The RYA and UKSA have announced their commitment to extend the British Keelboat Academy partnership beyond 2010 as applications open for 2011’s squad selection trials which will take place in September. The Academy was set up in October last year for 18-24 year-olds offering budding young keelboat racers the opportunity to further their skills, experience [...]
The stunning coastline of Slovenia was showcased on day two of the Extreme 40 World Championship with two coastal races. In a break from traditional short and fast courses, the six high octane Extreme 40 catamarans raced from their base at Portoroz 15 kilometres along the coast to the bustling port city of Koper and [...]
The inaugural race of the Packard Ladies’ Cup took place in near-perfect conditions at the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, Burnham-on-Crouch on the afternoon of Sunday 11th July 2010. Eight Corinthian lady helms came to the line in a fleet of 707s to celebrate Celia and Nina Packard, two determined Victorian ladies, who originally won this [...]
Britain’s Paralympic classes sailors scored their best ever World Championship medal haul at the Delta Lloyd IFDS World Championships, which concluded today (14 July) in Medemblik (NED) with a British crew on the podium in each of the three classes. Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell picked up their second straight world title with a race [...]
The boat park in Portorož is awash with international sailing talent as the teams entered into the inaugural Extreme 40 World Championship prepare their boats for action. Five days of racing will kick off on Wednesday 14 July with the first of up to 15 Olympic style courses in the Bay of Portorož on the [...]
Running in conjunction with the World Match Racing Tour event is ‘Women’s Stena Match Cup Sweden’. Ten elite female crews are racing in Elliott 6m boats that will be used in the 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition. The inclusion of women’s match racing to the Olympic Sailing Competition has increased the profile of the women’s discipline [...]