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The Seldén St Vaast JOG Race over the May Bank Holiday delivered everything sailors could hope for in a Channel crossing: sunshine, glorious sunsets, tactical conundrums, and a well-earned celebration at the finish.

Back on the water at last! With no Illusion racing since late January and the One-Designs delaying the start of their season as they waited for the Under Tyne moorings to be laid, its been a rather odd Spring at the Bembridge end of the harbour!

When you’re looking at ways of securing your leisure vehicle, one product you are likely to come across is a tracker. However, this is a gadget which not only has an initial outlay to factor in, but also has the cost of the ongoing subscription too. As a result, you could easily find yourself wondering,…

Biblical rain showers, seaweed everywhere, and frequent fleet park-ups = a thoroughly enjoyable bank holiday weekend.

Typical, the Bank Holiday weather set the scene for the second instalment of the sailing club’s short race handicap series: torrential rain, a light easterly breeze, and the tide at the bottom of a spring tide.

Ten Comets contested the Silver Wing Open on 2nd May 2026 for the Silverwing Comet Trophy, an old, and very heavy DeHavilland Heron propeller hub.

Our grand finale sailed us straight to the Midlands at Draycote Water Sailing Club with 25 Fevas attending looking forward to racing with their friends, positioning in the series and getting some fleeting racing in before the Nationals!

Fifteen-year-old Vincentian sailor Kai Marks Dasent has successfully completed an extraordinary 70-mile solo sail from St Vincent to Grenada in an ILCA dinghy measuring less than 14 feet in length.

We don’t go motorhoming to graft, but there are numerous essential chores that cannot be avoided. Reversing, setting up, cleaning, and that daily trek to the chemical waste disposal are just some of the tasks that can take the shine off when you’re pitched up at the best motorhome sites, or even bring a premature…

After nearly 48 hours at sea and her second night onboard 11th Hour Racing, the Italian-American sailor Francesca Clapcich has moved up from sixth position to fifth in the seven-strong 1000 Race IMOCA fleet as the leaders approach the Fastnet Rock.