Yachting World

Leopard of London abandoned

  • April 5, 2002

Mike Slade’s 90ft racing yacht has been abandoned and is sinking 400 miles from the Spanish coast

  • April 5, 2002

National 12s took the top four places in the slow handicap fleet during last weekend's Grand Slam event

  • April 4, 2002

After the relaunch of Kingfisher next week she’ll head for France to prepare for the Regata du Rubicon

Big winds for Orange

  • April 4, 2002

With the gelcoat barely dry from her recent repairs, Orange is now sailing at 30-35 knots, in huge seas towards the icefields

  • April 4, 2002

Racing at the Volvo RYA Youth Championships and Trials was postponed yesterday due to lack of wind

  • April 3, 2002

A total of 28 boats competed in the Firefly fleet racing at the Royal Lymington Yacht Club Easter Regatta

  • April 3, 2002

Racing got underway yesterday (2 April) at the Volvo RYA Youth Championships and Trials at the Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy. Although sailors could not see the other side of…

  • April 3, 2002

The National 12 fleet made its way to Waldringfield for the Easter weekend to take part in the annual Easter Egg event

Hyde opens custom loft

  • April 3, 2002

Hyde Sails has opened a custom sail-making facility at its Benfleet loft on the UK's East Coast

  • April 3, 2002

The repairs to the maxi cat Orange may have been repaired but will she last another violent beating?

Yacht in trouble off Land’s End

  • April 3, 2002

Leopard of London has damaged its rudder en route from the Azores to Southampton and is currently battling with storms in the Atlantic, 600 miles south-west of Land’s End

Schooner runs aground off Oban

  • April 3, 2002

Spirit of Fairbridge, a 30m training schooner carrying 16 passengers, ran aground 10 miles north of Oban last night