Two offshore powerboat champions from Saundersfoot have secured sponsorship from the Port of Milford Haven’s £70 million regeneration scheme ‘Milford Waterfront’. Brother and sister Daisy and Sam Coleman claimed the P1 Superstock National Championship title in Bournemouth last month and were the first team in the series’ history to podium at every event. The achievement…
Camper & Nicholsons Marinas catches up with Skipper Giovanni Soldini of the Italian MOD70 Maserati Multihull in an exclusive interview. The stunning Italian multihull is berthed at Grand Harbour Marina for The Rolex Middle Sea Race starting Saturday 22nd October, before she heads off for the RORC Transatlantic Race next month ending in Port Louis…
We love short snappy races in the 100 fleet, it really keeps everyone on their toes. For day 1, with a big chunk of south in the breeze, OOD Barry Harding took us nearly back to England, where the order of the day was seven 2-lap, 20 minute races with a strong tide under us up…
Racing across the Atlantic evokes the primal desires of any offshore sailor and the Grenada-bound RORC Transatlantic Race, departing from Calero Marinas Marina Arrecife, Lanzarote on Saturday 26th November, has attracted a highly diverse range of boats and crews to compete in the third edition. (Entry List) Leopard out to break the monohull record Whilst…
“Cracking weather and free beer” Six Vareos attended this year’s Dutch event: two locals, two from Germany and two from UK. We raced in open class 2. This was a fleet of 22 including 8 Isos, 3 D ones, 2 4000s, 2 Aero 7s and 1 Alto. There was also a large fleet of RS500s…
The 2016 RS800 Magic Marine Inland Championships were sailed at Grafham Water Sailing Club over the weekend of 8th and 9th October. A puffy North Easterly breeze ranging in strength from 12 to 17 knots greeted the fleet of 18 boats on Saturday morning as Race Officer, Peter Saxton, got the first of three races…
Ben Saxton and Toby Lewis (Nacra 17) once again won the Endeavour Championship after some epic sailing hosted by the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, Burnham-on-Crouch, thus successfully defending the title they lifted in 2015. This win means Toby has been the winning crew a record six times now, which equals Nick Craig’s helming record. Saxton…
With Mike Slade at the helm of his Maxi Leopard 3, the crew has completed a sensational double finishing the Mediterranean season unbeaten. With back to back wins at two of sailing’s most prestigious regattas, Slade’s team now turn their attention to the 3000-mile RORC Transatlantic Race this November. Following on from Leopard’s win at…
The Royal Ocean Racing Club, organisers of the Rolex Fastnet Race starting on Sunday 6th August 2017, has relaxed the limit of a maximum monohull length of 100ft (30.48m). The biennial event is the world’s biggest offshore race and the last edition attracted a record-sized fleet of 356 starters. The 47th race is expected to…
The inaugural Hamble Classics Regatta got off to a glorious start over the weekend of 24-25 September with a big entry, big parties, and big weather to match. A total of 65 boats ranging from two tiny Herreshoff gaffers to the mighty Swan 65 Desperado put on show the most inclusive range of classics of…
