Sailing News
| Wight Link West Solent Circuit | | 3:10pm Monday 26th November 2007 | | Fifty get a perfect day
The 50 competitors in Lymington Town Sailing Club's (LTSC) sixth Wight Link West Solent Circuit were met with a perfect sailing day on Sunday (November 25) with a 10 knot north westerly breeze and a tide about to turn to the ebb. |
| Don from Warsash receives RYA Award | | 3:03pm Monday 26th November 2007 | | Don Alexander of Warsash was presented with an RYA Award for his voluntary work within the sailing and boating communities, by the RYA's President, HRH The Princess Royal at the 2007 RYA AGM, Thursday 22nd November, at Church House in London. |
Garmin Hamble Winter Series, Day 7
10:52am Mon 26 Nov 07
Sparkling conditions in the Solent brought smiles to the faces of competitors and officials alike, when a 15 knot north westerly breeze allowed extra races to be sailed to make up for those lost earlier in the series when winds were either too light or too heavy. |
| Aviva hit by cruel set back | | 11:21am Friday 23rd November 2007 | | Dee Caffari and Nigel King were hit by a cruel setback with just 180 miles to go to Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. Aviva was within 20 miles of Cervin EnR, Dee and Nigel's race-rivals, when the top section of the mast splintered due to the Gennaker halyard block exploding. |
| Garmin Hamble Winter Series | | 11:43am Monday 19th November 2007 | | All racing on Day 6 of the Garmin Hamble Winter Series was cancelled, due to adverse weather conditions. |
| Dee Caffari dodges lightening as Aviva enters the doldrums | | 11:42am Monday 19th November 2007 | | Whilst the leaders in the Transat Jacques Vabre race have now passed through the doldrums, Dee Caffari and Nigel King are still in the midst of the low pressure area in what will be a testing time for the co-skippers onboard Aviva. At 0003 hrs UHT, Dee reported:
"Having been under attack from flying fish for the last couple of days we are now under threat of lightening. Neither of the two above are favourites of mine so my stress levels are quite high. |
Golding leads Transat Jacques
10:22am Tue 13 Nov 07
HAMPSHIRE ocean racing guru Mike Golding yesterday took the lead in the Transat Jacques Vabre transatlantic race for the first time since it started 11 days ago. |
| Garmin Hamble Winter Series | | 9:56am Monday 12th November 2007 | | The weather played a few tricks in the Solent for Day 5 of the Garmin Hamble Winter Series. First of all, it largely ignored the weather forecast, which predicted winds in the region of 15 knots, but it was generally in excess of that by 5 to 12 knots, although it continually fluctuated up and down in strength. The forecast was, however, right on the money with the wind direction, which was from the west at the 10:00 start time, and veered to the north west in the afternoon, which had been allowed for in the courses that were set. |
| Dee Caffari and Nigel King battle for position | | 9:54am Monday 12th November 2007 | | Following the first full week of racing, the Aviva co-skippers have made the tactical decision to head west of the Canary Islands in an attempt to close the gap on the fleet to the south of them. The changeable wind conditions, fluctuating constantly from a light breeze to over 25 knots, have caused Dee and Nigel frustration. The co-skippers have been battling hard to keep Aviva's position in the race. |
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