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Antigua winds up – gig racing tomorrow…
From Race Reporter Jan Hein On the fourth and final race of the 2018 ACYR, boats in the lead set off hoping to hold it, while the rest of the fleet went out in full battle mode. Weather predictions for light winds were replaced with a sky of cranky squalls and rain. Coupled with the […]
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Help English Rose get to China
A HEARTFELT JustGiving crowdfunding campaign has been launched to help raise the funds to allow an inspirational local teenager compete in the Topper World Championships, at Longcheer Yacht Club, in China, this August. Fourteen-year-old Rose Edmonds, from Great Bircham, King’s Lynn in Norfolk, has been given the chance to join the GB Sailing Squad heading […]
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Antigua Classics begins with single-handed race in 20 knot breeze
ACYR Thursday 19 4 18: The energy in Falmouth Harbour spiked as each entry sailed in for the start of the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta. 70’ Vendia and 42’ Free in St. Barth from Grenada; 86’ Ticonderoga from St. Barths; 100’ Ruth from Barbados; and the 141’ Schooner Columbia, made a last minute, ten-day dash […]
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Sailor dies after 29ft yacht falls on top of him
A yachtsman was crushed to death yesterday after his 29ft Westerly GK29 fell on top of him in the yard, at Weymouth Sailing Club. Kevin Keeler, 56, a company director who ran locally based software company Software Dimensions Ltd, died at the scene despite paramedics efforts to revive him. He had taken his 1980 glassfibre […]
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Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta 2018
Press release from organisers: The Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta (ACYR 18 – 24 April) proudly begins a fourth decade of showcasing maritime history and tradition during six days of high-spirited, world-class competition. Races are held off the south coast of the island while celebration central is in Falmouth Harbour on the grounds of the […]
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Windermere Boat Show
The Lake District’s only boat show is returning to Windermere for the third year running from May 18-20. Building on the success of the past two years, the lake will be awash with boats and the shores will host a hive of watersports and outdoor adventure activities when the north of England’s largest and free […]
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Doug Innes retrial
Cheeki Rafiki’s owner Douglas Ian Innes is currrently facing a retrial on four counts of manslaughter at Winchester Crown Court. Andrew Bridge 22 (Skipper), James Male 22, Steve Warren 52, and Paul Goslin 56 all lost their lives when the Beneteau 40.7 lost its keel and capsized 700 miles east of Nova Scotia while on a […]
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New Marinestore at Wallasea Island
From today (April 9) Marinestore has a new outlet in Essex Marina. The new chandlery adds to the group’s existing stores in Burnham on Crouch, Maldon and West Mersea. Essex Marina is located on the River Crouch, next to Wallasea Island. With deep water berths located in an area of outstanding natural beauty, it is […]
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Robertson’s Yard History
David Hutchison has recently finished work on the history of Robertson’s Yard, at Sandbank on the River Clyde in Scotland. The work accounts for 468 of the 482 numbered boats built there – the yard was founded in 1876. The local Library Historian at Sandbank is organising a wee ‘Robertson’s Yard’ exhibition at the Dunoon Library from 12 April to […]
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18 Marinas for sale
British Waterways Marinas Ltd, a subsidiary of the UK’s Canal & Rivers Trust, is to sell all 18 of its marinas with a deadline for interest set for April 6, 2018. Marina Property Specialist Ian Froome of Vail Williams is handling the sale, and says there is a lot of interest in the industry, mostly […]
