A damp morning, with challenging winds around the rain clouds, failed to squash spirits at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week today. The weather cleared during the afternoon, giving competitors a chance to dry out while enjoying post-race drinks and a display by the RAF’s Red Arrows aerobatic team brought to the event by Artemis Investment…
Today was a beautifully warm day with a stable east-north-easterly air flow over the Solent area that mostly averaged 9-11 knots, with a few stronger gusts, making for excellent racing conditions. The day saw the first racing for the five 60-72ft yachts in the IRC Big Boat Class, which had a downwind start from…
With no wind predicted for the Solent area today racing for all classes was abandoned. “It was really unfortunate to lose a day’s racing,” says race director Stuart Quarrie, “but with no wind there was no other option. We waited until 1100 to see if any zephyrs from the north-east might build into a sailable…
With Cowes Week in full swing and with a 2nd and a 3rd already in the bag, the racing duo of Pip Hare and Ashley Harris are feeling buoyed up on board Cazenove Capital Management. The weather last weekend was amazing and the blistering hot sunshine has left the pair without much of a thought as…
After two brilliantly sunny days this morning saw increasing cloud over the Solent, accompanied by a band of rain that provided competitors with interesting and challenging wind shifts. While Black Group yachts in the Western Solent saw winds of up to 17 knots, the smaller White Group dayboats that were competing in the eastern Solent…
Hats off to Bruinisse and Aquavitesse! They have just ran three International Regattas in 2 weeks – the RS Tera Worlds, RS Aero Eurocup & Coaching and the RS500 Worlds. Whilst sailors showed passion for their racing, they demonstrated an equal passion in their professionalism to deliver top quality championships with attention to detail and…
The second day of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week delivered perfect conditions, with bright sun and decent winds. A west-south westerly breeze built gradually through the day to give gusts approaching 20 knots by early afternoon. With 30-degree wind shifts at times, accompanied by big gusts and lulls, there was plenty to challenge competitors. For…
The opening day of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week was bathed in unbroken sunshine, with a fickle breeze that saw racing postponed for two hours. Shortly after 1100 the first signs of a fitful east-south-easterly appeared off Cowes, but the big question was how long it would take to become established as a consistent sea…
This weekend (1/2 August) over 30 competitors headed to Stewartby Powerboat and Hydroplane Club in Bedford for the annual Powerboat GP RYA Sprint championship which saw 5 classes battle for glory over the 2 day championship weekend. First to take to the water was the GT30 class providing fast and furious action in what was…
Jono, Lyn and David Brown’s emphatic overall triumph against top name teams at the Lofoten sponsored RS Elite Nationals marks a deservedly high point for them. The racing couldn’t have been much better. Hosted by the Royal Lymington Yacht Club under Roger Wilson’s PRO management, conditions varied from light air to full-on breeze, flat water…
