With the decision being made to remove sailing from the Paralympics, the Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation pledges to use the funds raised through Bart’s Bash in 2016 to help promote and develop disabled sailing globally. The funds raised from the event will be distributed via national sailing federations or through the official ASSF grants process,…
Gill is proud to continue its technical clothing partnership with the French premier sailing regatta, Spi Ouest-France,held in the iconic venue of La Trinite sure Mer, for the second year running. To celebrate the partnership with this great event, which runs from 24th–28th March, Gill will launch a line of bespoke regatta merchandise, which…
The first event of the RS200 Scottish Tour will take place on the 9th and 10th of April at Largs Sailing Club. Saturday will be a coaching day to dust off the cobwebs and introduce newcomers to the fleet. Sunday will be the start of the series and will be a Sprint format. We are…
The Island Sailing Club, the organisers of the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, are delighted to welcome back last year’s Gold Roman Bowl winner, Giovanni Belgrano and Whooper. This duck-egg blue 1939 Laurent-Giles one-off, is owned and skippered by Giovanni who comments that he is bringing the same group of friends who…
For the first time, a VX One fleet of eleven boats will be mixing it up with its larger brethren out on the turquoise waters of the British Virgin Islands in the 45th edition of the BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival. The VX One is a relatively new one-design sport boat that’s gained much…
The first of the Fox’s Marine and Country Great Eastern RS 200 series will be hosted by Waldringfield Sailing Club on 9th and 10th April, the club is on a beautiful tidal estuary near Ipswich, Suffolk and is a club with a superb track record of generating world class sailors. It has a developing fleet…
Following recent media reports about the finding of deceased German sailor Manfred Fritz Bajorat in the Philippines last week, and subsequent misleading speculation regarding the involvement of the LMAX Exchange in this discovery, we would like to make the following clarification: At 0624 UTC on 31 January, the LMAX Exchange team ceased competition during Race 7, from Airlie Beach,…
Optimum Time has given the RS Tera International Class Association two fantastic OS315 Optimum Time Watches to sponsor the RS Tera Worlds 2016. One of the watches will be raffle between all the sailors who have entered and paid the event before the early entry deadline of 31st March 2016. The association are therefore…
Lincoln’s Jonathan Brewer (13) was yesterday awarded the RYA North West Regional Youth Champion Award for 2015 in a presentation at The RYA Suzuki Dinghy Show at Alexandra Palace. The Priory Academy LSST student has been racing powerboats for 4 years now after following into the sport after his father and grandparents before him, he…
The 2016 RS200 SW Ugly Tour, sponsored by www.2ndhanddinghies.com is only a month away from launching us into what promises to be another great year. The first event is our traditional season opener, at Bristol Corinthian YC on April 2nd, for our first slice of 2016 action. Bristol Corinthian has long been the first event,…
