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Rosemary III sailing in Falmouth
[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” min_height=”none”][fusion_text]Rosemary III – Fife’s 1925 creation restored at Penpol recently and now for sale with Barney Sandeman… time to start playing the lottery! And sometimes a restoration that just gets back to […]
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Round the Island – entries open at Midnight Thursday 26 January
From the organisers – Cowes, Isle of Wight: The iconic one-day yacht racing extravangaza, the Round the Island Race™, organised by the Island Sailing Club (ISC) in Cowes, has announced that Early Bird entries for the 2017 race, being held on Saturday 1st July, will open at 00.00 on Friday 27th January. In tandem, the […]
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Christina and her Electric Bike
Meet Christina – from Stigo riding her electric bike at the Boat Show. The thing does 25kmph and folds into something like a golf caddy in a few seconds. Battery seems to last all day – the bike was still going strong, being ridden in and out of the pub after the show. No pedals […]
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Ken Read’s insights from the recent yacht racing forum – Malta
Ken Read makes some interesting points about getting into sailing at last year’s yacht racing forum in Malta… Ken is well known for helming on J-Class Yachts and offers some advice on how to attract and keep young people into the sport. […]
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Halcyon days – winter sailing
Winter sailing is often great, in these halcyon days before Christmas; we were out in just our jerseys yesterday, December 17, in the Heard 28 Isabel. Halcyon days are often associated with high pressure during the 14 day period around the solstice. They stem from Greek mythology and really refer to the Aegean – but […]
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RIP Paul Elvstrom 1928 – 2016
Four times Olympic gold medal winner and all round sailing legend Paul Elvstrom has died, at his home in Denmark aged 88. Elvstrom was a lifelong sailor – and raced competitively for 60 years. He was still just 20 when he won gold at the London Olympics in 1948 in the new Fairey Firefly class. He […]
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Luke Powell Builds again
Boatbuilder Luke Powell, widely credited as the father of the modern pilot cutters, is about to start building again. Luke has found a 68ft pilot vessel to recreate for sea-training purposes, and will build her with a team at a riverside site near Truro. The first thing is to build the shed, and our image, […]
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Beached yacht
A lone sailor had to endure the loss of his floating home when his yacht got into difficulty and ended up on a Norfolk beach, writes Maurice Gray. John Favell had acquired the 43ft Mithril as a liveaboard, but sailing south from Hull to the Thames he suffered engine trouble and had to abandon his […]
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Dec 6 2016: 2018 Golden Globe Race Press conference at the Paris Nautique Exhibition. Golden Globe Race skippers attending the Presentation on stage: Left to right: Loïc Lepage (60) France, Gregor McGuckin (30) Ireland, Jean-Luc van den Heede (71) France, Carl Huber (56) USA, Mark Sinclair (58) Australia, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston (UK) winner of the […]
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Chainlocker closes for five month refit
Falmouth’s famous Chain Locker pub closes today for a five month refit. The St Austell Brewery-owned establishment needs major renovation and redevelopment and will not re-open until Easter 2017. Locals, many of them sailors, are understandably distraught – for some the situation is not so far from being made homeless! But the works are necessary, […]