Australians Jason Akers and Brandon Linton have been chosen to build the boat in which GBR Challenge will contest the Louis Vuitton challenger series
NYYC and RYS team up for Transatlantic classic
Ever since America’s Cup legend Charlie Barr skippered Atlantic to a historic transatlantic record almost a century ago, sailors have been attempting to break the elusive New York-Lizard benchmark of…
Harrison unveils ACJ crews
Syndicate head Peter Harrison announces the crews that will represent GBR Challenge in this summer’s ACJ – the first time GBR Challenge will have raced ACC boats in anger against…
Sill closes on Kingfisher
Once again, Jourdain’s ability to read the weather’s most intimate secrets catapults Sill Plein Fruit into contention in the EDS Atlantic Challenge fifth leg from Boston to St Malo…
Ecover finishes Rolex Fastnet Race
Ed Stacey posts his final report as Mike Golding’s Challenge 67 Ecover heads for the dock after finishing the Rolex Fastnet Race
Horey and Mildred still lead Fireball nationals with two races to go
Although Horey still leads with just two races to go, Howarth and Morrision are snapping at his heels
Girls star at 420 nationals
With light winds advantaging smaller competitors, the female boats displayed great skill to steal the limelight from the leading male pairs at the third day of the 420 nationls
Laser Master Apprentice world champs results
2001 LASER WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (Senior & Masters) Cork, Ireland, 30 July – 18 August Senior: 30 July – 8 August Masters: 10 – 18 August Masters World Championships Results Apprentice…
Laser masters worlds results
Seq Sailno Name Scores 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 GBR 490 Stephen Cockerill 5,0 (1) 1 1 1 1 1 2 NED 1681 Wilmar Groenendijk 14,0 2 6
Danes still lead 405 nationals at Plymouth
The Danish Pair of Hennriette Koch and Sebastian Bay continue to dominate the fleet with a clear points lead over the nearest British pair of Bernard and Andrew Gammon
Close racing at the 29er nationals
Only one point separates the leading two boats in the gold fleet at the 29er nationals
In the nick of time
Stealth, Nicorette and Morning Glory have finished the Rolex Fastnet, but not necessarily in that order... as we wait for the corrected times to be confirmed, ybw reports the latest…
Shirley Robertson describes life on Nicorette
For Nicorette, third across the line, the Rolex Fastnet Race was always going to be a bit of a gamble
Joint Services entry heading for Plymouth
Graham Snook, Yachting Monthly and Motor Boat and Yachting photographer, reports that Spirit of Minerva’s crew have only cold army rations with which to get themselves back to Plymouth
Stealth slips into Plymouth
Giovanni’s Agnelli’s 92ft sloop Stealth has arrived in Plymouth at the end of her first Fastnet race, taking monohull line honours 19 hours after the 60ft trimaran Eure et Loir…
Latest from the Rolex Fastnet finish in Plymouth
Skandia Leopard is in and the Volvo 60, Team News Corp takes provisional sixth, eleven minutes ahead of the next Volvo 60, illbruck
Ecover rounds the Rock
IPC’s Ed Stacey reports, champagne in hand, from the deck of Mike Golding’s Challenge 67 Ecover, formerly Group 4, as she sets out on the final 240 miles of the…
News Corp takes Rolex Fastnet VO60 class honours
Britain’s Jez Fanstone has capitalised on the wealth of local knowledge he has to win the first genuine contest between the four VO60s that will later compete in the Volvo…
EDS Atlantic Challenge final leg begins
Kingfisher blasted out of the blocks, followed by Ecover and a rejuvenated Gartmore while Sill Plein Fruit, her mast restored, located a sandbar off Boston Harbour
Lark class prepares for big nationals at Saundersfoot
The Lark national championship promises to be a full-on event, both on and off the water, with the continued sponsorship from Red Square