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INEOS TEAM UK competing on the GC32 Racing Tour. Image: HarryKH/INEOS TEAM UK

Title Sponsor, Lendy, is supporting Ladies Day plans for 2018’s Cowes Week.

In the year marking 100 years since women were given the vote, Lendy Ladies Day will return to the regatta on 7 August with...

A Cornish sailing charity has announced the official launch of its new racing division, and is calling out for injured veterans to get on board.

Turn to Starboard uses sail training to support Armed Forces personnel affected by military operatio...

Boatshed announced this morning that it will be awarding 5000 UK pounds in cash to the fastest boat in the 2018 Golden Globe Race
The 5000 prize matches the original award that all competitors raced for 50 years ago.

Image: Jerry Lake

Image: Sailing Energy / GC32 Racing Tour

Philippe Péché aboard his Rustler 36 PRB gets a head start alongside Igor Zaretskiy (RUS) and his Endurance 35 Esmeralda. ahead of Tapio Lehtinen’s Finnish yacht Asteria, Istvan Kopar (USA) Puffin and Ar...

The Hague stopover. Brunel In-Port Race. 30 June, 2018.
Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race

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Leg 3, Cape Town to Melbourne, day 10, on board Turn the Tide on Plastic. Photo by Jeremie Lecaudey/Volvo Ocean Race.

Buckler’s Hard Yacht Harbour is making it even easier for mooring holders and visiting sailors to get ashore from the Beaulieu River with a new water taxi service for the summer.

Raymarine teams with meteorologist, Simon Rowell for the pre-race weather briefing on the eve of the 2018 Round the Island Race in association with Cloudy Bay

Top marine meteorologist Simon Rowell will deliver the all-important pre-race weather ...

Boatshed HQ team members are on location at the race Village in Les Sables-d'Olonne for the start of the Golden Globe Race on Sunday.
Boatshed are proud to be sponsors of the GGR and have sold several boats to race competitors

Winches are expensive and vital pieces of deck hardware that have a tough life and are often exposed to the elements all year round. So it is vital that you look after them.

If the sheets or guy are snagging, binding or the winch is not rotating...

Wine in boxes, wine in screw top bottles, now we see wine in cans emerging, but how will the British market react?

The innovative wine maker Thomson and Scott launched its Skinny Prosecco featuring lower sugar content at Easter-time 2016, and it...

RYA joins forces with British Association of Snowsport Instructors to lobby for seasonal workers’ rights.

The Telegraph has reported the RYA’s lobbying efforts to engage with Ministers and officials to minimise any adverse impact on,...

Set against the iconic backdrop of the famous White Cliffs, Dover Marina is an incredibly convenient location for cross-Channel sailing.

The R35 is the first Princess R Class performance sports yacht.

Designed in partnership with Ben Ainslie Racing Technologies and Pininfarina, Princess’s most technologically advanced sports yacht is designed and hand-built in Plymouth. It ...

Image: Alex Thomson Racing

The Golden Globe Race village now in full swing, 4 days before the start at 12:00 on Sunday July 1st, Photos: Christophe Favreau