by Natalie | May 8, 2020 | Regattas News
Ken Dumpleton travelled regularly from his home near Dublin (where he also has a flying fifteen) to sail with us in Mallorca, and was always a competitive sailor, with many enjoyable stories. He still sails from the National Yacht Club in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland –...
by Natalie | May 4, 2020 | Regattas News
The one-design VO65 fleet will race its third lap of the planet in the 2021-22 edition of The Ocean Race with a sail wardrobe provided by North Sails. As the Official One Design Sail Supplier to the fleet, North Sails will outfit each boat with seven sails, using its...
by Natalie | Apr 24, 2020 | Regattas News
2020 is proving an exciting year, the fleet is growing fast, and we have a lot of new faces. Racing is going to be exciting – in May alone we have both Palma Vela and the European Championships in France at the Ecole Navale, where there will be 20 classes on the...
by Natalie | Apr 15, 2020 | Regattas News
William Fife III (1857 – 1944) was from a family of boat builders and designers. His yard was in the small village of Fairlie on the Firth of Clyde. The remains of Wm. Fife & son’s yard were demolished in 1985 with a commemorative sculpture was erected in 2011 on...
by Natalie | Apr 7, 2020 | Regattas News
When they mustered in March in the Caribbean to race at the Antigua Superyacht Challenge and at the ever-popular Saint Barth’s Bucket, four J Class yachts will have formed the strongest class fleet since 2017’s J Class World Championship in Newport, RI....
by Natalie | Apr 5, 2020 | Regattas News
The 39 Copa del Rey MAPFRE will incorporate a new class that will compete in real time –that means the first boat that crosses de finish line wins. For the first time the new ClubSwan 36 class will compete at the showcase summer regatta and is estimated that around 14...
