“The deck is awash again and the view out of the coach house windows is sky, sea, sky, sea. We're back on the fast train” says Kingfisher skipper Nick Moloney
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Horey and Mildred win Fireball nationals with a day to spare
A second place for Vince Horey and Jon Mildred was enough to secure the Fireball national championship with a day to spare
Pink and Weeks win another major 29er title
Current world, European and last year’s national champions John Pink and Tom Weeks have won the 2001 29er gold fleet national championship
Close racing at the 29er nationals
Only one point separates the leading two boats in the gold fleet at the 29er nationals
Joint Services arrive in Plymouth
Spirit of Minerva, with Yachting Monthly photographer Graham Snook onboard, has crossed the finish line of the Rolex Fastnet Race off Plymouth
Kingfisher holds EDS lead as Sill moves up
Sill Plein Fruit and Fila have both found the southwesterlies they went south to pick up but Kingfisher still holds the lead
Noon ETA for Ecover
Ed Stacey reports on the Rolex Fastnet Race from the navigation station of Mike Golding’s Challenge 67 Ecover
GBR Challenge raceboat builders selected
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
Meadowcrofts lead National 12s at Salcombe Week
Husband and wife team, John and Katy Meadowcroft lead the 28-boat National 12 fleet at Salcombe Week
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