Thirty RS Aeros entered for the Bowmoor Bubble, the first event of this winter’s RS Aero UK Winter Series. The rain stopped soon after rigging and the 30kn gusts never materialised, leaving a pleasant days racing in a medium breeze. The Bowmoor RS Aero fleet continues to go from strength to strength. They now have…
Doug Struth & Geoff Carveth’s DSP is the 2018 J/70 UK Grand Slam Champion scoring the best result in both the Corinthian and Open Divisions for the season. The total score for the nine-regatta championship was calculated by the best five results, including the J/70 UK Nationals which was non-discardable. DSP scored the best net…
After an intense 3,000 mile battle across the Atlantic from Marina Lanzarote to Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina, Giovanni Soldini’s Maserati Multi 70 has taken Multihull Line Honours in the 2018 RORC Transatlantic Race in an elapsed time of 6 days, 18 hours, 54 minutes and 34 seconds. The team completed the 5th edition…
A fabulous weekend of racing was had at Rutland, concluding both the RS Aero UK Southern and Northern Circuits. The varied and testing weekend gave a fitting finale to a busy year for the UK RS Aeros. A very windy Pursuit Race on Saturday, a great Saturday night gathering and then three calmer PY fleet…
Plymouth City Council and the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) have confirmed that Plymouth will host the finish of the 2019 Rolex Fastnet Race. Plymouth has marked the end of the biennial yacht race since its inception in 1925. Starting in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, competitors cover a course of 608 nautical miles…
Powerboat Racer Ben Jelf (18, Kent) this week has made the long journey to the Lake District for the 48th Annual Powerboat Records Week which will take place from Monday 29th October to 2nd November 2018 on Coniston Water. As proceedings got underway this morning conditions were near perfect and on Ben’s first run of…
15 RS Aeros with 8 visitors from as far away as Yorkshire and South Wales joined 7 Chelmarsh RS Aeros for the 2018 RS Aero Open at picturesque Chelmarsh Sailing Club in Shropshire. In a light and shifty breeze, Race Officer Steve Taylor got the first of 2 morning back to back races off with…
In response to the remarkable growth in the multihull category, the Sint Maarten Yacht Club has designed an important annual event celebrating the differences between a traditional yacht race and a race series designed for the special attributes of multihulls. And accompanying the hot racing the club will mount a major celebration of multihulls in…
2019 will be the 20th anniversary of the RS800 class. To celebrate, the European Championships in July is returning to Lake Garda, spiritual home of the RS800, and an awesome Nationals is being planned at Eastbourne SSC in early September. The Nationals will include a Reunion event for all past and current RS800 sailors, details…
The organizers of the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta are proud to announce, that the 39th edition will be held at the Princess Port de Plaisance Resort, Casino and the Yacht Club. In addition to its central, secure and convenient location, the Yacht Club Port de Plaisance will be offering 35 slips of free dockage in…
