One of the first, finest and favorite characters I met in my early days in the Caribbean was Paul Erling Johnson, writes Kirsty Morrison. He sailed into Bequia on his fine ship Cherub with the lovely Sophie Brain aboard, recently kidnapped from the island of Nevis. Kirsty with Paul Johnson He was a [...]
New research uncovers an extra 500 miles of inland waterways in Great Britain bringing the total to 7,000. Of these, 5,000 miles are navigable today. The other 2,000 miles are either derelict or under restoration. The Inland Waterways Directory is an invaluable and unrivalled waterways resource that details all the inland waterways ever brought into [...]
10 gigs racing up the Colne on Saturday June 26 Charity event to reignite passion and support for gig rowing on Essex Coast The increasingly famous Harker's Yard gigs will be racing on Saturday 26th June on the Colne in Essex. Around ten teams are expected to start from a line off Bateman's Tower on [...]
Date: Saturday, 26 June 2021 to Sunday, 27 June 2021 - 10am to 4pm Chichester Marina, Premier Marinas Ltd. Birdham, West Sussex, PO20 7EJ Chichester Marina’s annual Boat Show will return this summer from 26th-27th June 2021, with superb on-water and onshore displays. The boat show is free to enter but organisers expect car parks to get [...]
June 2021 Cornwall Despite the challenges the 34th Falmouth Classics from 11 -13 June was a great success. A fleet of 153 heritage and classic vessels and their 500 crew were not deterred from participating by the pandemic nor the heightened security in Falmouth owing to the G7. A forest of masts were to [...]
THREE women based in Brightlingsea are hoping to raise £500,000 to restore the 1891 Thames Sailing Barge May.
The biggest fleet of Sonar one designs for more than a decade will gather at Cowes Week 2021 for the UK Sonar National Championship which is being run as part of the Regatta. Sailed by individuals of all abilities, from novice and experienced crews, both with mixed genders and sailors with disabilities, the Sonar fleet [...]
A new Sunbeam for Mylor, and she's in glassfibre Twenty years after the master shipwrights of Mylor Yacht Harbour built a trio of classic wooden Falmouth Sunbeam yachts, they are now embarking on a new generation challenge: an immaculate Sunbeam finished to the specification of the 1920s originals – but made of glassfibre. The hull [...]
There are so many great regattas and classic yacht challenges on the schedule this year. For a list of dates see below. IN THIS ISSUE: CYOA News: An Update on CRF 2021 from the CYOA Technical Committee Regatta News: Corinthian Classic Yacht Regatta Regatta News: Changes to the 49th Opera House Regatta 2021 Calendar & CRF Certificates An Update [...]
