The forecast for the four days of the event has been changing on a daily basis over the last week so it really should have come as no surprise when the weather, itself, couldn’t make its mind up what it wanted to do on day 1one. The day dawned brilliantly sunny, much better than the…
It was a dramatic finish to the third day of the Etchells World Championship, sponsored by Red Funnel Ferries. John Bertrand, representing the Royal Brighton Yacht Club (AUS), was initially disqualified from Race 5, for being over early on a U-Flag start, and then re-instated after the Race Committee reviewed the decision. “We have cameras…
The 2016 Etchells World Championship started in earnest yesterday, with two intensely competitive races in the Central Solent. It took four attempts to get the fleet away for Race One and the U-Flag start produced several casualties, including reigning Etchells World Champions, Skip Dieball, Jon McClean and Jeff Eiber North Cape YC (USA). “Yes, we…
There was some more Aussie cheer, on Day Two of the Etchells World Championship. Noel ‘Nitro’ Drennan, has raced Etchells with Dennis Connor and John Bertrand, and his experience showed today, nailing the pin end of the start to win Race Three by a hansom margin. Drennan’s bullet lifts his team above John Bertrand, but…
In a spectacular, breezy race in winds that reached 23kts and accompanying rough seas on the challenging 32-mile Town Cup course, it was a real test of stamina for big boat racing teams in IRC. The Merewethers, however, together with their seasoned Burnham-based crew including Harry Hastwell, John Oliver, Simon Kiddle, Colin Harris and Jan…
Quantum Key West Race Week has reached agreement with Gill North America to be the technical apparel supplier, a Platinum-level sponsorship for the upcoming 30th anniversary race week, scheduled January 15-20, 2017. Gill will provide all clothing for race week officials and official retail merchandise for competitors and fans. Gill joins an elite group of…
It’s been a season of real highs and lows as the P1 SuperStock and AquaX UK Championships head to Bournemouth for the fourth and final round of the season. The teams and riders have tackled everything, from choppy seas in Scarborough to steady conditions under the sun last weekend in Cardiff Bay. Now it’s time…
Nils Jollife and Dave Jarrett are the overnight leaders after day one of the RS Vareo Volvo Noble Marine National Championship being held at Llangdegfedd Sailing club over the Bank Holiday weekend. A warm but overcast day saw a fleet of 26 Vareos (the largest for a good few years) take to the water of…
After two days of tricky shifting breeze in the Solent, the New Zealand Team racing Feng Shui of Andrew Wills, Anatole Masfen and Matthew Kelway, has won the 2016 Etchells Open European Championship. The team from Royal Akarana Yacht Club scored no worse than a seventh, in the four race series, to win the first…
The wind arrived at last on day three for a four race extravaganza. Race four saw Robbie choose the least favoured route to the right of the beat to clear the fleet at the windward mark. He held the lead to the finish. Big waves and traffic made for some white knuckle rides. Jerry Wales…
