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This is where we publish our boat related stories and articles, which range from world circumnavigation to rescue missions, humour and much, much more. So make yourself a coffee and settle yourself down to a good read.

Tracy Edwards Scoops Lendy Ladies Day Trophy at Lendy Cowes Week
Tracy Edwards Scoops Lendy Ladies Day Trophy at Lendy Cowes Week
Tuesday, 07 August 2018

The annual Ladies Day returned to Lendy Cowes Week on Tuesday 7th August, this year supported by Title Sponsor Lendy, with a number of celebrations culminating in the announcement that Tracy Edwards was the winner of the Ladies Day Trophy at an ex...

Lendy Cowes Week Daily Round-Up Day 4
Lendy Cowes Week Daily Round-Up Day 4
Tuesday, 07 August 2018

After a relaxed morning waiting for a breeze to build, teams at Lendy Cowes Week were thoroughly tested today by a series of wild fluctuations in the wind that accompanied short showers that passed over the race area this afternoon. Lulls saw to w...

Lendy Cowes Week – Day 3 Round-Up Report
Lendy Cowes Week – Day 3 Round-Up Report
Monday, 06 August 2018

Competitors enjoyed a fabulous classic sea breeze day at Lendy Cowes Week, after a long postponement while race officials waited for the wind to arrive. They were rewarded with a stable 10-15 knot south westerly breeze on another warm and almost c...

British Cup team secures first GC32 Racing Tour victory
British Cup team secures first GC32 Racing Tour victory
Sunday, 05 August 2018

INEOS Team UK came out on top, despite this being just the team’s second ever event on the GC32 Racing Tour. Photo: Sailing Energy / GC32 Racing Tour

Lendy Cowes Week – Day 2 Round Up Report
Lendy Cowes Week – Day 2 Round Up Report
Sunday, 05 August 2018

Family Day at Lendy Cowes Week delivered stunning conditions with unbroken sun and a solid east south-easterly breeze of 9-12 knots. The best winds of the day were predicted to be in the eastern Solent, so all classes started towards the east.<...

SailForce to represent Ocean Safety to UK Leisure Marine Market
SailForce to represent Ocean Safety to UK Leisure Marine Market
Sunday, 05 August 2018

Ocean Safety’s Ocean ISO liferaft – a key product for SailForce and the chandlery sector.

Applications invited for RYA and Yachts & Yachting Club of the Year 2019
Applications invited for RYA and Yachts & Yachting Club of the Year 2019
Sunday, 05 August 2018

2018 RYA and Yachts & Yachting Club of the Year winners Notts County Sailing Club

COWES HONOUR FOR YOUNG SAILOR
COWES HONOUR FOR YOUNG SAILOR
Friday, 03 August 2018

One of the principal trophies for yacht racing at Lendy Cowes Week Regatta  is to be presented by a 14-year-old newcomer to sailing, thanks to an innovative move by the Royal Southampton Yacht Club.

The Club’s Armitage Challenge cup w...

RYA Sailability Multiclass Regatta 2018
RYA Sailability Multiclass Regatta 2018
Thursday, 02 August 2018

Image: OnEdition/RYA

A knockout event for Turn to Starboard
A knockout event for Turn to Starboard
Wednesday, 01 August 2018

Foam, fun and fooling around were in plentiful supply at a sailing charity’s ‘It’s a Knockout’ event at Malpas Park in Truro.

Heavy rain had fallen on the morning before the event held on Sunday (July 29), yet 17 teams fr...

Dee Caffari supporting grass roots sailing
Dee Caffari supporting grass roots sailing
Wednesday, 01 August 2018

World famous yachtswoman Dee Caffari MBE has sailed around the world five times. She is the first woman to have sailed single-handed and non-stop around the world in both directions and the only woman to have sailed non-stop around the world a tot...

Preparing for the summer cruise
Preparing for the summer cruise
Wednesday, 01 August 2018

Steve Bockett, Ocean Safety Training Manager, helps sailors prepare for their summer cruises.

During the summer many boat owners, with their families and friends, head off for a bit of a cruise.

Carry on beer and bubbly
Carry on beer and bubbly
Wednesday, 01 August 2018

Tempting drinks for summer sun, plus why we do not need to worry about carbon dioxide.

The news scare about a shortage of beers due to a shortage of manufactured carbon dioxide was serious overkill. All at Sea readers would, I hope, be well awar...

Check Clean Dry
Check Clean Dry
Wednesday, 01 August 2018

American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus). Image: GBNNSS

Universal Marina
Universal Marina
Wednesday, 01 August 2018

Universal Marina is ideally situated for those wishing to spend less time travelling in the car and more time boating on the Solent, in one of England’s most sought-after destinations.

Established in 70 acres of stunning woodlands and salt...

TEST OF SKILL AND SPEED
TEST OF SKILL AND SPEED
Wednesday, 01 August 2018

Thousands of young powerboating enthusiasts have been testing their skills on the throttle at clubs up and down the country in a bid to secure a spot at one of the Honda RYA Youth RIB Championship Area Finals. 

 

RORC Channel Race Report
RORC Channel Race Report
Tuesday, 31 July 2018

The 2018 Channel Race proved to be the windiest race of the RORC Season’s Points Championship to date, with competitors reporting gusts of up to 40 knots and a short sharp sea state for the blast to Beachy Head and back to the Solent. Effect...

Thames Traditional Boat Festival
Thames Traditional Boat Festival
Tuesday, 31 July 2018

Image: Amersham Photographic Society

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