The 2019 edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race will start on Saturday 3rd August 2019, which is two weeks earlier than the original published date. Unusually, the race will now run the week before Lendy Cowes Week, whose dates remain unchanged, starting on Saturday 10th August. This break with tradition, in consultation with Lendy Cowes Week,…
Nineteen sailors signed up for the RS Aero Northern Championships at East Lothain Yacht Club in the seaside town of North Berwick. Six local sailors were joined by visitors from clubs as far apart as the Isle of Man, Warrington, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Aberdeen. Several arrived Friday and sampled the delights of the Puffin and…
Supported by Rooster, IT Computers and SpeedSix The perfect weekend at Lymington! 39 young RS Aero sailors ventured to Lymington for the 2nd annual RS Aero UK Youth Champs with Class racing set over the three RS Aero Classes providing good sailing for all sizes of youngsters. The entrants were aged from 13 to 21…
Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club, in association with the Yacht Club de Cherbourg, and the Royal Yacht Squadron. DATE: Friday 7th September – first start 18:00 COURSE: Cowes – Cherbourg DISTANCE: 80nm The Cherbourg Race is the last of the UK-based races of the RORC Season’s Points Championship with the final race, the…
For 3 weeks in August WPNSA, the 2012 Olympic Sailing venue, played host to the largest one-design dinghy event the UK has ever seen. The RS Games celebrated almost 25 years of RS sailing and brought together all the RS racing fleets and sailors aged 8 to 80 from across the world. 1300 sailors in…
La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro Skippers Recuperate in Saint Brieuc before Sunday restart With 35 La Solitaire URGO Figaro solo skippers arrived tired and – at best – half slept this morning in the otherwise sleepy, picture postcard haven of Saint Brieuc the big challenge now for the sailors is to maximise their rest, recovery…
The Royal Ocean Racing Club’s offshore racing season continued over the Bank Holiday Weekend with the 11th race of the RORC Season’s Points Championship. The 2018 De Guingand Bowl Race was won overall, under IRC, by Ed Broadway’s Ker 40 Hooligan VII. Ross Hobson’s Seacart 30 Buzz took Line Honours in the Multihull Class, and…
When La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro starts at 1300hrs Sunday this 49th edition of the legendary French solo multi stage offshore race will be the first time since 1993 that there will be no previous winners among the 36 entries. The race is as open as it ever has been. There is no shortage of…
Ross Applebey’s Oyster 48 Scarlet Oyster completed the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race on Thursday 23 August in just under 11 days to take third place overall after IRC time correction. It was a sweet moment for all of the crew, but especially for Jess Fries who was racing on board Scarlet Oyster in…
Phil Sharp’s Class40 Imerys Clean Energy has taken line honours in the 2018 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race in an elapsed time of 8 days 4 hours 14 minutes 49 seconds, winning the Class40 Division and setting a new world record in the race for yachts 40ft or under (subject to ratification). The team…
