Messing about in boats
Many pages are reporting on the disappointing news that The Transat has moved its race start from Plymouth to Brest stating the loss of 60 years of ocean racing from the city. However, they are failing to report that the OSTAR (see Facebook page... Ostar and Twostar) is the ORIGINAL Transatlantic race which will start from Plymouth in [...]
Race report from 2018 by Sandy Miller The 43rd Yare Navigation Race was a wonderful spectacle in perfect September conditions. The 30 mile race, run by Coldham Hall SC, takes entrants of this classic cruisers race from Coldham Hall, Brundall, down the River Yare to a Breydon Water mark, near Great Yarmouth, and back, in [...]
From our friends at Classic-Sailing In the UK we create 12 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person per year. (12000 kilos) On average UK people weigh 72 kilos. That’s 230 kilos per person per week, equal to 3.2 adults per week!. When you are sailing you are creating about 53% less carbon than ashore. Source [...]
It's not all about wooden boats A taste of sailing on the Broads with Eastwood Whelpton The companies that offer yachts for hire on the Norfolk Broads have formed a new marketing partnership to promote sailing holidays in the Broads National Park. “Fifty years ago there were over 40 boatyards offering [...]
A West Country family were reunited with some special boats that were designed and built in Teignmouth for the Royal Navy. Three generations of the Morgan Giles family went sailing at Chichester on the boats that were used to train naval officers from the 1960s to the 1980s. Jane Shaddick, Francis Charles Morgan Giles’ granddaughter, [...]
The 96-year-old Solent Sunbeam class welcomed a brand new yacht to its fleet last week with the launching of V70 Minty which took place at Itchenor, the base for this historic and much-admired classic keel-boat fleet. Minty’s hull was built on the Isle of Wight by Mark Downer’s AM Structures, a GRP and composites specialist [...]
It's with sadness that we learned the well-known classic yacht judge and yachting author Dr. Luigi Lang died on April 13th. He was born in Milan in 1939 and lived in Chiavari, Liguria. John Lammerts Van Bueren who knew Luigi well, has sent us this commemoration: When it comes to classic sailing yachts in Europe, [...]
This year, what with Brexit headaches and those workhorses of holiday charter flights, the Boeing 737 jets being grounded until July, it could make sense to seek a sailing holiday that is closer to home. If the season in British waters is half as good as last year, then it will be a superb summer [...]
The RYA’s Push the Boat Out (PTBO) campaign is set to return this May, with more than 350 venues across the UK offering free or low cost, sailing and windsurfing taster sessions. The national participation campaign aims to get more people sailing, windsurfing, having fun and getting active outdoors. With PTBO open days providing visitors [...]
