At noon on the 25th November 2017, after a week of boat preparation and much appreciated social activities at Marina Lanzarote in Arrecife, a record 23 yachts started the 2017 RORC Transatlantic Race bound for Grenada. Teams from nine different nations…
Podium Fnish for Vestas 11th Hour Racing on Christmas Day
Podium Fnish for Vestas 11th Hour Racing on Christmas Day
Close racing from beginning to end of Leg 3 challenged the crew of Vestas 11th Hour Racing since departing December 10th from Cape Town, South Africa and finishing on Christmas Day in Melbourne, Australia. The sailors clenched another podium finishing…
Redevelopment at Standard Wharf has potential application for other London quays
Redevelopment at Standard Wharf has potential application for other London quays
Following their appointment over twelve months ago, Idom Merebrook, the UK division of international engineering consultancy the Idom Group is making firm headway on the redevelopment of Standard Wharf, on the Thames at Erith, and is confident that the…
Barbados Sailing Week – Name change for leading Caribbean regatta
Barbados Sailing Week – Name change for leading Caribbean regatta
The Caribbean race season’s opening regatta is now to be known as Barbados Sailing Week, which replaces its former title – the Mount Gay Round Barbados Series writes Sue Pelling. Organised by Barbados Cruising Club in association with Barbados Tourism…
YouTube’s most famous sailing couple to star at London Boat Show 2018
YouTube’s most famous sailing couple to star at London Boat Show 2018
Online sailing sensations, Elayna Carausu and Riley Whitelum (a.k.a. Sailing La Vagabonde), will be flying into the UK to exclusively appear at the London Boat Show, sharing the secrets behind their fame and sailing adventures. As YouTube’s most famou…
New petrol pump fuels improved services at Milford Marina
New petrol pump fuels improved services at Milford Marina
Visitors to Milford Marina are now able to fill up with petrol following the installation of a dedicated 7,500 litre pump. Located within the current fuelling site where diesel is already on offer, it enables berth holders, fishing customers and any us…
Nifty fifties in the RORC Caribbean 600
Nifty fifties in the RORC Caribbean 600
The 2018 RORC Caribbean 600 will start on Monday 19th February and teams from all over the world will be competing, lured by the thrilling conditions to race 600 miles around 11 Caribbean islands. Two months prior to the start, 53 entries have already…
Sydney skipper in home town victory during all-Australian leg of Clipper 2017-18 race
Sydney skipper in home town victory during all-Australian leg of Clipper 2017-18 race
Sanya Serenity Coast claimed victory in a thrilling finale to Race 4: The ClipperTelemed+ Tasman Test, the first stage of the All-Australian Leg of the Clipper 2017-18 Round the World Yacht Race. It was one of the tightest ever Clipper Race finishes in…
RORC Transatlantic Race to Teasing Machine
RORC Transatlantic Race to Teasing Machine
Eric de Turckheim’s French Nivelt-Muratet 54 Teasing Machine was today declared the overall winner of the 2017 RORC Transatlantic Race. Whilst a number of the record 23 yacht fleet are still racing, none of them can better Teasing Machine’s corrected t…
New easy entry Multisport 5 Hinge drysuit from Typhoon International
New easy entry Multisport 5 Hinge drysuit from Typhoon International
Typhoon International, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of drysuits, has unveiled the next generation drysuit, the Typhoon Multisport 5 Hinge. This new addition to the Typhoon 2018 collection stays true to its core by being a high performance,…