maybe), Sea (Waves definitely), Sand(Lots of it) and over 200 Competitors head to Tenby for the Volvo Noble Marine RS200 National Championships. The excitement is palpable as teams gear up for the 100+ strong RS200 National Championships, hosted b…
Gill announces technical clothing partnership with the J/70 Worlds in Porto Cervo
Gill announces technical clothing partnership with the J/70 Worlds in Porto Cervo
Gill, the leading global sailing clothing brand is proud to be the official technical clothing sponsor to the J/70 Worlds, held in Porto Cervo. 175 teams from all over the world come to experience Porto Cervo’s ideal competitive sailing condi…
Team AkzoNobel finishes second in final Leg Zero stage
Team AkzoNobel finishes second in final Leg Zero stage
Team AkzoNobel, the Dutch campaign for the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race around the world, has finished second in the final stage of Leg Zero. The fourth heat of the qualifying series was to end in Lisbon, but prolonged light wind conditions in the Bay of B…
RS200 Nationals – fleet to choose SIs or Social Programme
RS200 Nationals – fleet to choose SIs or Social Programme
With just over 3 weeks to go before the start of the sell-out Volvo Noble Marine RS200 National Championship at Tenby SC, the class association have asked the fleet to decide whether they would like the SI’s or the Magnificent Social Programme to be pu…
International competitors look back at the 2017 Rolex Fastnet Race
International competitors look back at the 2017 Rolex Fastnet Race
Last Friday night crews braved the elements for a successful prizegiving for the Rolex Fastnet Race and a lively final evening of entertainment at Plymouth Yacht Haven. In addition to the class prizes, Tony Lawson’s Concise 10 won the trophy for being…
Powerboat GP RYA British Sprint Championships – George grabs British Gold Medal
Powerboat GP RYA British Sprint Championships – George grabs British Gold Medal
The Jelf Racing team last weekend (5/6 August) travelled to Stewartby, Bedford for the 2017 Powerboat GP RYA British Sprint Championships in a bid to fight for 5 British championship titles. The Kent based powerboat racing team made the journey to batt…
Team AkzoNobel finishes fourth in the Rolex Fastnet Race in England
Team AkzoNobel finishes fourth in the Rolex Fastnet Race in England
Team AkzoNobel, the Dutch yacht racing team campaigning for the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race around the world, has finished the second stage of the four-part Leg Zero qualification series – the Rolex Fastnet Race – in fourth place. The nine-person c…
Classic upwind start for record breaking Rolex Fastnet Race
Classic upwind start for record breaking Rolex Fastnet Race
The Solent laid on ‘classic’ conditions for the start of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s 47th Rolex Fastnet Race. In brilliant sunshine and with brisk westerly winds gusting up to 20 knots, the giant fleet tacked up the western Solent before compressing…
Podium finish for team AkzoNobel in Leg Zero opening skirmish
Podium finish for team AkzoNobel in Leg Zero opening skirmish
Team AkzoNobel finished third in its first racing encounter today, a high adrenaline sprint race around the Isle of Wight during the Lendy Cowes Week regatta in the UK. The race – the first of a four-stage Leg Zero qualification series for the Volvo Oc…