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  • Gig racing on the east coast

    Gig racing on the east coast

    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 […]

  • Chichester Marina Boat Show this weekend

    Chichester Marina Boat Show this weekend

    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 […]

  • 153 boats at Falmouth Classics

    153 boats at Falmouth Classics

        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  […]

  • How three women plan to save the May

    How three women plan to save the May

    THREE women based in Brightlingsea are hoping to raise £500,000 to restore the 1891 Thames Sailing Barge May. […]

  • Sonar UK National Championship will be at Cowes Week

    Sonar UK National Championship will be at Cowes Week

    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 […]

  • Tilly joining Milly

    Tilly joining Milly

    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 […]

  • Letter from America

    Letter from America

    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 […]

  • Sailcargo begins work on hydrogen fuel systems

    Sailcargo begins work on hydrogen fuel systems

    SAILCARGO INC and The Ad Astra Rocket Company have started a joint study on hydrogen fuel cells in sailing cargo ships to promote the development and implementation of hydrogen fuel cells in the maritime industry. • Zero emission cargo ship studying hydrogen fuel cell in Costa Rica • “Hydrogen for the Sea” campaign begins with […]

  • Looking ahead to Southampton

    Looking ahead to Southampton

    Organisers of the Southampton International Boat Show, British Marine, have pledged to make the 2021 edition the most sustainable and environmentally friendly in its 52 year history. Taking place from 10-19 September, the event sees hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of visitors attending the event. The footprint of the show covers over 65,000sqm with moorings […]

  • Rescue boat model goes on display

    Rescue boat model goes on display

    A model of a 1920s rescue boat which raced to the scene of a record-breaking lake disaster has gone on display at Windermere Jetty Museum. In 1930, racing boat Canfly dashed to the scene of Sir Henry Segrave’s tragic world water speed record on Windermere and arrived just in time to rescue the only survivor. […]