FourthCape Blog

On the last weekend of January Charles made his way up to the University of Birmingham for two great days of chat and discussion, sharing of ideas and experiences, and thoughts to the future of Sailing at the RYA Race Officials National Conference. He spoke about technology’s role in sailing...

The RYA Dinghy and Watersports show has always been a firm favourite entry in the Dinghy Sailors calendar!! The annual coming together of young and old, beginner and expert sailors passionate about the water. There’s always something for everyone from the kid’s treasure hunt and laser simulator to the numerous...

2025 kicked off for us with coordinating and running the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s youth ‘Griffin’ sailor selection for the 2025 season.  Twenty-four International sailors braved winter conditions to attend the Griffin25 selection event, gathering before dawn at the Southampton Red Jet terminal. A sense of anticipation filled the air,...

Unfortunately due to the extreme weather conditions brought upon the UK by Storm Bert the Fourth and final round was not sailable – the weekend saw gusts of 56 knots with all racing cancelled well in advance. The winner of the 2024 Solent Super Series was awarded to Gareth Edmondson...

The Solent Super Series™ is getting a bit of a reputation – 3rd Round and 3rd weekend of sub 6kt winds, fortunately a light wind ‘nowcast’ doesn’t deter either the race committee or the competitors from taking on the challenge that light air sailing brings.   Race 1 of the Round got underway...