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…
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…
At this year’s World Superyacht Awards (9 May 2015) UK-based businesses celebrated as their innovations contributed to six yachts picking up eight coveted Neptune trophies. But it was the members of Superyacht UK who dominated the British spotlight when the trophies for the most notable sailing yacht and motor yacht of the year went to…
The 2015 Gazprom Swan 60 World Championship has been won for a third consecutive year by Bronenosec. Igor Frolov, Executive Director at Saint Petersburg Yacht Club skippered the team to yet another victory this year at the new Mediterranean location of Marina di Scarlino. Igor Frolov has been in high spirits all week with a…
St Katharine Docks has been confirmed as berthing partner for the Thames Trafalgar Race for the third year running. The collaboration between the iconic St Katharine Docks in the heart of London and joint race organisers the Little Ship Club and Erith Yacht Club provides competitors with an exclusive berthing deal at Central London’s only…
On the final race day of Antigua Sailing Week 2015, it’s the Antigua Special Economic Race Day sponsored by Yida International Investment Group and there are three contenders in the running. Who will take the Lord Nelson Trophy? Find out at the end of the show! There’s also a look at the future of sailing…
Karpaz Gate Marina will welcome the participants of the Eastern Mediterranean Yacht Rally (EMYR) to the luxury North Cyprus destination for the third time in June. The 2015 Mini EMYR, which will feature a reduced program this year due to security concerns in Syria, Lebanon and Egypt, is set to arrive at the 5 Gold…
The Brewin Dolphin Commodores’ Cup is the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s (RORC) biennial flagship event for national teams with amateur crews. The international offshore regatta comprises a tough mix of inshore and offshore racing and is an intense seven-day programme that pits three-boat teams against one another to accrue overall team points. For the next…
In this episode sailors competing in Antigua Sailing Week and locals alike blow off some steam with a whole host of party games on Pigeon Beach. We also follow the thrills and spills of the invitational regatta, The Nonsuch Bay RS Elite Challenge and go behind the scenes of the Orange Limited GreenTeam helping to…
