The Round the Island Race in association with Cloudy Bay delivers everything you expect from a top quality sporting event; exceptional race management, competition, challenge, tactics, fun, excitement, beautiful scenery, the ability for family and friends to track your progress. As a competitor you are part of an iconic and unique sailing experience that doesn’t…
Momentum is building in the lead-up to the inaugural Triple Crown at Cowes Week the new mini-series for Big Boats holding its first edition in 2017. Cowes Week Ltd is delighted to announce the confirmed participation of the Volvo Ocean Race fleet and the super-maxi CQS, setting the scene for what promises to be…
From fantastic dinghy, yacht and keelboat sailing to crabbing competitions and Kon-Tiki raft racing this year’s Dartmouth Regatta is all set to be a fantastic family experience – both on and off the water. Sunsail is delighted to be welcomed on board as the Official Sailing Charter Partner and is all set to help sailors…
The UK’s largest marine safety equipment supplier, Ocean Safety, a 3Si group company, is once again named an Official Supplier to the Clipper 2017-18 Round the World Yacht Race as the company signs a third contract. Ocean Safety will supply another comprehensive range of safety equipment on each of the twelve 70ft (23m) yachts competing…
Always offering up something new and different, the BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival 2017 is pleased to welcome the C&C 30 Sportboat and Gunboat fleets to this year’s event which kicks off on Monday with registration at noon and opening party at 6pm. Tuesday March 28th brings on the Round Tortola Race, a 31-nautical…
If you want to do better out on the race course, you could buy yourself a newer, more competitive boat. Or sail with a better crew. Or could buy some new sails. Or put in some practice. But keelboat crews frequently forget that one of the best value methods is to employ a coach. A…
Team AkzoNobel, the new Dutch ocean racing team backed by leading global paints and coatings company, AkzoNobel and skippered by Netherlands yachtsman, Simeon Tienpont, will race a new-build Volvo Ocean 65 yacht in the 2017-18 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race. Tienpont made the team’s milestone announcement today at the HISWA Amsterdam Boatshow, after earlier…
While the multihull race record was not broken this year, Phaedo3 and Maserati had an incredible 600 mile high-speed duel. Lloyd Thornburg’s MOD70, Phaedo3 finished the 2017 RORC Caribbean 600 on Tuesday 21 February 2017 at 21 hrs 20 mins 46 secs AST, taking Multihull Line Honours. The winning crew were:- Lloyd Thornburg (Skipper), Brian Thompson…
Cloudy Bay has today been announced as the Presenting Sponsor of the Round the Island Race™ which is forthwith branded ‘The Round the Island Race™ in association with Cloudy Bay’. Robin Aisher, Admiral of the Island Sailing Club, who has been fortunate to have raced in almost all the RTI races since the end of war in Europe, when he…
After a champagne start to the race there was a huge change in weather conditions by the end of the first day. The low pressure system emanating from the north arrived earlier than anticipated, extinguishing the trade winds to provide a windless night for many competitors. However, in the early hours of Tuesday morning a highly…
