News Archive

May 2012

Volvo Gill Optimist Inland Championships

Posted on 25/05/2012

Over 300 young sailors battled it out this weekend at the annual Volvo Gill Optimist Inland Championships.

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Anna Prescott and Jess Eales win the Bollé RS Feva GP at Thorpe Bay

Posted on 22/05/2012

Anna Prescott and Jess Eales win the Bollé RS Feva GP at Thorpe Bay

The Bollé RS Feva GP circuit moved to Thorpe Bay Yacht Club last weekend.

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Volvo Gill Optimist Selection Trials

Posted on 14/05/2012

Volvo Gill Optimist Selection Trials

WPNSA played host to the Volvo Gill Optimist Selection Trials, one of the most important Optimist events of the year which was held over the bank holiday weekend.

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And she's off...

Posted on 14/05/2012

And she's off...

After two weeks of delays due to very poor weather in Japan, British adventurer, Sarah Outen, has now left Choshi, Japan and has started out on her record breaking solo North Pacific Ocean row, to become the first woman to cross this stretch of water alone.

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Hat Trick for Cessna Citation in GOR Leg 4

Posted on 02/05/2012

The Kiwi-Australian duo of Gill Race Team member Conrad Colman and co-skipper Scott Cavanough took first place in Global Ocean Race (GOR) Leg 4

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LUDO’S CHALLENGE BEGINS FROM COWES

Posted on 01/05/2012

LUDO’S CHALLENGE BEGINS FROM COWES

In gusting winds and continuous rain Ludo Bennett-Jones, along with fellow crew member Will Homer, set sail from Cowes to Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight on Saturday afternoon (28th April) in their 16 foot Wayfarer dinghy for the first leg of a 2500 mile circumnavigation of the British Isles.

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National 12 Gill Series – Looking forward to Salcombe

Posted on 01/05/2012

In just under a week the National 12 fleet are looking forward competing in the third event of the 2012 Gill Series at Salcombe Yacht Club.

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