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Time for a New Year Resolution?
We have been pretty rubbish at updating our site here at Ladieswotyacht… Its not that there has been no news, just simply that there was little time to report on it. To bring you up to speed… We raced in the Womens Open Keelboat Championships and the J24 Autumn Championships, we won the mixed sportsboats [...]
Get this on your Christmas list!
Over the years, there has only been one job on the boat for me and that was cockpit, or ‘pit’, and I have never been needed to (or indeed wanted to) make tactical decisions on the water as the boat I sail on has a top tactician already on board, so when over the summer [...]
Book Now! for the 2011 Southampton Boat Show Ladies Day
PSP Southampton Boat Show is celebrating Ladies Day on Thursday 22 September. This day has grown over the last three years and for 2011 promises to be an unforgettable experience… If you’re looking for a day of glamour, style and a thriving atmosphere, enjoy yourself on Ladies Day. And, with The Rose Road Association onboard as the Official Charity you [...]
6 Women off for the most extreme of Transatlantics!
Created in 1977 by Bob Salmon, the 18th edition of The Charente-Maritime/Bahia Transat 6.50 leaves on Sunday the 25th of September 2011 at 05:17 pm off the coasts of Charente-Maritime to head to Salvador de Bahia (Brazil) via Funchal (Madeira / Portugal). This transatlantic (former Mini Transat) is single-handed, without routing or contact with the [...]
420 Junior European Champions Crowned
A tense final day of racing at the 2011 420 Junior Europeans on Monday 15 August delivered another challenging track to navigate for the sailors, with light winds and strong current for the one race of the day. Up to three races could have been raced on the final day if conditions were more favourable, [...]
Camilla Ulrikkeholm Superior In Lysekil Women’s Match
Camilla Ulrikkeholm from the Royal Danish Yacht Club in Skovshoved is the superior winner of Lysekil Women’s Match 2011, in her fifth competition in the Swedish event. The Dane said, “It wasn’t as easy as the results may show. We won the races on better boat handling when there was more wind.” The thousands of [...]
Wanted!! Ladies wot yacht!!!
Do you fancy taking part in the Women’s Open Keelboat Championships on the 23rd & 24th July?? Please get in touch as we are looking for additional crew members urgently! Admin@Ladieswotyacht.com
J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race : Round Up
After a day dominated by the weather which threw everything it had to offer at the record-breaking fleet that competed in Saturday’s 80th Anniversary J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, the last of the 1900+ yachts home, Pendragon of Dartmouth, a Jeanneau Sun Fizz 40, made it across the finish line a mere [...]
Katie Miller Racing Announces New Sponsor
International Paint has made a splash back into the world of yacht sponsorship with the announcement of their title sponsorship of Katie Miller’s Figaro II. Miller will once again join forces with Matthew Lingley, co skipper of their successful Round Britain and Ireland Race in 2010, and the duo will compete in the 1000 Mile [...]
Squad applications now open for the British Keelboat Academy
The British Keelboat Academy, the joint keelboat racing initiative between the RYA and UKSA, are delighted to announce that applications are now open for 2012’s squad selection trials which will take place over two weekends in September. John Derbyshire, RYA Racing Manager, said: “The Academy has been running for over two years and in this [...]
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