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, [...]
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
50 years since Chay Blyth’s solo circumnavigation
Commodore Robert Vose (left) with Sir Chay Blyth and fellow pioneering solo circum-navigator Sir Robin Knox-Johnston. British yachtsman Sir Chay Blyth returned to the Hamble today to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his [...]
Bruce Kirby 8 Bells
The famous yacht and dinghy designer and Canadian olympic sailor Bruce Kirby has died, aged 92. Among his many designs he drew the Laser Dinghy in 1969 since 1970 more than 215,000 Lasers have been [...]
Ocean Film Festival will show seven films
This autumn the Ocean Film Festival World Tour returns to the UK with a clutch of Live theatre shows: September - November 2021. Here's the trailer: The Festival has a brand-new [...]
A haven for protected seahorses
Boatfolk joins forces with the Seahorse Trust and Portsmouth University to create haven for protected seahorses The Seahorse Trust and Portsmouth University have joined forces with national boating business, boatfolk, as part of a re-wilding [...]
On the water improves health and wellbeing
New research shows that being out on the water is beneficial for both health and wellbeing With concerns around the negative mental and physical health legacy of the coronavirus pandemic, new research published on [...]
Eeyore wins again!
ROUND THE ISLAND RACE 2021 Report Once again the smallest boat in the fleet, the modified twin keel 1964 Alacrity 18 Eeyore has won the 50nM (93km) Round the Island Race. The Island Sailing Club [...]