Henry Bagnall and his crew were celebrating their hard fought win in the 45 strong XOD class today on the opening day of Cowes Classics Week in spectacular sunshine and perfect south westerly 15 knot breezes. Explaining how he triumphed over such a large one design fleet Henry who was racing Fury, kindly loaned by [...]
4,000 visitors, 200 sailors, 50 traditional boats and great weather Around 4,000 people attended the Sea Salts and Sail festival, Mousehole, Cornwall, over the weekend 13th to 15th July. And more than 200 of these were sailors, who had sailed there on a variety of the 50 traditional craft which attended this unique two [...]
Two Dutch sailors are behind bars after trying to smuggle two tonnes of cocaine into Europe aboard a sailing ketch. The yacht was intercepted by Border Force cutter HMS Vigilant 120 nM south west of Cornwall and brought into Newlyn on Friday morning. Newlyn's Harbourmaster closed the port while a bomb disposal team examined the [...]
Despite a frustrated start, due to lack of wind, which postponed the inshore race until after 2pm there were 51 yachts on the start line of the fourth day of the British Classic Yacht Club's 2018 Cowes regatta. This was the inshore race, often contested well into the shallows against the tide, pitting a navigator's [...]
The government is asking the public if 41 sites in English seas should be protected as Marine Conservation Zones. Zones are deemed as places of great importance to ocean health and marine species which have little or no protection from damaging activities. AND WE HAVE UNTIL FRIDAY JULY 20 TO VOTE Humpback whales, angelsharks, seahorses, puffins [...]
Day 16 – Dateline: 16 July 2018 Lanzarote Canaries Philippe Péché (above) and his Rustler 36 PRB is being pushed hard by Mark Slats (Ophen Maverick) as the Golden Globe Race fleet enjoy glorious trade wind conditions on the run south towards the Cape Verde Islands. They and 3rd placed French veteran Jean-Luc Van Den Heede, [...]
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has issued an industrywide safety warning after faults were discovered in RIBER throw bag rescue lines during a safety drill. The 15-m polypropylene line parted when it was used in a capsize drill at Warrington Rowing Club at Halton Baths in Cheshire. The line parted because it [...]
The 57th Pin Mill Sailing Barge Match took place on June 23rd. The conditions were quite unusual in that there was steady north to north west breeze that made for very rapid progress down the River Orwell from Pin Mill to the Port of Felixstowe and out to sea. However that made the return quite [...]
Barcelona says goodbye to its visiting legends of the sea as the 11th Puig Vela Clàssica finishes. Halloween, Guia, Argos, Peter and Marigan are proclaimed winners. More than 40 boats from seven countries competed over three days for one of the most prestigious trophies in the Mediterranean. Unique meeting offers townspeople and tourists the most [...]
