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Wednesday, 09 May 2012 00:00 |
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RYA Sailability recently joined forces with Coutts bank and law firm Farrer & Co with a fundraiser welcoming HRH The Princess Royal and Skandia Team GBR’s Alex Rickman and Niki Birrell (pictured) as the guests of honour.
The ‘Best of British’ themed evening was a huge success and raised over £55,000 to support sailing opportunities for sailors with disabilities. HRH The Princess Royal welcomed an invited audience of over 300 guests in the beautiful surroundings of Coutts Garden Court on the Strand in London. HRH praised the work of RYA Sailability for enabling people of all walks of life to be introduced to sport.
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Tuesday, 08 May 2012 00:00 |
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COMPETITORS in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race face a shortened course on leg 10 of the 40,000 mile race, which takes them from San Francisco to Panama.
With light winds forecast to diminish further, the decision was made in order to ensure the fleet are able to traverse through the Panama Canal at the scheduled canal transit time in advance of the canal’s planned maintenance. Rising temperatures and light, fluky airs have characterised this leg and stinted the fleet’s progress.
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Tuesday, 08 May 2012 00:00 |
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A British team is preparing to re-enact Sir Ernest Shackleton’s voyage aboard the James Caird using a replica lifeboat. The 23ft ‘Alexandra Shackleton’ will be based at Dean & Readyhoff’s Portland Marina over the next year, whilst she undergoes fittings and sea trials in preparation for the expedition in December 2012. Visitors to the marina this summer will be able to see the ‘Alexandra Shackleton’ with her running rigging intact.
The team of adventurers led by renowned explorer and scientist Tim Jarvis, will attempt to re-enact Shackleton’s 800 mile voyage across the Southern Ocean. Three men will then attempt to reach the (now abandoned) whaling station of Stromness, where Shackleton raised the alarm to rescuers during the ill-fated Imperial Trans- Antarctic Expedition of 1914-17.
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Monday, 07 May 2012 00:00 |
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PSP Southampton Boat Show has been confirmed as the final destination on the P1 SuperStock UK calendar in a move which will see Britain’s leading powerboat series perform in front of tens of thousands of spectators.
The P1 Southampton Grand Prix of the Sea will have a specially designed, spectator friendly course for the SuperStock races, which will take place very close to the show marina during the opening weekend, 15-16 September. The event starts with exciting one-onone ‘match races’ to determine the grid positions for the first of the two pointsscoring rounds. There will be SuperStock races on both Saturday and Sunday, with an expected start time of 1pm.
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Thursday, 03 May 2012 00:00 |
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The successful one-design Laser SB3 keelboat, has a new name, builder and sales structure. The boat, which will now be known as the SB20, has over 650 boats sailing in 20 countries worldwide, having achieved ISAF recognition back in 2007. Tony Castro, the SB20 designer, has announced that the global sales and marketing of the successful sportsboat is to be carried out by a new organisation Sportsboat World. Tony Castro has appointed White Formula in the UK, who built the first 50 boats in 2002, as the licensed SB20 builder. New boats have been ordered and are due for delivery from 1st August 2012. Parts are available with immediate effect from www.sportsboatworld.com and via a revised dealer network.
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