Photos by Sarah Desjonqueres Despite the weather throwing Spring, Summer and Autumn all in one go at the 73 boats contesting their National Championships at Highcliffe SC last weekend, the 55 Phantom and 18 Europe dinghies had a blast managing to squeeze in 7 well timed races between lulls in the stormy conditions ravaging our coastlines at the moment. Friday’s racing was not for the feint hearted, with the anemometer clocking a fleet flattening 42 knots an hour before the b

Those who ventured down to the stunning Cornish waters of St Austell bay this weekend to contest the 2017 Tasar National Championships, found themselves treated to some truly sublime sailing conditions and some highly competitive racing. With sponsors Rooster donating prizes, St Austell Ales furnishing the bar with barrels of their finest Tribute, Hawkins Motor Group providing the numbers and Vincent tractors, kindly driven by Paul Beacon, giving exhausted sailors that well

Day 1 22 boats graced the North Devon coastal port at Instow, celebrating the 50th Anniversary since the last Redwing championships in these parts. Sunday 27th dawned with the bank holiday weather delivering an uncharacteristically large high pressure and with it, absolutely no wind. After much waiting and hoping on the beach, no sea breeze materialised – Race 1 abandoned for the day. Day 2 – the frustrating weather continued with hot sunny weather and no wind. When eventua

The Redwing is a boat with its near 80-year-old roots firmly planted in the South West. Designer Uffa Fox was approached by Looe Sailing Club’s Commodore, Wilfred Neale in the 1930’s with the brief to build an affordable vessel that was tough enough to cope with the ‘occasionally’ rough seas along the South Cornish coast. Since then this ‘fibreglass-free’ fleet has grown and expanded to other clubs in the South West and beyond to the likes of Hartlepool, Shropshire and Esse