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Firefly Easter Regatta
A total of 28 boats competed in the Firefly fleet racing at the Royal Lymington Yacht Club Easter Regatta
Youth Champs at Weymouth
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…
National 12s at Waldringfield
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
Hyde Sails has opened a custom sail-making facility at its Benfleet loft on the UK's East Coast
Orange’s damage is sorted
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
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
Spirit of Fairbridge, a 30m training schooner carrying 16 passengers, ran aground 10 miles north of Oban last night
Burger to build its biggest yet
Burger Boat Company based in Wisconsin, USA has signed a contract to build its largest ever yacht
Alloy Yachts builds mega sloop
Construction has begun on a 177ft (54m) sloop at Alloy Yachts in Auckland, New Zealand
‘Yellow boat’ found in Brazil
The former Aqua Quorum has been salvaged but is flooded stripped out and ‘trashed’
Adrien has a new keel
If all goes to plan, Jean Luc Van Den Heede’s Global Challenge boat, Adrien should be back in the water next week
Around Alone squares up
Russian sailor Yazykov joins as entries firm up at 18
Austrian Tornado sailor drowned
Johannes Haeupl, an Austrian Tornado sailor was drowned during the Princess Sofia Trophy regatta in Palma
Record entry at youth champs
This week’s Volvo RYA Youth Championships and World Trials are taking place at Weymouth and a record turnout has been recorded
International Rolex Regatta
Despite losing a day to lack of wind, the three-day International Rolex Regatta finished on a good note yesterday with two races. After waiting on the water for two hours…
Red Funnel Easter Challenge
Fresh winds provided an exciting last day’s racing at the Cowes-based Red Funnel Easter Challenge
Orange mixes with ice
Nick Moloney, the lone Aussie aboard a boat of Frenchmen, describes life of board Orange, the Jules Verne Challenge catamaran as she heads south
SEB keeps her points
The protest lodged against Team SEB for her collision with illbruck during the fifth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, has been dismissed
China Sea Race dogged by light winds
Lack of wind has caused many retirements on the China Sea Race leaving only 17 boats remaining in the IRC and HKPN