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Tortola Sloop Spring Challenge
WIndies regatta style: Press release from organisers: Easing the Pace: The VP Bank Tortola Sloop Spring Challenge Enjoying the old & the new at the 46th BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” […]
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London Boat Show will be Five days
British Marine Boat Shows, organiser of the London Boat Show, says the 2018 Show, at ExCel in London’s docklands will be a five day event. Starting on Wednesday 10 January until Sunday 14 January, the show will open further away from the Christmas and New Year period. Previous shows have been ten days long, usually […]
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Invasive species are often imported by watercraft. 27 March – 2 April is Invasive Species Week. It’s your chance to get involved and protect your club waters from invasive aquatic species by taking advantage of free signs and materials! Invasive aquatic species block up waterways, make navigation and paddling difficult and can damage boat engines […]
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Free Racing Coaching from the RORC
From James Boyd: RORC Easter Challenge – Free expert coaching Friday 14th – Sunday 16th April 2017 Winsome Easter Challenge: The Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Easter Challenge offers free expert coaching on the water as well as detailed ‘post match’ analysis for all competitors. If you want to do better out on the race course, […]
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Hanuman overall winner of St Barth’s
Released from J-Class Association 20 iii 2017: Hanuman won the record six strong J Class at the Saint Barths Bucket, the first regatta of a milestone J Class 2017 season, but the outcome could not have been closer. Victory in the final race of the event, the 21 mile clockwise passage around St Barthelemy, means […]
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Velsheda Wins Day 3 at Saint Barths.
Released from J-Class Association, St Barth’s, WI: Six J-Class yachts were racing. Winning their third race in a row for the J Class at the 30th Saint Barth’s Bucket Velsheda’s crew extended their overall lead at the top of the class leaderboard to four points. The famous navy blue hulled J Class yacht may have […]
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Crew member dies falling from mast
A British deckhand aged 18 has died after she fell from the mast of the modern replica classic schooner Germania Nova, at Errol Flynn Marina in Port Antonio, Jamaica, WI, on Tuesday, March 14. Bethany Smith, 18, from Denbighshire in N Wales fell to the deck when ropes holding her aloft came undone as she […]
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10th edition of Cowes Classics – entries open
Press release from: Charles Stanley Direct Cowes Classics Week Cowes Classics Week is back once again in July 2017 with a newly branded sponsor title, courtesy of Charles Stanley Direct, a new division of Charles Stanley, which will be sponsoring the event for the first time. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Charles Stanley Direct Cowes Classics […]
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Tally Ho – to a restoration?
The Albert Strange Association is desperate to find a champion for the 47ft Strange yacht Tally Ho, built in Shoreham by Stow and Sons in 1910. Ninety years ago this great ocean racing boat was winner of the 1927 Fastnet Race. First commissioned as BETTY, as a cruiser with deep sea fishing capability, she carried the […]
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Beale Park – it’s in the calendar
The Beale Park Boat Show over the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of June is Britain’s most relaxed boat show. Set around the charming lake at Beale Park near Pangbourne on the River Thames it features a range of small boats, arts and crafts and old and new chandlery. There is a good camp site and […]