Sailing

Britain’s Williams last in Extreme Sailing Series

Storming into the lead was Pierre Pennec’s Groupe Edmonde de Rothschild after two days of racing at the Extreme Sailing Series in Muscat, but still languishing last of the 11 40-foot catamarans is Britain’s Ian Williams and Team GAC Pindar.

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Oman team top table in Extreme Sailing Series

Sunday, 20 February 2011

Topping the table at the end of the first day of the opening regatta in the Extreme Sailing Series was the team representing the host country, Oman, skippered by Australian Torvar Mirsky.

2012 Olympic hope Sarah Ayton retires

Wednesday, 16 February 2011

Double Olympic gold medallist Sarah Ayton has announced she is to retire from sailing with immediate effect, abandoning her quest for an historic third Olympic title at the London 2012 Games.

The Solo Voyage Diaries: Dolphin or a cup of tea?

Friday, 11 February 2011

Chris Stanmore-Major: Come on, own up: who switched off the wind? Ha ha yes very funny, now turn it back on!

Giles Scott pips Ben Anislie in Miami

Sunday, 30 January 2011

Britain’s sailors added 12 Olympic class medals at the Miami World Cup regatta to the two already won by the paralympic classes.

San Francisco to host America's Cup in 2013

Wednesday, 26 January 2011

Stuart Alexander: San Francisco will host the next America's Cup, the 34th, between the 7th and 22nd September 2013 it was announced in New Zealand yesterday.

Stanmore-Major comes fourth in Velux 5 Oceans

Tuesday, 25 January 2011

British yachtsman Chris Stanmore-Major today sailed across the finish line of the second sprint of the VELUX 5 OCEANS ending an epic 39-day voyage from Cape Town, South Africa, to Wellington in New Zealand.

The Solo Voyage Diaries: New Zealand or bust

Wednesday, 19 January 2011

The Bass Strait was a fantastic passage for me. It was a pity that when the time came to make the call about staying to the south on the racing line and risking the batteries or heading north I had to head so far north that I had to go through the Bass Strait.

Thomson abandons plans to rejoin round the world race

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

British yachtsman Alex Thomson has abandoned plans to try and rejoin his 60-foot Hugo Boss in the Atlantic.

Son's condition keeps Thomson from race

Monday, 10 January 2011

Further problems have hit British yachtsman Alex Thomson’s bid to compete in the Barcelona doublehanded round the world race. Having had to hand over to substitute co-skipper Wouter Verbraak because of having his appendix out 48 hours before the start on New Year’s Eve, he had planned to rejoin Andy Meiklejohn in the Cape Verde Islands .