Entries to the 2018 Portsmouth Regatta in June, sponsored by Sunsail, are up and running. Miles Linington, Regatta Chairman commented, “We are delighted that everything is now in place for an exciting and successful event. Every indication is that we will receive significantly more entries this year, ensuring that we will be the premier sailing…
Johnnie Walker Race Day marked the penultimate day of racing at Antigua Sailing Week. After thunder and lightning, ominous skies and squally conditions were forecast for the morning, racing was postponed for two hours before the international fleet of well over 100 teams set out for racing. Across the 13 classes competing, leaders are emerging,…
Cowes Week Ltd, organisers of the prestigious sailing regatta and highlight of the British Sporting Summer, are delighted to announce that Fever-Tree, the world’s leading premium mixer brand, have renewed their position as Official Mixers Sponsor for a further two-year period. Fever-Tree have fast gained popularity within the international sailing community since their iconic bar…
Just over a week into Leg 8 from Itajaí, Brazil, to Newport, USA, Charlie Enright’s American crew crossed into the northern hemisphere at 10:39:40 UTC followed closely by Team Brunel and Turn the Tide on Plastic. MAPFRE, Dongfeng Race Team and team AkzoNobel joined their rivals in the north shortly afterwards leaving just Team Sun…
Mother Nature delivered fantastic conditions for the first day of the 51st edition of Antigua Sailing Week. English Harbour Rum Race Day was spicy, packing a real punch. With 20 knots of breeze and a building sea state the 116 teams that took to the combat zone revelled in fast conditions drenched in sparkling sunshine.…
It was another day of playing the waiting game for wind for the British Sailing Team at the World Cup Series in Hyeres, France. When the breeze finally came late in the afternoon it was the 49erFX duo Charlotte Dobson and Saskia Tidey who caught the eye with a dominant day-three display. After a long…
Over the past 48 hours each team has thrown their cards on the table, lining up west to east and committing to the routing they think will best fire them towards the steady, favourable breeze the trade winds offer. Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag plumped for the most westerly position, setting themselves up around 120 miles…
This year’s RS Sprints held at Rutland SC on 21 -22 April were the proverbial game of two halves; the gods smiled down, giving us sun, snakes and ladders on Saturday and some champagne sailing on Sunday. In the final analysis, although racing in the RS100 fleet is always hotly contested within its dizzying array…
The famed anticyclone is renowned for dominating the South Atlantic and making tricky sailing for Volvo Ocean Race teams heading north or south. Constantly expanding and contracting, the St Helena High – also known as the South Atlantic High Pressure Cell – is currently centred around 1,300 miles east of the Leg 8 start city…
Tony Lawson’s Team Concise has entered the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race starting in Cowes on Sunday 12th August 2018. Both the MOD70 Concise 10 and Class40 Concise 8 will take on the non-stop 1800-nautical mile race – one of world’s toughest offshore races. Concise 10 will be setting their sights on the ballistic…
