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Entries OPEN for RYA National Match Racing Champs

Tuesday, 21 February, 2012

The RYA National Match Racing Championships 2012 are set for another exhilarating year and the RYA are urging interested parties to get their entries in fast to secure their place at this year’s event, and more importantly the up and coming regattas in March and April.  The RYA National Match Racing programme consists of seven [...]

News from Team International Yacht Paint

Sunday, 12 February, 2012

It looks like Katie Miller is out to have some fun this year in her Figaro II Hotsocks, now recently rebranded ‘International Yacht Paint’. Read her latest blog entry here : Hotsocks in the snow causes Coldsocks!

Time for a New Year Resolution?

Thursday, 29 December, 2011

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!

Wednesday, 23 November, 2011

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

Friday, 2 September, 2011

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!

Monday, 29 August, 2011

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

Thursday, 18 August, 2011

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

Sunday, 7 August, 2011

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!!!

Wednesday, 13 July, 2011

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

Sunday, 26 June, 2011

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 [...]