To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Commissioning of Hayling Island SC for COPP HQ a White Ensign was raised at HISC on Saturday 4th February 2023.
World News
Echoes From The Deep – Wreck of Ship that sent Iceberg Warning to Titanic located
A new book – Echoes from the Deep by Dr Innes McCartney of Bangor University – includes the discovery of the ship which sent an iceberg warning to the RMS Titanic, before the ocean liner sank.
Queen Elizabeth II has died at Balmoral aged 96
Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years.
Nations look to protect Shackleton ship from damage
BBC News reported that a 500m perimeter is being implemented to aid the protection of Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance
IOC President Bach Speaks out on ‘devisive’ Ukraine war
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has told ASOIF that they must make their own responses to the war in Ukraine or risk “becoming a political tool”
Finn Gold Cup – Postma dominates on penultimate day
Pieter-Jan Postma, of The Netherlands, took two decisive race wins to take a five point lead in the Finn Gold Cup with just two races to sail.
Dutch sanction fourteen Russian superyachts
Netherlands Public Broadcasting system, reports that Dutch customs authorities have placed fourteen yachts of Russian ownershp at Dutch yacht builders under supervision
National Crime Authority seize 192-foot Superyacht in London
The UK National Crime Authority has seized a $50 million superyacht owned by an unnamed Russian.
IOC release solidarity funds to Ukraine
It is good to hear that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that it will be releasing an initial $200,000 (£150,000) to support the Ukrainian Olympic community impacted by the war
Shackleton’s lost ship is found in Antarctic after 107 years
Scientists have found and filmed one of the greatest ever undiscovered shipwrecks 107 years after it sank.
New Zealand to bar Russian super yachts and aircraft
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has introduced a sanctions bill to bar Russian and Belarus super yachts, ships and aircraft from entering its waters or airspace
The New Reality and Sailings part in it
The Russian invasion of Ukraine commenced on 24 February 2022. The decision to suspend participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials in Sailing Events followed on 25 February
