36 activists sailing to Chile Climate Conference
Track of the trip, see text for a position link Greta Thunberg is not the only queen of the seas – when it comes to saving the planet by avoiding aeroplane flights. A [...]
The 2020 English Raid
Monday 17 – Saturday 22 August 2020 The tenth English raid, for small boats using sail and oar, will be on and around the Blackwater from Monday August 17 to Saturday August 22, 2020. Organised [...]
Topsail Schooner in Small Ships Race
By Max Mudie for ASTO Saturday 5th October 2019 sees the annual Small Ships race return to Cowes: this end-of-season event sees many of the UK’s smaller Sail Training vessels race around the Solent after [...]
Trinity Sailing forced to sell boats
Part of Brixham's heritage fleet is to be sold after The Trinity Sailing Foundation, a charity which has taken thousands of disadvantaged people to sea for 20 years, announced it has to cease current operations [...]
Libby Purves to give memorial talk
By Peter Willis. Brian Hammett, who died on 20 September 2018, was a consummate sailor and a leading member of many yachting organisations, as well as a published Arthur Ransome authority. His memory is to [...]
14th Monaco Classic Week kicks off in style!
• 73 of the most beautiful classic yachts • The art of life at sea sailing and motor • Ships' chefs in on board bake-off style cuisine competition Wednesday 11th September 2019 - Serenaded [...]
Australian Wooden Boat Festival 2021 cancelled
The Australian Wooden Boat Festival planned for February 2021 will not be proceeding, the festival’s General Manager Mr Paul Stephanus announced today. Mr Stephanus said that considerable planning had already gone into next year’s festival [...]
Pilot Cutter enriches Charlestown
Charlestown Harbour welcomes a new boat, Mascotte - the largest surviving Bristol Chanel Pilot Cutter - which also marks the launch of a new charitable sailing charity using Mascotte, called Rich’s Boat. The charity, named after Mascotte's longterm [...]
Club of the Year?
Applications are open for the 2021 RYA Club of the Year Award. Applications are now open for the RYA Club of the Year Awards which celebrate the outstanding achievement and promote the hard work of [...]
New berthing at Bembridge
Duver Marina In the changed environment of social distancing, the impact of which is likely to be long-lasting, the management at Bembridge Harbour have taken the decision, as a direct result of Covid-19, to remodel [...]
Excelsior is back at sea
East Anglia’s most historic ship takes to sea again Excelsior, the 99 year old traditional gaff rigged fishing ketch known as a ‘smack’ is allowed to leave harbour thanks to the lifting of Covid19 restrictions. [...]
Young man falls to his death on Dar Mlodziezy
A young student has fallen to his death while on a training day with the Polish Tall Ship Dar Młodzieży. The 387ft ship, sailing out of her home port of Gdynia had around 150 people [...]