New Gill shop at Cowes

Pascall Atkey, one of the longest established chandleries in Cowes, has joined forces with Gill to open a new clothing shop.

Merlins and Lasers at Chichester

A total of 23 Lasers and 32 Merlins turned out for a joint open meeting at Chichester Yacht Club on Sunday 22 April.

Kent Schools SA at Wilsonian

The Kent Schools Sailing Association’s open Splash Trophy event, hosted by Wilsonian SC on Saturday 21 April, attracted 22 entries.

Under appeal

Two BT Challenge skippers are fighting for their hard-won places against penalty decisions

Last Vendee boat finishes

On the 16th April Pasquale de Gregorio sailing Wind crossed the finishing line at Sables d'Olonne

Weston Grand Slam attracts 178 boats

A total of 178 boats turned out for Weston Sailing Club annual Grand Slam event on Southampton Water over the Easter weekend of 13-16 April. The event continues to be…

Big events planned for Solings

Despite the recent ISAF decision to eliminate the Soling from the Olympic Games, this popular three-man keelboat class will continue to run its superb international regatta series.

Rosenberg wins Melges fleet at the Rolex Cup

Local sailor Chris Rosenberg has won the competitive Melges 24 fleet and lifted the International Rolex Cup in St Thomas for the fourth time. For a while it looked like…

Preview: June 2001

For the third year running we will be publishing our Great Atlantic Gear Test...

 . Leader How on earth are they going to police a drink driving campaign up to 12 miles off our coasts? Broken records, broken boats Sixty two days round the…

Supercup success at Queen Mary

Despite foot and mouth crisis Queen Mary Sailing Club played host to one of the closest racing events of the year on Saturday 7 April – the Laser 4000 and

Young sailors line-up for big event at Largs

The last 12 months has seen performance sailing in Great Britain reach a new high. The culmination of the three Gold and two Silver Medals won at last year’s Sydney…

Folkboats at Royal Lymington

The Folkboat start during the third race of the Royal Lymington YC Spring Series on 8 April caused all competitors some difficulty with an easing flooding tide coupled with a…

BT Challenge: cold and wet

Olympic Group skipper Manley Hopkinson is damp and cold – and missing the birds: ‘It puzzles me where they have gone. They were all around us yesterday, but today there…