Lawrie Smith, Tim Tavinor and Joost Houweling win races 1 & 2 in Swedish Nationals. Bastad kicked off it’s “double billed” programme yesterday in fine style with a superb day of racing in this very popular Swedish Holiday resort… With the Swedish Nationals serving as a “warm up” for the Europeans starting this Sunday, 2nd August, many top teams took to […]
Winner’s of the Portuguese Nationals, Jose’ Matoso, Gustavo Lima & Frederico Melo. POR 66 “Drago” won the Portuguese Nationals with a race to spare! During 3 fantastic sunny days from July 10th to 12th, Jose’ Matoso, Gustavo Lima and Frederico Melo dominated the 11 boat fleet with superb racing both in the Cascais/Estoril Bay and […]
The amazing “Gold Cup” is waiting to be won in Kuhlungsborn, in August 2015.. 66 boats are already registered for this year’s Gold Cup which promises to be a fantastic regatta based on the amazing Baltic Sea fronting perfect beaches in this relaxing picturesque town. However, there is still time to enter as more entries would make it an […]
Martin “Stavros” Payne interviewed 2015 Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Edinburgh Cup winners Julia Bailey (overall) and Mike Budd (Corinthian) at the final prize giving for the regatta. […]
For 66 years the names engraved on the Dragon Edinburgh Cup have had two things in common.. They have been the names of some of the finest sailors in the world and they have all been men. Julia Bailey was already recognised as a great sailor, but today she made history by becoming the first […]
Huge congratulations to GBR720 Aimee helmed by Julia Bailey.. with crew Pedro Andrade, Keith Tippell and Will Heritage on winning the 2015 Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Edinburgh Cup with a race to spare. Julia becomes the first woman to claim the right to engrave her name on this historic trophy. Mike Budd, Mark Greaves and […]
After two days of light airs trials and tribulations, the third race of the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Edinburgh Cup was finally completed in Largs on the penultimate day of the regatta.. A lack of breeze continued to dog the event meaning only one race was possible, but that one race has ensured that the […]
Day two of the 2015 Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Edinburgh Cup in Largs proved to be a long drawn out and extremely frustrating affair as the wind gods played cat and mouse with the fleet. After yesterday’s strong winds the opposite was delivered today. Early morning brought sunny skies, unusually warm temperatures for the region […]
GBR 720 “Aimee” helmed by Julia Bailey wins the opening race of the Edinburgh Cup.. Mixed conditions of zero wind then “full on” 27+kts of wind tested the 20 boat fleet in Largs, Scotland yesterday at the 2015 Edinburgh Cup. It was a day of sailing that all the crews will remember for a variety of […]