Dinghy

597 Optimists Race at Lake Garda Optimist Meeting

Almost 600 Optimist sailors from twenty countries are competing in the 39th edition of the Garda Optimist Meeting.

OK Dinghy carbon fibre mast hit by lightning

OK dinghy mast hit by lightning during Hellerup training session – sail undamaged but mast and boat destroyed

Stu Bithell warming up for Tokyo with cleansweep at WPNSA

Olympic Team GB 49er sailor Stuart Bithell, took time off from training for Tokyo 2020+1 with a productive weekend in the International Moth

David Henshall looks at Seven Dinghies for Seven Decades

Join sailing historian David Henshall as he travels back in time to the very first Dinghy Show in 1952 and examines one boat per decade that helped define the time . . . Video here

International 5-05 Day – 5th May to celebrate the 60+ years

The International 5O5 Sailing Class has adopted the 5th May as International 5O5 Day to celebrate the 60+ years of history and community

The Times They Are A-Changin’ as Winter series becomes Summer

There is a already a different feel to the 2021 sailing season, a definite feeling of optimism as we all get our jabs and the government coronavirus restrictions begin to fall

Chichester Harbour Race Week back in action for 2021

After a year off due to COVID-19, Chichester Harbour Race Week is back in action for 2021 between Monday 9 to Friday 13 August at Hayling Island SC

RS800 Rooster National Tour visits Stokes Bay SC

The RS800 Rooster National Tour visited Stokes Bay SC where despite a pessimistic forecast, the fleet enjoyed a Southerly sea breeze and some close racing

RS Aero Spring Championship at Island Barn SC

The RS Aero Spring Championship 2021 was Island Barn’s first major event of the year, coming only three weeks after the end of total club closure, and so a real test of all our systems, volunteers and continuing safety measures.

RNLI rescue five people from capsized sailing dinghies

Volunteer lifeboat crew with Youghal RNLI rescued five people from the water near Capel Island, Ireland, when the two small sailing boats they were in capsized leaving one adult and four teenagers in the water.

ILCA launches 50th anniversary celebration

Throughout its 50 year existence, the Laser Class has worked to grow to become today the largest adult and youth sailing organization in the world and, significantly, the single-handed Olympic dinghy for both men and women