Posted: 11th November 2009, in Reports, UKWA.
UKWA Crowns Its New British Wave Sailing Champion
Jamie Hancock
After three rounds of full on wave sailing the UKWA has crowned Jamie Hancock
‘2009 British wave sailing champion’
Jamie, who lives in Portsmouth, can be seen riding waves all along the hot spots on the south coast. Competing for many years on the…
Posted: 7th November 2009, in Reports, Sailors.
James Briggs reports from the RYA Youth & Masters / UKWA British Open Championships:
Initially all racers were sent afloat when wind on the race course was a steady 10 knots. By the time the first Formula race was due to start, the wind had dropped to a light 6-8 knots.…
Posted: 2nd November 2009, in Reports, UKWA.
RYA Youth & Masters / UKWA British Open Championships, Weymouth Sailing Academy
NOW Including RYA Press Release
Now Including Raceboard-Report-Champion Raceboard-Report-Champion by Dave Hackford
Day Two – Blown out
Unfortunately day two of the RYA Youth & Masters / UKWA British Open was blown out with strong winds 30-50 Knots all day. There was…
Posted: 1st November 2009, in Reports, UKWA.
Weymouth Sailing Academy
RYA Youth & Masters / UKWA British Open Championships
124 sailors turned out to race last weekend 31st October / 1st November for The RYA Youth & Masters / UKWA British Open at Weymouth sailing academy.
Saturday greeted competitors with sunshine and a light chilly breeze. The race officer ran 2 rounds of racing for all raceboard…
Posted: 7th October 2009, in Reports, UKWA.
Windy Saturday brings down tree at Whitwell. Fortunatley Mikes van and sails survive
Main Course
Saturday’s racing saw far to much wind for course racing with gusts over 45knots, with a difficult Rutland chop. Race Officer Mike spent most of the day out on the water looking for…
Posted: 14th September 2009, in Reports, UKWA.
UKWA Inlands Championships Event 4 & LWA Summer Series Event 6:
Oxford Sailing Club – Farmoor Reservoir:
Photos by Andy Watkinson Selection 1 Selection2
We seem to have been lucky with the sunshine at Oxford these last few years but not so fortunate with the wind. The event got off to a slow…
Posted: 10th September 2009, in Reports, Sailors.
Great Britain’s Nick Dempsey and Marina Alabau of Spain are on top of the windsurfing world after claiming their first ever world titles at the RS:X World Championships in Weymouth and Portland on Thursday (10 September). More on the RYA News.
Posted: 7th September 2009, in Reports.
Another spectacular event this year, with over 300 people taking to the water at the same time. A tiny sample of the pictures is below, but if you saw yourself on the screens at the party don’t forget you can get a DVD of them all. (Results now up.)
Posted: 11th August 2009, in Reports, UKWA.
LONGBOARD RACING AT EXMOUTH
Wednesday 5th August was the sixth of eight race nights that have been planned by Waterfront Sports Exmouth. Since the beginning of the year the race night has been gaining momentum and now regularly has over 15 competitors. Our last race night was a huge success…
Posted: 28th July 2009, in Reports.
The RS:X youth Worlds in Palmalife Turkey began on Monday with some strong performances from UK sailors.
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Posted: 21st July 2009, in Reports, UKWA.
UKWA National Championships Round 4, July 18th & 19th 2009
Last weekend the UKWA was again given a warm welcome by Mumbles Council as the 2009 series moved on to Mumbles Yacht Club for the Welsh leg of the UK tour. Mumbles bay is a beautiful location with the club set in the…
Posted: 21st July 2009, in Reports, UKWA.
Not that they aren’t always active, but as Paul wrote in the forum:
An interesting event with the worst nightmare of sudden winds of over 40 knots midway through the first race and in off shore conditions.
May i offer a great personal thanks to the fabulous race crew who on Sunday worked tirelessly…
