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2009 Laser SB3 UK National Champiopnship - Falmouth

2009 Laser SB3 UK National Champiopnship - Falmouth

Images by www.falmouthphotos.com   Laser SB3 sailor Craig Burlton had a double celebration last week in Falmouth when he celebrated his birthday midway through winning a hotly contested SB3 UK National Championship. In topping the near seventy-boat fleet, past European Champion Burlton, saw off challenges from perennial dinghy and sportsboat champion Mike Budd and reigning SB3 World Champion Geoff Carveth. Reflecting on his championship win which he achieved wit...

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18' Skiff International Championship - Carnac, France

18' Skiff International Championship - Carnac, France

Image by Ingrid Abery.   The 18’ Skiff International Championship has attracted an impressive thirty boat fleet to Carnac, France. As the teams go into the final day the leaderboard is headed by Rob Greenhalgh, Dan Johnson and Phil Harmer aboard Benny and their performance is all the more impressive given that helm Greenhalgh flew directly to the event from the finish of the Volvo Ocean Race in Russia after helping Kenny Read’s Puma to a second p...

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2009 Farr 40 World Championship in Porto Cervo

2009 Farr 40 World Championship in Porto Cervo

Image by Stefano Gattini/Carlo Borlenghi.   The final day of racing in the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship 2009 saw the 25 boat fleet line up for the tenth and final race with just one point separating the top two teams. All was set for a duel to the death between two time world champion Jim Richardson (1998, 2004) on Barking Mad and Massimo Mezzaroma with his Nerone (ITA), winner of the 2003 World Championship.   In the end Nerone , with Vasco V...

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2009 JP Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race images....

2009 JP Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race images....

Image by Ingrid Abery.   We have got two galleries packed with great images from the 2009 JP Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race.   You can see John Greenway's Marine Action shots here and Ingrid Abery's images here . ...

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Transpac 09 yachts in Rainbow Harbor set for 4th July fireworks

04 July 2009   22:29
  The sun rose in Long Beach to reveal a glassy calm on the water.  It won't be long before the Division I and II crews will be begin to appear on the docks to make their final preparations ...

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iShares CupHyeres-TPM: Gitana Extreme back in the match

04 July 2009   22:01
Mirroring Oman Sail Masirah’s domination yesterday, Yann Guichard’s men hit back hard in this second day of racing. Gitana Extreme – LCF Rothschild Group scored three bullets of the seven races run this Saturday. A very fine performance which enabled ...

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iShares Cup Hyeres-TPM: Groupama 40 has everything to play for

04 July 2009   21:59
  Once again it proved to be an intense day on the Hyères race zone. With seven races contested in a wind which lived up to expectations by filling to around twenty knots, the crews had to dig deep ...

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