The 18th Taittinger Royal Solent Yacht Club Regatta will take place in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, from July 24 to 26, 2026.

The Folkboat doing what it does best - oh, hang on it does everything well. OK, here's a Folkboat winning every start at this year's Antigua Classic, haviled sailed there from Europe under her doughty ...

In this report for Practical Boat Owner, Saša Fegić shares his pick of the legendary designs that shaped sailing history. The history of sailing is not just a story of wind and water – it is also a ...

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So here I sit Monday afternoon reflecting on a fantastic weekend of racing at the Folkboat National Championship hosted by the Royal Lymington Yacht Club and sponsored by North Sails. 15 boats on the ...

Yachting World has been asking top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times, and wooden boatbuilder Leo Goolden nominated the Nordic Folkboat.

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Saturday 17th August marked the official opening of the annual Folkboat Week (17th-23rd August) hosted and organised by the Royal Solent Yacht Club with 39 of the three-man Folkboats from England’s ...

The 2024 XOD and Folkboat Central Solent Championships were hosted by the Hamble River Sailing Club over the weekend of 20th & 21st July The XOD class has been around for over a century, so the ...

Sailing conditions in Falmouth Sailing Week 2023 were significantly better than they had been the previous year which was overshadowed by extraordinarily light winds. As usual the racing was split ...

The search for a missing sailor who disappeared during a solo challenge from Plymouth has been officially called off after his boat was found. Duncan Lougee, in his late 60s, disappeared while ...

Mr Lougee left Plymouth on his boat The Minke - a 26ft Varne folkboat - at midday on June 18 and was expected to arrive in Baltimore, Ireland, on June 22. There had been no communication from the ...