An injury has forced Ross Field, the 52-year-old co-skipper and campaign director of News Corp, to quit from the sailing side of the VOR to hang up his sailing boots
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Gartmore dismasted
Josh Hall’s 60ft racing yacht, Gartmore, has been dismasted 450 miles from the Spanish coast
Leopard of London abandoned
Mike Slade’s 90ft racing yacht has been abandoned and is sinking 400 miles from the Spanish coast
London Boat Show dilemma
Diary mix-up could mean date change for London show
National 12s at Weston
National 12s took the top four places in the slow handicap fleet during last weekend's Grand Slam event
Youth champs at Weymouth
The race committee took the decision to start racing at the earlier time of 0900 yesterday to ensure racing for the 297 young sailors competing in the Volvo RYA Youth…
New incentive for disabled sailors
RYA Sailability and the UKSA have launched a new sailing scheme for young, disabled sailors
Fat Face RS Eurocup at Carnac
The RS Eurocup venue, Carnac, has become renowned for its mixed weather, not always clement. The early arrivals this year, however, assumed they had hit the jackpot, when they were…
Datchet’s Dinghy Store Regatta
In celebration of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, the Dinghy Store at Datchet Water SC is hosting a family regatta on 3-4 June
Kingfisher plans
After the relaunch of Kingfisher next week she’ll head for France to prepare for the Regata du Rubicon
Orange heads for halfway mark
The Jules Verne Challenge yacht, Orange, should pass the halfway mark later today
Big winds for Orange
With the gelcoat barely dry from her recent repairs, Orange is now sailing at 30-35 knots, in huge seas towards the icefields
No wind at Youth champs
Racing at the Volvo RYA Youth Championships and Trials was postponed yesterday due to lack of wind
Hyde opens custom loft
Hyde Sails has opened a custom sail-making facility at its Benfleet loft on the UK's East Coast
Orange’s damage is sorted
The repairs to the maxi cat Orange may have been repaired but will she last another violent beating?
Yacht in trouble off Land’s End
Leopard of London has damaged its rudder en route from the Azores to Southampton and is currently battling with storms in the Atlantic, 600 miles south-west of Land’s End
Schooner runs aground off Oban
Spirit of Fairbridge, a 30m training schooner carrying 16 passengers, ran aground 10 miles north of Oban last night
Firefly Team Racing
Lymington
Firefly Easter Regatta
A total of 28 boats competed in the Firefly fleet racing at the Royal Lymington Yacht Club Easter Regatta
Youth Champs at Weymouth
Racing got underway yesterday (2 April) at the Volvo RYA Youth Championships and Trials at the Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy. Although sailors could not see the other side of…