The 2017 Exe Sails and Covers Roadford Rocket kicked off again on Sunday 26th February at Roadford Lake. It was a chilly, and gusty day, threatened by storm Ewan. The organisers decided to shorten the length of the race to 2hrs as a precaution but for the intrepid sailors who made the journey to the lake, the race was well worth it, testing and pushing the 40 starters to their limits! ​ Despite the blowy conditions, the lake looked stunning as boats of many different shapes

Highcliffe Sailing Club's Icicle Open Series of 2017 looked a truly chilly affair! Overall 8 different clubs were represented throughout the series that was also featured by South Coast Journalism. In the words of club press officer Sarah, "Excellent fun had by all. Lots of screaming reaches, yeehaws, capsizes, granny tacks and gunwale clinging!" ​ The overall winner of the series was Highcliffe SC's James Rusden sailing his Laser Radial. James accumulated three first plac

That is the challenge facing SW sailor Ken Fowler, Vice Commodore of Highcliffe Sailing Club in Dorset. Ken is attempting to become only the second person to complete such a feat in a single handed dinghy as he travels up the west coast of Cornwall, Wales, NW England and finally onto Scotland and John O'Groats. The journey is over 900miles and Ken hopes to spend 10hours a day on his boat, all alone in order to reach his destination in around 20-30 days. There will be many c

The twenty-fourth Exe Sails and Covers Starcross Steamer was held on Sunday February 5th. This was the first race of the South West Series; the next will be the Roadford Rocket to be held on Sunday February 26th and the final race the Wimbleball Beastie will be on Sunday March 19th. The Steamer is getting more and more popular and the limit of 100 boats was reached within a week of the entries being open, over a month before the event. On some days there may be too much wind,

The Exe Sails Starcross Steamer took place on 5th February and yet again proved to be a great success. The weather though chilly, remained dry and a good breeze kept up throughout the event. The first boat, a Mirror skippered by Eric Taylor and crewed by Aoife Mooney was the first to set off at 11.00. The final starters, two RS 800 started a whole hour (and three minutes) later! ​ The 2.5hr pursuit race was the first of the 2017 Winter Steamer series had 99 starters in tot