Multiple world champion Ian Williams had to work hard to secure pole position going into today’s finale of the Royal Southern Match Cup 2015. The five-time World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) Champion emerged from a demanding round robin stage unbeaten, and will now face fellow Briton Mark Lees in the semi-final of the grade 2…
With just eight weeks to go until the Volvo Noble Marine RS200 National Championship at South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club, the RS Class Association has announced a special youth early entry rate of just £99 for youths aged 22 and under. Youth teams need to enter by 30th June to take advantage of this rate. …
While it may not be the event’s ultimate prize, the monohull battle for line honours in the Rolex Fastnet Race is always hotly contested, coming with considerable bragging rights. This year’s race from Cowes to Plymouth via the Fastnet Rock, coinciding with the 90th anniversary of the event’s organiser, the Royal Ocean Racing Club, will…
The Bank holiday weekend saw the Peters & May Racing Team, Jelf Racing from Kent head to the second round of the Powerboat GP British Championships in Oulton Broad as they competed at the Lowestoft GP. Heading into the weekend Ben Jelf was leading the Championship with a clean sweep of wins at the Lancashire…
Following the success of its 2010 national championship at Cowes Week, the Sigma 33 class association has chosen the event once again, as a platform in which to run its 2015 national championship, writes Sue Pelling. Although racing within Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week is not a classic championship format, the interaction with the other…
Television coverage of the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race (RTI) is being significantly extended in 2015 to include live streaming of the Race to a global audience. A new, dedicated outside-broadcast production unit will provide live, commentated coverage of the starts and early finishes on Race day, Saturday 27th June. The programme…
Royal Southern Match Cup World Champion Ian Williams takes on rising stars in home waters Just a year ago, Ian Williams lay second in the ISAF Open rankings. Now he is World Champion both as No.1 in the rankings and the five times winner of the World Match Racing Tour. Ian is top ranked at the Royal…
This bank holiday weekend (24/25 May) the RYA Powerboat GP British Championship heads to Oulton Broad, Suffolk for the Lowestoft Grand Prix where the competitors are gearing up for the second round of the competition. 2015 sees the Powerboat GP Championship back, bigger and better with a 6 round British Championship series in…
Chelmarsh Sailing Club in the heart of rural Shropshire saw the first event of the inaugural RS Aero UK Series kindly sponsored by Magic Marine http://www.magicmarineshop.co.uk . A forecast of 16mph with gusts into the 20s encouraged a healthy fleet of 25 sailors from around the UK to this picturesque piece of water. The direction…
As the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race entries hit the 900+ mark in early May, the Race Management team at the Island Sailing Club (ISC) is especially pleased to see a number of Race Partners and their boats lining up for some exciting Race action on Saturday 27th June. Haven Knox-Johnston…
