Solent SS

Under a sunny & bright blue winter’s morning sky, Round 3 of the Sea Ventures Super Series test event got underway from the mainland shore to the North East of Lepe Spit.  A light and cold Northerly breeze saw the fleet starting downwind with a strong Westerly going tide catching some of the fleet out. […]

A mixed (and relatively inaccurate) forecast awaited the fleet competing in Round 2 of the Sea Ventures Super Series which took place this past weekend. Saturday brought a bright blue sky and autumnal sunshine but light winds for race 1 of the round. Racing commenced from a central-Solent start area after a short postponement to

This past weekend saw the first round of the Sea Ventures Super Series [SVSS] contended by boats with IRC Ratings ranging from 1.026 to 1.039 all racing shorthanded [2-4 Crew] on courses around the Central/Eastern Solent – run as a limited entry ‘Test Event’ to prove the concept – with racing taking place on a

In recent seasons numbers have dwindled for certain events across the UK – one fleet bucking this trend is the shorthanded division with the Double-Handed class of the Rolex Fastnet Race numbering more than 100 boats. Looking to further support the short-handed scene – Sea Ventures UK, spearheaded by avid single and double handed veteran