Please select your home edition. World Europe Powerboat. World North America Powerboat. World Oceania FishingBoating. World Australia FishingBoating. World New Zealand FishingBoating. Details on writing and sending reports to us can be found here. Related Articles Contenders in Dates for the season ahead The season for the Contender fleet is looking like one the best in recent history and a great time to join the class in the UK.
Posted on 24 Dec Contender Final Fling at Rutland An autumnal feel in the air with leaves covering the dinghy park With colder mornings, leaves covering the dinghy park, shorter days and an autumnal feel in the air, it can only mean one thing, it must be time for the Contenders annual trip to the waters of Rutland. Posted on 17 Oct Contenders at Castle Cove Glamorous conditions on Portland harbour The Castle Cove Contender open meeting was held over the weekend of the 14th and 15th of September on Portland harbour in what would turn out to be glamorous conditions with blue skies, sunshine and around 10 knots of wind.
A forecast of warm conditions and a reasonable breeze had encouraged 19 keen competitors to enter for the weekend. The entry for this event amounted to fifteen boats with three locals and twelve visitors. Posted on 10 Jul Kiel Week A sailing festival with all facets extremely varied sailing races between light winds and stormy gusts The Kiel Week Regatta came to an end on Sunday after extremely varied sailing races between light winds and stormy gusts.
Posted on 1 Jul Kiel Week: Dream races reward long wait for wind Patience of all active participants and the regatta organisation was required The patience of all active participants and the regatta organisation was required on the penultimate day of Kiel Week , when it took around five hours for a sailable sea breeze from the east to build up on all five courses on Saturday 29 June. Posted on 29 Jun Kiel Week Strong gusts take their toll Torn sails, broken masts and 16 injuries were the overall result of a tough day at sea On Friday 28 June , gusts of force six to seven caused problems for the Kiel Week athletes on all five regatta courses in eight international boat classes.
High tension is guaranteed, as the regatta is the showdown between numerous world and European champions. Posted on 27 Jun Hartley Boats Contender British Nationals overall Final day battle for the title at Paignton After a rather epic day on the water, the final day of the nationals arrived. Overnight the results showed it was really a two horse race going in to the last day with both Graeme and Ed having a chance to win the event.
