Ainslie highlights need for China homework 12:39pm Wed 9 Jan 08 Ben Ainslie has highlighted the need for extensive "venue familiarisation" during the British Sailing Team's training for the 2008 Olympic regatta to be held in Qingdao this August.
The wind conditions are slowly improving for Dee Caffari onboard her Open 60 yacht Aviva. Caffari and her closest race rivals, Derek Hatfield and Rich Wilson, are hoping to enjoy some stronger winds over the coming 24 hours and make up the miles towards Port La Foret.
Hamble River Sailing Club held their annual equivalent of a "how many people can you get in a telephone box" competition on Saturday evening, when their club-house was bursting at the seams as usual for the Winter Series prize-giving.
With south westerly gales lashing the south coast of England, it came as no surprise that the final day of racing in the Garmin Hamble Winter Series had to be cancelled.
Dee Caffari has made a fantastic recovery to keep in touch with the fleet and is now only 35 miles behind the race leader Safran. Caffari's first day racing her Open 60 Aviva alone has been a real rollercoaster ride.
Dee Caffari, the record-breaking British yachtswoman, who started her first ever solo race, the Transat Ecover B to B, at 14.00 UTC today has been forced to return to port in Salvador de Bahia after minor equipment failure.
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.
