With less than a month to go to the 48th edition of Antigua Sailing Week, over 100 yachts are entered to take part in the Caribbean’s longest running regatta, with more entries expected over the coming weeks. Antigua Sailing Week is expected to attract several thousand sailors and party revellers to Falmouth Harbour and Nelson’s…
The Dinghy Academy in Valencia was established in 2013 by 2000 Olympic Finn silver medalist Luca Devoti as a way to develop the skills of aspiring Olympians in a group training environment. It receives a range of funding including support from the International Finn Association through its development programme, FIDeS, which aims to support specific…
Legendary roots reggae band Steel Pulse will headline the live entertainment for the 48th Antigua Sailing Week. Dubbed ‘The best live reggae band on the planet’ by Vibe magazine, Grammy Award winners Steel Pulse have shared the same stage as Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Police, The Clash and Billy Idol. Steel Pulse will…
66 Boats from 14 Different countries, 600 Nautical Miles, 11 Caribbean Islands, 1 Amazing Race The RORC Caribbean 600 started from Antigua on Monday 23rd February 2015 The 600nm course circumnavigates 11 Caribbean Islands starting from Fort Charlotte, English Harbour, Antigua and heads north as far as St Martin and south to Guadeloupe taking in…
Grafham Water Sailing Club 14-15 March The RS100 fleet met at Grafham for their first open meeting of the year. A select group of 10 sailors all sailing the 8.4 rig and including the current world champion, Alistair Dickson (The Youth), European champion, Huw Powell, Sprints champion, David Smart, Inland champion, Andrew Wilson, and former…
Over the past ten years that J.P. Morgan Asset Management has sponsored the Round the Island Race, more than £600,000 has been raised for charity, a truly fantastic accomplishment by all concerned; and there’s plenty more to come as J.P. Morgan embraces a further two years as the Race title sponsor. The Ellen MacArthur Cancer…
Warsash Sailing Club, the organisers of one of the Solent’s premier racing events, the Brooks Macdonald Warsash Spring Series, which annually attracts hundreds of sailors, is delighted to welcome Hudson Wight Performance Sailwear as a new Race Partner for the 32nd edition of the Brooks Macdonald Warsash Spring Series, starting on Sunday 15th March 2015.…
Mastervolt was chosen as the official electrical supplier to the race because of its integrated, technologically advanced systems and rugged components that can handle the abusive conditions of this around the world race. Throughout the race, the systems have provided the reliability that the racers require. ‘Wet’ is how we can safely describe the state…
