Southampton Boat Show 2011

The Southampton Boat Show 2011 is one of the biggest water-based boat shows in Europe.  This year the 43rd show runs from Friday 16th September until Sunday 25th September 2011.

Here are some of the statistics for the Southampton Boat Show.  Average visitor numbers over 120,000 over 10 days,  47,000 square meters of exhibition space, 400+ boats on the 2km of pontoons, and over £1000 average spend per head (excluding the spend on Boats) – that’s a lot of rope!

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america's cup

Americas Cup Comes to Plymouth

The Americas Cup, what is it?

Strictly speaking, the Americas Cup is a sailing trophy.  It is the oldest active trophy in international sport, and is awarded to the winner of a match race between only two yachts.  It now also refers to the race itself.

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weymouth 2012

Weymouth and Portland International Regatta – Weymouth 2012

The Weymouth and Portland International Regatta is a test event for the 2012 Olympic Games or Weymouth 2012 and starts 31 July to 13 August 2011.

460 lucky sailors from 66 nations will have the chance to test the waters around Weymouth and Portland ahead of the 2012 Olympics.  There will be over 170 races over the 12 day event period across the 5 race courses that make up the sailing field of play.

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polypipe regatta

Polypipe Regatta

The Polypipe Regatta – Portsmouth Harbour Yacht Club

polypipe regatta

Yesterday I was lucky enough to sail in the Polypipe Regatta.  This is a sailing day for novice and experienced sailors to have a fun day racing around Port Solent.

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goodwood festival of speed

Goodwood Festival of Speed

Dates for Goodwood Festival of Speed.

If your boom is broken or your daggerboard defective and you can’t get onto the water with your yacht or boat this weekend, what about popping over to the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

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round the island

Round the Island Yacht Race

Round the Island Race

This year celebrated 80 years of the Round the Island Race (RTI) hosted by the Island Sailing Club.  The island in question is, of course, The Isle of Wight.

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The BHF London 2 Brighton Bike Ride

London 2 Brighton at last

Followers of the Lovesail Twitter profile and Facebook page will know that for the past 3 months I have been annoying everyone with my posts  about my training for the London 2 Brighton Bike Ride (54 miles) to raise funds for The British Heart Foundation.  Well the ride took place last Sunday and I have recovered sufficiently now to bore you with the days events!

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