Yachting World

Victory over the elements

The elegant 21ft clinker one-designs of the Victory Class provide a welcome contrast from the mass of modern hardware found aroundCowes Week's courses.

Following the light wind postponement that delayed many classes this morning and the indifferent breezes that followed, the Hunter 707s still managed some very close racing.

A ninth and discarded DNS in the last two races of the Melges 24 World Championships in Travemünde, Germany were enough to give Harry Melges an overall win at the…

In bright sunshine and a fresh south-easterly breeze, crowds of competitors are heading for Cowes this evening for Skandia Life Cowes Week which officially starts tomorrow morning."

Melges worlds

Jamie Lea, helming the British boat Black Seal, gave Harry Melges a good run for his money yesterday and now takes second overall with two days to go

Harry Melges is currently lying in first place overall at the Melges 24 world championship in Germany

The last day of qualifying races got underway yesterday in Tallinn, Estonia at the 470 European championships in bright and sunny conditions with 7-12 knots of breeze

GBR sailors Chris Draper/Simon Hiscocks and Paul Brotherton/Mark Asquith are currently lying in third and fourth places respectively at the 49er European championship in Norway

Stars & Stripes investigated

Ultrasound has been carried out on Stars & Stripes, Dennis Conner's America's Cup boat, to determine the extent of the damage caused by last week's sinking off Long Beach

Melges leads Melges worlds

Harry Melges is currently lying in first place overall at the Melges 24 world championship in Germany

Nic Asher and Elliot Willis dominate first day of 420 national championship at Hayling