Category: News
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RIP Jeremy Lines – C&N’s archivist
Jeremy Lines, the prominent yachting archivist for Camper and Nicholson, where he was the chief designer for many years has died in Gosport aged 88. Jeremy was a well respected member of the Association of… […]
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Antigua promises more challenging racing
Introducing windward starts and new courses to make sure that the racing is both safer and more challenging are the aims of the new steering committee for the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, annoucned this week.… […]
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Maiden stops in Plymouth
Tracy Edwards’ restored maxi yacht Maiden set off on her 54,000 mile round-the-world voyage promoting education for girls last week, but has put into Plymouth for repairs. Maiden had seen her voyage delayed by several weeks… […]
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Sir David Attenborough receives Maritime Fellowship Award
First Sea Lord honours creativity and journalism at the 2018 Maritime Media Awards Sir David Attenborough, the well-known broadcaster and naturalist has won the prestigious Maritime Fellowship Award for raising public awareness of how… […]
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Captain Oates’ yacht in WW1 centenary parade
Captain Oates’ former yacht Saunterer is joining other century old classic yachts in Dartmouth on Sunday, 11 November 2018 for a short parade on the River Dart to mark the centenary of the end of… […]
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Beaulieu Boat Jumble Cancelled
The famous Beaulieu Boat Jumble will not happen in April 2019 The Beaulieu Estate has decided not to stage the famous Boat Jumble, which has run almost every year since 1978, citing poor weather (which… […]
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IN WATERS DEEP
On the 100th anniversary of the Armistice of WW1, Eileen Mahoney’s poem In Waters Deep,conveys the loss of so many sailors killed during the conflict An oft-unsung service, were the convoys of merchant seafarers who… […]
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Jean-Luc Van Den Heede “will carry on”
Race leader will continue after knock-down and mast damage but gets 18 hour time penalty for calling wife on satphone Poor old Jean-Luc Van Den Heede, who suffered a knockdown and mast damage (see… […]
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New Chief Executive at the Met Office
The UK’s Met Office has announced its first female Chief Executive, Professor Penelope Endersby. Professor Endersby will be starting her new post at the Met Office in December 2018. In her previous roles, she led… […]
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