Stewartby Powerboat and Hydroplane Racing Club this weekend (6/7 August) saw Britain’s top Powerboat Racers descend on Bedford for the 2016 Powerboat GP RYA British Sprint Championships in a bid to be crowned champion. The first class in action were the junior GT15 racers aged 9-16, hot favourite for the weekend was Lowestoft’s reigning sprint…
High pressure, brilliant sun and a solid westerly breeze again delivered perfect conditions for the final day of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week. The wind dipped briefly in strength to around 10 knots as a belt of thin cloud moved across the Solent around midday, before increasing to 15 knots with stronger gusts when the…
“I feel I have just been given the biggest embrace by a town and it’s people. It’s been an utterly unforgettable experience. Seven days packed to the brim with fun, friendship and laughter.” That town is Santona, a small Spanish town near Santander, the host of the 2016 RS Tera World Championships. The backdrop was…
Competitors and spectators enjoyed simply stunning weather on the penultimate day of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week. The Isle of Wight and Solent were bathed with unbroken sun, while the westerly wind slowly swung into the south west and increased from 6-9 knots to reach 15 knots at lunchtime, before giving gusts of 20 knots…
Today’s racing started in an unstable westerly breeze of 10-14 knots that gradually swung towards the north-west through the morning. It increased to give gusts in the upper teens as the thin cloud over the Solent broke up, giving way to long sunny periods. The first start of the day was for the Artemis Challenge…
Today saw patchy sun, with a north-westerly airflow that produced a 8-12 knots of wind for most of the morning. However by midday it became more variable in strength in the central Solent, with very light patches under areas of cloud. For the first time ever White Group dayboats started from the Bramble line. Most…
Last weekend (6/7 August) saw Maidstone’s Ben Jelf secure his 12th British Championship crown as he claimed the 2016 Powerboat GP RYA British GT30 Sprint Championship. The 16 year old beat some of Britain’s top Powerboat racers to claim his 12th British title in 6 years. Ben Jelf and the rest of Jelf Racing team…
Today was one of civilised sailing in bright sun in an unstable and gusty north-northwesterly wind that produced gusts of 17 knots for the early starts, but also dropped to as little as 6-10 knots at times. The conditions created a serious challenge for teams to judge time and distance on the fixed start lines.…
The Solent delivered a north-westerly breeze that varied from eight knot lulls to 25 knot gusts, giving varied conditions to challenge the 8,000 sailors at this year’s Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week. The Black Group yachts starting on the Bramble line first headed to the east on a tight spinnaker reach. With the tide carrying…
Competitors enjoyed a second day of sunny, stunning conditions at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week today. The early starts saw the wind gusting an adrenaline pumping 25 knots, before the breeze settled down to 16-20 knots for the rest of the morning. The larger Black Group yachts predominately sailed in the western Solent where they…
