Registration for the 2026 Solent Super Series has officially opened, and the Notice of Race is available online. The Solent Super Series begins on Saturday, 10th October, with 4 Rounds of exciting coastal-style, round-the-cans racing. Stopping off in a Host Port each Saturday, our evening social brings together all competitors to analyse the tracking and […]
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The double-handed offshore scene sees amateur sailors take on the pros. Rupert Holmes chats to Christina and Justin Wolfe to find out the secrets of their success Three years ago a Sun Fast 3300 called Red Ruby, whose American owners come from the Pacific North West, popped up in UK double-handed races. It immediately notched up a string of impressive
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The new Beneteau First 36 SE: where performance meets purpose by Beneteau 12 Jun 21:36 BST Introducing the BENETEAU First 36 SE – the ultimate planing racer, born from the collaboration between BENETEAU and Seascape. This is more than just a boat; it’s a mindset. The SE – Seascape Edition badge promises a race-grade
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In partnership with Winning Tides, we ran a coaching session focusing on all elements of exiting the Solent to the West. This forms a key part of RORC, JOG, and the Round the Island Races. We selected a weekend that had similar tidal characteristics to this year’s Rolex Fastnet Race, and the session was run
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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 at all levels, with the
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Falmouth Sailing Week is set to employ the help of robotic floats designed to better protect marine habitats than standard buoys, Cornwall Council has confirmed. The doughnut-shaped markers, known as MarkSetBots, were battery-powered and would appear to move around by themselves, officials said. They used GPS to navigate their surroundings and could also be controlled
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“FourthCape, a Cowes based sailing project management company headed by Charles Darbyshire, are managing the Griffin training and selection weekends.” The Royal Ocean Racing Club has supported youth sailing since 1947. This season, the Griffin24 Project has been embraced by 300 youth sailors from all over the world applying for the programme. The RORC also
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