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It was a shame that the June regatta, one of the club’s most popular events, conflicted with the Laser SB3 National championships at Falmouth. As a result most of the very strong Solent Fleet was away. As a balance …

The beautiful island of Marstrand located an hour north west of Sweden’s second city, Gothenburg, plays host to Match Cup Sweden, the 5th stage of the 2009 World Match Racing Tour, this week. On the occasion of its 15th …

One week after the Portugal Match Cup, Seb Col is about to compete again in Match Cup Sweden, stage number 4 of the World Match Racing Tour, straight away after Germany, Korea and Portugal. The rhythm is tough and …

Piet Vroon’s Ker 46, Tonnerre de Breskens, won their second RORC offshore race in a row winning the Morgan Cup, but Rob Lutener and Martin Elwood’s TP52, Cutting Edge, came within a whisker of taking the top prize. “At …

For windsurfers and kiteboarders, Fuerteventura is the Hawaii of Europe. As well as white sand beaches, blue skies and summer temperatures, the island also has all the wind a windsurfer or kiteboarder could wish for. The wind-powered acrobats fly …

French Kiss Americas Cup sailor Pierre Gal will start as the favourite to defend his Sports Boat line honours title at the Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race Week in mid-august. Gal who first sailed in Australia at the 1987 …

The PUMA Ocean Racing team today finished the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 in second place overall. Having led the fleet right from the start of leg ten, which took the team 400 miles from Stockholm, Sweden to St Petersburg, …