Nespresso Back In Sailing With Announcement of Wally Regatta.

I remember the day I first saw a picture of the Wally yacht ‘Open Season‘. It stayed as my desktop wallpaper for months. There is just no comparison between the beautiful boats created by the Monaco based company the the white plastic boats offered to the masses, but the design aesthetic has begun to infiltrate [...]

Saving Sailing Oman Sail Style.

It’s hard to find a better example of how sailing can be used to teach, inspire and aid development than Oman Sail. With a bit of political will and a long term vision that incorporates legacy factors, the sport of sailing can drive skills development, self esteem, national pride, technology transfer and tourism. In just [...]

Barbados Backing ‘Non-Traditional’ Sports like Sailing to Boost Sports Tourism

There used to be a great advertisement in Australia for Bacardi. The film showed different Caribbean islands, each with a different rum based cocktail, lots of partying and sunshine and good times. The closing line was truly memorable. “If you live on an Island, you drink Bacardi. Australia – the world’s biggest island.” Well it [...]

Not Just Another Race. The Race. Relaunched.

Multihulls are a misunderstood thing in sailing. Many yacht clubs don’t recognise multihulls as ‘proper yachts’ and others think of them as toys, the Hobie cats that litter beach hire outlets around the world. Multihulls have even been banished from the Olympics. But the sheer performance of these boats cannot be denied. The A-Class, the [...]

Dartmouth Regatta Is Dead Without £12,000 Airshow.

Dartmouth’s regatta of sailing, rowing and airshows has announced a loss of £12,000. According to local media, it is the first loss-making regatta organisers can remember. But it’s not the sailors that are to blame. Events designed to bring mass-market crowds, like fireworks and airshows increase the costs of the event, particularly policing and traffic [...]

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