... Sail away, sail away A STRONG wind picked up to send competitors from Scarborough on their way to Holland in the annual North Sea Race last night. Twenty-five yachts are battling the elements with the first crew expected to arrive at Ijmuiden tomorrow ...

... SAILING Introduction Sailing course AS THE sailing season makes a hesitant start, plans are being finalised for the annual Adult Introduction to Sailing Course. The Introduction to Sailing course is aimed at anyone who would have considered ...

... SAILING Scots fifth Aberdeen Asset nt Scottish Team m spot at the international Rolex Commodore's Cup on the Solent off Cowes with Kevin Sproul's Farr 40 McWolf to the ...

... SAILING Southern discomfort A total of 75 yachts which entered this year's Sydney to Hobart yacht race, inclulng eight boats from the aroundthe-world Volvo Ocean Race, will set off into an expected southerly wind today, with potcnfia{:iegale-fomc winds ...

... SAILING By Graham Caygill LAURA Farrell is hoping to sail to victory when she competes in the Volvo National Optimist Championships in Plymouth this week. The 14-year-old from Ludgershall, is one of 270 sailors competing in the event, which started last ...

... SAILING Attention GPI4 sailors A REMINDER to all 'Jeep' sailors, helms and crew, about this year's training weekend, Saturday, June Bth, and Sunday, June 9th, coached by British champions, Carl Jeffs (helm) and Jim Toothill ...

... SAILING BY KEN NXION WHEN it comes to offshore racing few in the province can match the skills of Kenny McCullough of Ballyholme Yacht Club. While his sailing this season will concentrate on a Swan 45 campaign in the Mediterranean he will be in Ireland ...

... SAILING Waiting game for sailors THE waiting game resumed once again at Wicklow Sailing Club yesterday as finished co mpetitors joined with organisers in speculating which of the fleet still at sea would be fast enough to secure the overall race win of ...

... Sailing Cork Week GLORIOUS conditions swept the fleet yesterday as all six courses completed full programmes for the estimated 5,000 competitors afloat. With the fresher winds, familiar boats have started appearing at the top of many of the key clas-sPs ...

... SAILING James Hall GLORIOUS sunshine and competition between seven top ocean racing crews drew a record attendance for any edition of the Volvo Ocean Race to Galway, as the 10-month long event begins its closing stages. The chance of a close finish at ...

... SAILING Lancing SC, Commodore's Cup, races 7 & 8 (mild, dull moming NWI, brighter afternoon NW2) — Morning, Fast (8 started, 7 finished): 1, David Carter & Stuart Hart (Laser 4000); 2, Mike Croker & Diana Croker (Laser 2); 3, Chris Stevens & James Fenton ...

... Sailing James Hall THE countdown to the start of the Volvo Ocean Race finally runs out this afternoon at 12 noon when the eight boats of the event cross the starting line at Alicante for a fast run southwards for the exit from the Yesterday saw most of ...