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Will Street and Megan Pascoe, GBR, Two Person Keelboat (Skud) at Day One of the ISAF Sailing World Cup Weymouth & Portland. Image: OnEdition

Salcombe Yacht Club’s annual Regatta Week has a new title, Salcombe Gin SYC, and a new sponsor, Salcombe Start Point Gin. The regatta, now in its 121st year, runs from 13 – 18 August and follows Salcombe Town Regatta, 6 – 11 Augu...

The official charity of Lendy Cowes Week, the Andrew Simpson Foundation, introduced seven of their new Youth Ambassadors. Drew Gibson, Abi Clarke, Cameron Tweedle, Callum Dixon, Catherine Hunt, Edward Higson and Anthony Pinke will each play a vita...

Two world speed sailing records fell today in the Sevenstar Triple Crown series at Lendy Cowes Week, subject to ratification by the World Speed Sailing Record Council.

The Spanish Volvo Ocean 65 Mapfre completed the 50 mile course around the Isl...

By Rupert Holmes

Today was one of fast and furious action at Lendy Cowes Week. On the way out to the start it looked like the Apocalypse was coming, and with a short course, there were a lot of corners coming up really fast, said John Hamilton, ...

Annabel Vose, has been announced as the winner of the ELEMIS Ladies Day Trophy at Lendy Cowes Week. The trophy recognises the outstanding contribution, commitment, or achievement of women in sailing.

The annual Ladies Day returned to Lendy Cowes...

By Rupert Holmes

A ridge of high pressure over the English Channel brought more bright and sunny weather, with a classic south-westerly breeze, to day four of Lendy Cowes Week. Todays first start was for the big yachts in the Sevenstar Triple Cr...

By Rupert Holmes/CWL

Day three of Lendy Cowes Week delivered yet more racing in blazing sun and a perfect south westerly breeze of 12-16 knots that gradually built to a peak of 20 knots by the end of the afternoon. It was a day of intensely clos...

Publishers, Time Inc, are the latest organisation to come on board as RYA Member Reward Partners offering exclusive offers and discounts to the RYA’s 109,000 plus members.

Members can now take advantage of up to 38 per cent discount on sub...

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Boatshed supports screening of the film Vanishing Sail - A Dramatic Tale of the Caribbean Sailing Tradition wins support from creative boat seller Portsmouth, UK. Boatshed, the world’s largest yacht brokerage, announces its partnership with ...

By Rupert Holmes/CWL

Today competitors at Lendy Cowes Week enjoyed a bright and sunny day with challenging, but exhilarating, racing in a gusty west south-westerly wind in which the gusts topped 25 knots. Many of the larger Black Group yachts fi...

By Rupert Holmes/CWL  

The opening day of Lendy Cowes Week dawned with bright sunny spells and a westerly breeze of around 10-15 knots. However, a weather front that gave rain to most of southern England moved across the race area at luncht...

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Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is celebrating the 30th anniversary of HMS Warrior 1860’s first opening to the public following her triumphant return to Portsmouth.

The Portsmouth Warrior cheerleaders have marked the occasion with a special o...

The winner of the 10th Charles Stanley Direct Cowes Classics Week put his success down to a bit of practice and the tightly competitive Swallow fleet which keeps him on his toes year round.

Mike Wigmore and his crew, who brought his Swallow Gwai...

adidas have once again agreed to be title sponsor for Parkstone Yacht Club’s Poole Week regatta.

As part of the sponsorship, adidas are giving away up to £200 worth of sailing clothing in a daily prize draw.

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