Yachting World

420 world championship

  • July 24, 2001

The 420 world championship got under way on Sunday 22 July in Ravenna, Italy, under a clear blue sky with a sea breeze which never blew harder than 5 knots

International 14 Gallon

  • July 24, 2001

A total of 30 International 14s gathered in Bracklesham Bay for the start of the International 14 Gallon Trophy over the weekend of 21-22 July

  • July 24, 2001

A broken forestay has forced Fila to retire from the third and fourth legs of the EDS Atlantic Challenge

  • July 24, 2001

Team Adventure’s bid to break Serge Madec’s legendary transatlantic record is still on hold and the 110ft catamaran lies alongside in New York, waiting for the weather

NSSA Regatta – Day Two at Derwent

  • July 24, 2001

More than 250 young sailors from schools around the country have descended upon the otherwise peaceful County Durham setting for this year’s National Schools’ Sailing Association’s Regatta…

Laser2000s at Oxford

  • July 23, 2001

The third round of the Laser 2000 Crewsaver-sponsored Millennium Series, which took place at Oxford Sailing Club on 21-22 July, was characterised by light and variable winds

Finn Northern Championship

  • July 23, 2001

The view from the clubhouse says it all about Ullswater. Fantastic scenery and a wonderful stretch of water that can accommodate most classes and courses. The wind can be variable…

  • July 23, 2001

Gartmore’s track over the past few days of the third leg of the EDS Atlantic Challenge has snaked randomly southwest but, claims Josh Hall, his eye has never left the…

  • July 23, 2001

Argentina’s Lucas Calabrese has won the 2001 Optimist Worlds, held in the altogether too placid waters off Quingdao, China

  • July 23, 2001

Yesterday Kingfisher’s co-skipper Ellen MacArthur complained that during the previous night her boat had lost ground when it nosed into the current. She said she calculated that the current was…

  • July 22, 2001

Twenty-four hours ago, there was nothing in it but this morning Sill Plein Fruit has pulled out 43 miles over Kingfisher

  • July 22, 2001

illbruck, Tyco and NewsCorp will assemble today at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay before the start of their respective Volvo Ocean Race qualifying passages

Argentinean wins Oppy Worlds

  • July 22, 2001

Lucas Calabrese’s name joins those of Ben Ainslie, Jochen Schumann and dozens of other major sailors on the trophy for the Optimist World Championship

Nautor buys C&N Yachts

  • July 22, 2001

Oy Nautor, Finland's premier boatbuilder and builder of the renowned Swan range of luxury sailing yachts, has aquired UK, Gosport-based boatbuilder Camper and Nicholsons (Yachts) for an undisclosed sum.