13 RS Aero sailors (11 with boats!) gathered on a bright sunny and gusty day for the inaugural Broadwater Open Meeting. There was a good mixture of “7 rigs” and “9 rigs”. It was great to see all six Broadwater Aeros on the water including Peter “I’m going for style points with a windward capsize”…
The Hamble-based Royal Southern Yacht Club has been granted the exclusive right by the Island Sailing Club (ISC) to be the mainland HUB Club for this year’s Round the Island Race, the last under J.P. Morgan’s 12-year title sponsorship. The Royal Southern, who also acted as a South Coast HUB in 2015, will be showing…
Project Scaramouche is a mission for Greig City Academy to be the first student led team to enter the Fastnet Race in 2017. In 2013, Greig City Academy (GCA) set up a school sailing club to allow inner-city London students access to the sport of sailing. To put things into perspective, 73.1% of students who…
Reading Sailing Club held their second RS Aero Open meeting. The forecast was variable with expected winds from the west of 9 – 12 knots. This was good news as it meant it would be blowing straight down the lake. 14 boats entered with a strong contingent of nine 9 rigs with many of the…
Over an action-packed weekend (9-10 April), teams from across Europe descended on the Royal Southern Yacht Club for an exciting ISAF Grade 4 match racing competition – the qualifying round and prelude to the main event, the ISAF Grade 2 Match Racing Final taking place 15-18 June. After some really close racing the ‘home’ Royal…
The International IRC Rating Rule, jointly owned by the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) and l’Union Nationale pour la Course au Large (UNCL) will be attracting boats from all over the world to the port of Crosshaven in Ireland this year. From 10th to 15th July 2016 the Inaugural European IRC Championship will be take…
Over the Easter weekend the McConaghy built, Ker designed, Black Baza won the China Seas Race on corrected time on IRC Handicap. The victory came in the early hours of Saturday morning after just over 60 hours of racing. Of the win co-owner Anthony Root said: “I always thought we had a good shot but…
Sunshine and a promising breeze greeted a healthy fleet of 25 boats for the season opener for the 2016 RS200 SW Ugly Tour sponsored by www.2ndhanddinghies.com at Bristol Corinthian Yacht Club. The promising looking conditions did not disappoint out on the race course, with the conditions keeping the fleet on their toes and heads out…
Gill, the technical sailing apparel brand, is delighted to announce a new partnership with the British Keelboat Academy (BKA). The BKA is a joint programme between the UKSA and RYA designed to support young people aged between 18 and 24 in developing the skills needed to take their keelboat yacht racing to a professional…
On Sunday evening, under a setting sun on the beautiful beach at Nanny Cay, the 45th BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival drew to a close with the ritual awards ceremony and fabulous fireworks. The entire fleet was treated to a delightful racing day, with a light easterly of 8 to 12 knots throughout the…
