Alex Thomson Awarded French Honour
BRITISH skipper Alex Thomson has been awarded the prestigious French National Order of Merit in recognition of his services to the sport of sailing during a career spanning more than 20 years to date. Thomson […]
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Leaky Roof Wins Outstanding Sigma Class Treble
NORTH CLYDE boats have been successful at home and away this summer. The relentlessly popular Sigma 33 One Design is celebrating 40 years of action and the well raced Clyde boats have taken the top […]
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Fun Race For Jeanneau Owners
ON 7 September Euroyachts will be running the 18th edition of their Jeanneau Fun Race. As in previous years the format is a pursuit ‘race’ from Largs to Colintraive with the accent being on fun […]
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Marina Operator Opens First Luxury Hotel, At Troon
MARINA owner, operator and developer Yacht Havens Group, will make an ambitious move into luxury hotel accommodation with the opening of the Salt House Hotel at 400 berth Troon Yacht Haven, South Ayrshire in early […]
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Tour d’Clyde To Support RNLI
AS PART of the forthcoming 2020 Year of Coasts and Waters, a unique charity sailing tour of the Clyde has been proposed with the RNLI as beneficiary. The concept, brainchild of Sir Boyd Tunnock, is […]
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Sunsail Funding For Prestwick SC
MEMBERS of Prestwick Sailing Club are thrilled to have won Sunsail’s Funding the Future competition for 2018-19. The Ayrshire club’s sailors scooped the £5,000 grant and celebrated at the Andrew Simpson Foundation Watersports Centre in […]
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AC Sailor Takes Falkirk Students Afloat
INEOS Team UK’s America’s Cup sailor Neil Hunter, from the Isle of Arran, was recently on hand to inspire pupils in Falkirk. Neil, jumped onboard with pupils who were taking part in the Forth Valley […]
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Irvine Museum Turns The Skills Tide
THE SCOTTISH Maritime Museum’s Scottish Boat Building School in Irvine, North Ayrshire, has recruited the first apprentice to embark on Scotland’s brand new modern apprenticeship in boat building and repair. Edel McCarthy, 22, from Paisley […]
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GB Team Wins Race To 50 Knots
DYLAN Fletcher’s Great Britain SailGP Team has achieved what no other sail racing team in the world has done, breaking the sport’s elusive 50 knot speed barrier during training ahead of Cowes SailGP. The historic […]
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Fourth Boat For Small Ship Cruising Company
ARGYLL based cruising company, The Majestic Line held a naming ceremony in June to celebrate the launch of their new ship Glen Shiel. The event was held at Holy Loch Marina, Sandbank the site of […]
