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Henri-Lloyd to open new store at Portsmouth
Henri-Lloyd is expanding its UK retail presence with the opening of a new store at Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth, on Thursday 11th June.
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Erica Lush Retires from La Solitaire du Figaro
American offshore sailor Erica Lush made the difficult decision to retire from the Solitaire du Figaro Paprec in the competition’s third and final leg. Damage to the mainsail during a period of heavy wind could not be repaired on board.
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2026 Dutch Water Week day 2
From the moment the sailors arrived on the beach of Almere, the sailing weather was beautiful. With such a great start to the day, a vital piece of advice is: don’t mention the weather, so as not to jinx the weather gods.
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Seafront overnight parking approved for motorhomes in Largs
A Scottish council has approved a scheme to provide overnight motorhome parking on one of its most popular seafronts. On Tuesday, North Ayrshire Council’s cabinet approved a plan to turn the existing council-owned Bowencraig East Car Park on the seafront at Largs into a designated motorhome parking area as part of a pilot project. Under…
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A Class Catamaran Europeans at Mar Menor Day 3
It was back to business as usual today after the sailor’s traumas of Tuesday. The overnight high winds from the Northeast had left a decent bit of chop though, and this was arriving onshore to scare people.
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Westfalia launches two new Fiat-based campervans
Westfalia is launching two new campervans for the 2027 season that both make full use of the rear of the van to provide a flexible living and sleeping space. The two campervans come on a Fiat base vehicle, which is among the best vans for a camper conversion, and form the new Nansen range. They…
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Scottish Open Challenger Championship at Prestwick
Eleven Challengers with eager, but slightly apprehensive, sailors and helpers arrived at Prestwick SC to prepare for the Scottish Open Challenger Championship. The apprehension was because this was a new venue for Challengers and on the sea to boot!
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2026 Portimão X-15 Wingfoil Series
The Portimão 2026 X-15 Wingfoil Series delivered two days of close and highly competitive racing, bringing together riders from 17 nations to compete on identical X-15 equipment in the class’s unique one design format.
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Optos Scottish Schools Brown Cup preview
Loch Earn Sailing Club is looking forward to welcoming around 60 young sailors to the 2026 Scottish Schools Brown Cup on Monday 8 June 2026.
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Sailing Grand Slam and Foiling Week join forces
Organisers of the Sailing Grand Slam and Foiling Week announce a strategic collaboration to grow the future of high-performance sailing, designed to strengthen connections across the rapidly evolving worlds of foiling sailing, windfoiling and kitefoiling.