Photo: Crew volunteer Henry Mock assisting casualties on board a stricken yacht in the Exe estuary.
Inshore lifeboat George Bearman was tasked at 12.35pm on 28 February following reports of two yachts aground in the Exe estuary.
Gavignet and his EFG Bank Monaco crew sealed overall victory for the third year running with a third place in the final offshore leg of the event from Sohar to Muscat.
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Melges 20 Class is poised to break 2015 world ranking participation levels with a diverse racing schedule featuring great places, faces and races
With the completion of two events (Miami Winter Regatta on 5-7 February, and the Primo Cup – Trophee Credit Suisse on 12-14 February), the first leaders of the 2016 Melges 20 World Series Tour (WST) has been named
Sensational racing set to a backdrop of Oman’s stunning coastline rounded off the inaugural Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Oman today as Sir Ben Ainslie’s Land Rover BAR team snatched victory.
The 2016 edition of EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour is set for a nail-biting showdown after Omani crew Al Mouj, Muscat bested Sidney Gavignet’s overall leaders EFG Bank Monaco in the penultimate stage.
28 February 2016
Race Day 5 of the Club Marine Series continued the premier keelboat series of Victoria Saturday, 27th February. Sandringham Yacht Club played host for this race and saw 132 boats registered for the event; officially passing the total number of racing boats for last season. Conditions for Race Day 5 slowly built over the race adding emphasis to maintaining boat speed through the gusts, lulls and shifts.
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Expedition members taken off grounded icebreaker
February 26, 2016—The incident began Wednesday, February 24, when the icebreaker Aurora Austaralis broke free of its mooring lines at Mawson at 9:15 am local time, during a blizzard and subsequently grounded on rocks at West Arm in Horseshoe Harbor.
On March 12, 13 and 26, Exmouth lifeboat station will be holding a recruitment weekend to attract new volunteers to show visitors around the boathouse on Queens Drive.
Jelik claims overall IRC stakes in Subic to Boracay Race