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Cowes Classics Week 2018 is just 4 weeks away
Cowes Classics Week 2018 is just 4 weeks away
Friday, 22 June 2018

With less than a month to go before the start of the 11th Cowes Classics Week, entries in the classic keelboat fleets and cruiser classes are already looking to equal last year’s total including the magnificent 8 Metres.

The regatta is on ...

Devon and Cornwall Police Sailing Regatta
Devon and Cornwall Police Sailing Regatta
Thursday, 21 June 2018 The Devon and Cornwall Police Sailing Regatta Hosted at Brixham Yacht Club on 9 June.

The event was organised by Rob Savage and Ian Tomlinson with help from Brixham Yacht Club. The idea was to encourage members of the Police to get out on the wat...

Innovation Redefines Yacht Design with Princess’s Revolutionary R35
Innovation Redefines Yacht Design with Princess’s Revolutionary R35
Thursday, 21 June 2018

On road, in the air, or on water, rarely does a new form of luxury transport arrive that genuinely changes perceptions, challenges expectations and delivers a new experience. The R35 from Princess Yachts does exactly that and heralds in a new era ...

Moitessier’s yacht Joshua unite with Knox-Johnston’s Suhaili in Les Sables d’Olonne
Moitessier’s yacht Joshua unite with Knox-Johnston’s Suhaili in Les Sables d’Olonne
Wednesday, 20 June 2018

Joshua meets Suhaili for second time in history. Pascal Pellouin, skipper of Bernard Moitessier’s famous yacht JOSHUA is welcomed by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston aboard his yacht SUHAILI in Les Sables d’Olonne. Image...

VIDEO: Regatta to run alongside TheYachtMarket.com Southampton Boat Show
VIDEO: Regatta to run alongside TheYachtMarket.com Southampton Boat Show
Tuesday, 19 June 2018

TheYachtMarket.com is creating a new three-day sailing event, which will run at the same time as the Southampton Boat Show.

Paralympian to compete in Vendee Globe
Paralympian to compete in Vendee Globe
Tuesday, 19 June 2018

Marlow Ropes is the official supplier to Vendee Globe’s first ever Paralympian competitor, Hannah Stodel Racing.

Check your scrub – personal products containing microbeads are banned from sale from today
Check your scrub – personal products containing microbeads are banned from sale from today
Tuesday, 19 June 2018

Microbeads, and along with many other products, are hurting and killing our wildlife. Image: MCS

17 skippers arrive in Les Sables d’Olonne for start of the Golden Globe Race
17 skippers arrive in Les Sables d’Olonne for start of the Golden Globe Race
Monday, 18 June 2018

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston mobbed on the dockside by wellwishers in Les Sables d’Olonne. Image: Christophe Favreau/PPL/GGR

Grandads of the Atlantic
Grandads of the Atlantic
Monday, 18 June 2018

Will you be sailing around the Solent this summer? Keep your eye out for a strange looking ocean rowing boat with the ‘Grandads of the Atlantic’ on board….

From their base in Port Solent Marina, Neil Young and Peter Ketley are...

INEOS TEAM UK joins 2018 GC32 Racing Tour
INEOS TEAM UK joins 2018 GC32 Racing Tour
Monday, 18 June 2018

Britain’s America’s Cup team, INEOS TEAM UK, is set to join the 2018 GC32 Racing Tour.

Four-time Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie will be at the helm for the team’s debut in the 32ft foiling catamarans, later this month at th...

Sir Ben Ainslie names new Wetwheels Solent Boat
Sir Ben Ainslie names new Wetwheels Solent Boat
Monday, 18 June 2018

Sir Ben Ainslie and Geoff Holt

Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust set sails for 15th year
Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust set sails for 15th year
Sunday, 17 June 2018 The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust is set to start its summer season of trips with young people in recovery from cancer.

2018 marks a special year for the Trust as it celebrates its 15th year of operation. From the first trip in 2003 where just fiv...

Golden Globe Race Village opens in Les Sables d’Olonne
Golden Globe Race Village opens in Les Sables d’Olonne
Saturday, 16 June 2018

Don McIntyre introducing information about the Race in the GGR Race Village. Image: PPL

Fairline Yachts releases first images of new 2018 48ft range
Fairline Yachts releases first images of new 2018 48ft range
Saturday, 16 June 2018

Fairline Yachts has released the first images of its 2018 48ft range.

This is the first time the British boat builder has shot its main campaign imagery in Australia. The move comes as Fairline’s Australian dealer recently took delivery of...

The National Watersports Festival celebrates its 12 successful year
The National Watersports Festival celebrates its 12 successful year
Friday, 15 June 2018

The National Watersports Festival delivered another superb three days of windsurfing, stand up paddle boarding, diving, kayaking and new this year, dinghy sailing at Rutland Water, East Midlands over 8 – 10 June.

For the first time in the ...

Team Brunel complete comeback to win Leg 10 – now equal first on leaderboard
Team Brunel complete comeback to win Leg 10 – now equal first on leaderboard
Friday, 15 June 2018

Leg 10, from Cardiff to Gothenburg, day 04 on board Turn the Tide on Plastic. 14 June, 2018.
Image: Jen Edney/Volvo Ocean Race

HRH The Earl of Wessex visits Sunseeker International
HRH The Earl of Wessex visits Sunseeker International
Friday, 15 June 2018

Sunseeker International has welcomed HRH The Earl of Wessex.

His Royal Highness was in Poole as part of his commitments to promote The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE).

Raymarine Encourages Competitive Racers to put Safety First
Raymarine Encourages Competitive Racers to put Safety First
Friday, 15 June 2018

Participants in this year’s Round the Island Race in association with Cloudy Bay, are being encouraged by Raymarine, as official Tracking Partner, to sign up to use the Race’s new tracking app. This will not only help organisers observ...

Magenta makes a mark in Cardiff
Magenta makes a mark in Cardiff
Friday, 15 June 2018

Around 150 sailors gathered for the Magenta Project in Cardiff Bay, held during the Volvo Ocean Race, which inspired the scheme to get more women and girls in sailing.

Supported by RYA Cymru Wales, the Magenta Project ties in perfectly with the ...

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