News Archive

April 2012

Record Breaking Voyage Around Britain for Charity

Posted on 27/04/2012

Record Breaking Voyage Around Britain for Charity

Only one more day to go before Cowes sees young sailor Ludo Bennett-Jones start his record-breaking voyage to circumnavigate Britain.

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Gill Awarded Queen's Award for Enterprise

Posted on 21/04/2012

Gill, the specialist technical marine clothing brand has been awarded the coveted Queen's Award for Enterprise, as a result of building export sales to 75% of total revenue in financial year ending September 2011. Gill is one of three biggest brands in most countries around the world including America where it is generally regarded as the single biggest brand.

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Gill Sunsail Racing Series - Round 3

Posted on 19/04/2012

Gill Sunsail Racing Series - Round 3

This past weekend saw Round 3 of the 2012 Gill sponsored Sunsail Racing Series with 16 boats entered the racing saw new and old faces making up the entrants. The wind was a pleasant, offshore NE F3-4 providing some tricky and shifty upwind legs for the Saturday

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Cessna Citation First Through the Celox Sailing Scoring Gate

Posted on 17/04/2012

After 13 days at sea and a very demanding 2,000 miles of racing in Leg 4 of the double-handed Global Ocean Race (GOR), the leading Class40, Cessna Citation, with Gill Race Team member, Conrad Colman onboard, has crossed the Celox Sailing Scoring Gate off the coast of Brazil netting the maximum six points.

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GOR Still Searching For Speed

Posted on 13/04/2012

GOR Still Searching For Speed

After ten days at sea, the Global Ocean Race (GOR) fleet has found relatively stable breeze and the race is on to the Celox Sailing Scoring Gate off Natal on the coast of Brazil.

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Gill Sunsail Racing Series, Round 2

Posted on 12/04/2012

Gill Sunsail Racing Series, Round 2

This past weekend saw Round 2 of the 2012 Gill sponsored Sunsail Racing Series.

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BRITISH ADVENTURER, SARAH OUTEN, READY TO HEAD OFF ON A RECORD BREAKING SOLO ROW ACROSS THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN

Posted on 12/04/2012

BRITISH ADVENTURER, SARAH OUTEN, READY TO HEAD OFF ON A RECORD BREAKING SOLO ROW ACROSS THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN

From the morning of 20th April 2012, young British adventurer, Sarah Outen will be on standby, ready to embark on her record breaking solo row across the North Pacific Ocean from Choshi in Japan to Vancouver in Canada.

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National 12 Gill Series – Looking forward to Annandale

Posted on 10/04/2012

National 12 Gill Series – Looking forward to Annandale

Kicking things off for the National 12’s Gill Series on 14th and 15th April is the Scottish Championships.

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Leg 4 of the Global Ocean Race is under way

Posted on 04/04/2012

Leg 4 of the Global Ocean Race is under way

After the busy build-up to the start of Global Ocean Race (GOR)Leg 4 from Punta del Este to Charleston, the four double-handed Class40 teams have made steady but slow progress over the first 24 hours along the coast of Uruguay led by Cessna Citation with the fleet spread over 15 miles.

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GILL BECOME OFFICIAL CLOTHING PARTNER TO RYA SPORT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Posted on 03/04/2012

Gill are delighted to become the new official clothing partner for the RYA’s Sport Development Programme

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