The 2016 Commodores’ Cup has been formally launched, with the British investment management and financial planning company Brewin Dolphin continuing its sponsorship of the club’s biennial flagship event for national three boat teams with amateur crews. The Brewin Dolphin Commodores’ Cup will next take place out of Cowes, Isle of Wight over 23rd-30th July 2016.…
Alex Thomson and Guillermo Altadill, skippers of yacht Hugo Boss in the Transat Jacques Vabre set off their emergency beacon this afternoon at 13.25UT. The Spanish Coastguard was informed and sent a rescue helicopter to their location 82 nautical miles from the Spanish coast. Both Thomson and Altadill were rescued from the location by helicopter…
Bart’s Bash, the global sailing event in aid of the Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation, is set to return in 2016, and this time the event will spread across 2 days; Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th September. Tim Anderton, Event Organiser explained “Since we launched Bart’s Bash in 2014 we have received lots of feedback from…
A whopping 123 competitors over the 4 Round Series The RS Aero UK Inland Championships at Bowmoor concluded the 2015 UK Series, and both were generously supported by Magic Marine. Over the 4 event series there have been a whopping total of 138 entries. After taking out 15 double entries that opted to use more…
With just over a month to go, competitors in the RORC Transatlantic Race – which is jointly organised by the International Maxi Association (IMA) – are making their way to the start from Marina Lanzarote. The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) announced that the Caribbean island of Grenada would continue to host the international fleet…
The Audi Hong Kong to Vietnam race which runs every two years on the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club Sailing Calendar was no match for Steve Manning and Anthony Roots brand new McConaghy Ker 42, Black Baza. The new yacht lived up to her owners high expectations and crossed the finish line with an impressive win…
Staff at MDL’s Queen Anne’s Battery in Plymouth are looking forward to welcoming some very special visitors into the marina at the end of the week. Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic Challenger II will be berthing at Queen Anne’s Battery this Friday 23rd October to mark Team Great Britain’s new attempt to win the historic…
National poetry day was last week and I was inspired to have a go. Sorry about that, but you will be pleased to learn that this will be my last attempt to be a published poet. To the Inlands at Alton, to sail in a fleet Inbreds from Wessex, from Norfolk webbed feet Old Mikey…
The Endeavour Trophy is a wicked event with 8 races, all at least 45 minutes long, sailed over two days in identical boats in a highly tidal estuary. Think of the last day’s racing in at the Nationals in Aberdovey, with a strong tide except the course is bigger and you are out on the…
A diverse and international fleet ranging from 40 to 100ft will set off on Saturday 28th November from Lanzarote, the most eastern in the Canary Islands chain, bound for Grenada in the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Transatlantic Race. The monohulls will be competing for the RORC Transatlantic Race Trophy, for the best elapsed time under…
