Twelve noon on 15th November 2008 was to see the start of the inaugural Spice Race from the Royal Yacht Squadron Line in Cowes. The organisers of the race, which was to run from the Isle of Wight to Grenada, decided to spice things up with Playboy Model Sophie Reade at a Spice Race photo shoot earlier [...]
New play facilities and a dedicated shelter for teenagers have been installed in Venner Avenue Play Park in Northwood thanks to successful partnership working. The partnership worked together to raise funds for new play equipment while the council funded an upgrade of existing equipment and will fund the ongoing maintenance of the new facilities…
The RYA’s annual autumn muster in October is the perfect way to round off the summer season whatever you’re passion; from the throb of a motor boat engine to reading the wind on a sailing yacht…
What do you do when you want to promote a yacht race? Take pictures of boats or hand out flyers? The organisers of the Spice Race, which is due to run from the Isle of Wight to Grenada in November, decided to spice things up with Playboy Model Sophie Reade…
The results are in for the Fast Cat Race Round the Isle of Wight which returned this year with great expectation and a number of top UK sailors.
Weather reports looked good and the Race was on, however the Gods were against us and a force seven with rain started the day at 9.00am of the [...]
With an impressive season of inshore racing, Niklas Zennstrom’s TP52 RAN (pictured), was the first yacht to finish the Cowes to Dieppe Race. A five hour margin of victory was aided by the tide turning unfavourably for the rest of the fleet after RAN had finished….
The 2008 Cowes Classic reverted to its more traditional format with a full Cowes-Torquay-Cowes course run in almost perfect sea conditions and good visibility and it was over this demanding stretch of water that Team 747 and her bigger rival in the Historic Class, GEE, slugged it out.
The summer long powerboat racing battle for supremacy [...]
The 2008 Cowes Classic Powerboat race set off to a flying start with perfect sea conditions and the sun shining on the Solent waters…p/>
