The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) has today welcomed the decision of the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to refuse planning consent for the proposed Navitus Bay Wind Park, which would have been located off the Dorset and Isle of Wight coasts. The decision announced on Friday, 11 September by Energy Minister Lord…
This Friday (11 September 2015) Europe’s largest festival of boating sails into Southampton, marking the start of the 47th Southampton Boat Show. As expected, the Show’s iconic marina will be a showcase of legendary build and design from global superstars of boat manufacturing. Plus the event will host family favourite attractions, including On The Water’s…
Hammond Drysuits now offers its’ customers the ability to stand out from the crowd and personalise their drysuit. Customers can now have their name or chosen text embroidered directly onto a new drysuit, onto a pocket of a new suit or a pocket of one in for repair. This is a new service now available…
Kent based Jelf Racing Team this weekend headed to Nottingham for the UIM World & European Powerboat Championships and British Nottingham GP for 3 days of fast and frantic bank holiday action. First up was the Junior Jelf racers of George Elmore and Jonathan Brewer who were competing for the UIM European GT15 Championship. George…
Leading British luxury motor yacht manufacturer, Fairline announces Douglas Culverwell as its new Sales and Marketing Director. Douglas will be responsible for Fairline’s global sales and marketing operations, leading Fairline’s international sales team and managing its worldwide dealer network. Douglas brings a wealth of global marine industry knowledge and experience acquired over the last 17…
At this year’s Southampton Boat Show (11-20 September), throughout the week there will be a whole host of activities taking place in the RYA Members’ Lounge. Situated in the Holiday Inn Hotel at the heart of the show, as well as being able to sign up or renew your RYA membership, purchase RYA publications, pick…
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…
London’s biggest celebration of historic and traditional boats. Central London’s only marina, St Katharine Docks, will again host its annual celebration of beautiful classic boats this September with a display of just under 50 sail and power vessels, alongside a range of waterside attractions. A fun day out for all the family, the event will…
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…
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…
