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Another good turnout for round 3, 16 skippers came to the line including one prospective new member Jeff Clarke. The day was forecast to be a light affair with rain, luckily the rain held off until we finished racing.

Ewen Barry and his daughter Thea were clear winners of the Fireball Leinster Championship at Skerries Sailing Club at the weekend.

To know Jim Close, aka Jimbo, or Mumbles, is to have an experience (Boom. Boom. Basil Brush). It’s not a reflection. It’s a casting of vision. Yes. What a trip. Part acid. Part journey through space. Part adventure in existentialism.

February and March 2027, as The Ocean Race revealed exciting partnerships and key details of the Southern Ocean stopover, marking the return of the City of Sails to the race route for the first time since 2018.

A torrential morning storm bringing spectacular thunder and lightning to the Bay of Palma was then followed by a prolonged calm which prevented racing on the final day of 22nd Sandberg PalmaVela.

Saturday 2nd May provided a perfect early morning for the Seafarer’s Pennant race, which was also the 3rd race of the club’s Beck Trophy. The wind was a steady force 2 south westerly and came with brilliant sunshine.

Today at 1:00 PM local time (11:00 AM UTC), the Class40 fleet of the 2nd edition of the CIC MED CHANNEL RACE set off for a 1000-mile race in the western Mediterranean between Marseille, Corsica, Sardinia, and the Balearic Islands.

Today, at 1200 CEST [1000 UTC], Francesca took the start of the 1000 Race – her very first solo race on an IMOCA.

The Northern Series moved to the North East for its second stop at Tynemouth Sailing Club, where 16 boats – including 11 travelling boats (helped out by 3 home crews) – gathered for a weekend of close Enterprise racing on the sea.

The race started with some bright sunshine in Cowes but only a light breeze but as the yachts moved down the Solent the breeze dropped and the skies grew grey.