All bar one of the nine boats that competed in the Panerai Transat Classique, from Lanzarote in the Canary Islands to St Kitts in the WIndies, have crossed the line and are in Christophe Harbour. From the start only the three masted bermudan schooner Xarifa appeared to be heading due west, with the rest of [...]
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede has won the Golden Globe Race, crossing the finishing line at 1013hrs GMT this morning after a 30,000 nM race which saw him rolled and having to round Cape Horn with a damaged rig, writes Dan Houston. Champagne and fans on the dock The 73 year old veteran [...]
Press release from organisers: Round the Island Race entries for 2019 open Entry fees to remain at 2018 level The Round the Island Race 2019 is set to attract thousands of sailors from all over Great Britain, mainland Europe and from as far away as the USA, to the Isle of Wight on [...]
The boat show for small craft, at Beale Park on the Thames near Pangbourne, has been cancelled for this year, with no further plans to revive the show next year. The organisers, See it for real Productions, say it has been difficult to raise interest from exhibitors. The show specialist took over the show in [...]
Golden Globe Race: 199th day at sea – Mark Slats is 34 nM behind Van Den Heede as they come within 1600nM of the finish line Difference in distance to finish now reduced to 34.3 miles Slats runs out of fresh water - has been using emergency desalinator for past week Those barnacles return Questions raised [...]
All Ships alert for overdue British solo yachtsman Robin Davie aboard his Rustler 36 C'Est La Vie
Traditional clinker built wooden gig ‘Arwenack’ for Falmouth Pilot Gig Club launches at 12 noon at the Watersports Centre in Falmouth, Cornwall
The crew of the largest vessel - Xarifa Eight boats left the island of Lanzarote in the Canaries today racing to St Kitts in the Panerai Transat Classic. In light winds the boats started on a windward leg before turning a mark off the marina at Arrecife. Spinnakers billowed and the fleet headed [...]
An Indonesian seaman survived six days in the open sea after his ship sank in the Bali Strait. The Multi Prima was sunk by a wave Nahum Naibahas, 26, known as Riski, was on board the Multi Prima with a cargo of building materials, which sank when she was hit by two-metre high [...]
