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…
The Magic Marine RS Aero UK Inland Championship 2015 & UK Series Round 4 took place at Bowmoor Sailing Club on Saturday 9th October 2015. It was a dull overcast day which started with a very light breeze which grew to 10knts gusting 14. We had 7 RS Aero 5s, 13 RS Aero 7s 16…
This year’s Gul Inland Championship at Queen Mary Sailing Club was a great close to the end of the RS700 2015 racing calendar with 13 boats competing; the best turn out for many years with sailors travelling from as far away as Falmouth, Wales and the Isle of Wight. With the reigning and two former…
The 2015 Student Yachting World Cup (SYWoC), an ISAF-recognised event hosted and run by students for students, is being held in France between 13-20 October and this year will host around 150 competitors from 15 countries. Four UK University teams are entered and every one is either skippered or crewed by a Royal Southern Academy member. The…
Sailing Networks, the world’s largest networking website for sailors and the sailing community, is proud to announce sponsorship of the Hamble Big Boat Championship 2015, organised and run by the Hamble River Sailing Club. The Sailing Networks Hamble Big Boat Championship 2015 sees the best sailors from all over the world do battle in IRC…
Organisers of the world famous Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week are delighted to announce the appointment of Phil Hagen as Regatta Director. Phil takes the reins from Stuart Quarrie, who retired following this year’s regatta in August. Phil is no stranger to Cowes Week, having started as a course setter 11 years ago. After four…
