It's Ladies Day at the UK 29er Nationals! With such a strong female participation, VR Sport decided to dedicate Day 2's video to the girls. The weather didn't make things easy on the race course including a short postponement as a lull passed through however there was no lack of action.

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Day Three saw the end of qualifying for the Gold and Silver fleets here in Torquay. A difficult day for all personnel on the water as major windshifts skewed the race course, requiring the committee to abandon two races. In addition, long periods of postponement tested the sailors patience, only ...

A disappointing start for the Gold and Silver fleets. Despite waking up to a solid north westerley breeze across the harbour, the waters of Torbay threw a curveball. Incredibly fickle winds gave the race committee headaches as mark layers and pin boats constantly realigned. No races were complete...

The final day of racing for the 29er's in Torquay and it was an absolute glamour. Warm weather made sailing in traditional fancy dress much more comfortable. Another light and variable day created some upsets on the results table with Irishmen Harry Durcan and Harry Whitaker taking out the overal...

Day 1 of the 2016 Chichester Harbour Race Week started in gorgeous British summer conditions hosted by Hayling Island Sailing Club. Due to tides, racing started early at 10:00 with a pleasant twelve knot Easterly pushing the boats round the course. We speak to Chris Turner and Jono Loe about thei...

Hayling Island is coming down with a Feva!!! The RS Feva fleet is dominant out on the water with their fluorescent kites making them easily recognisable. Today we talk to a couple of young crews who have definitely caught the sailing bug. Terrific to see so many young people out on the water!

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Race Week continues on Chichester Harbour. A stiff south-easterly and sunny conditions meant Day 3 went smoothly. We spoke to members of the Fast Handicap Division made up of a variety of boats from lightweight International Canoes to classic Flying Fifteens. After racing the competitors enjoyed ...

The Artemis Challenege is a 50 mile sprint around the Isle of Wight during Cowes Week. The 10th running of this event featured the Tranwall M32 with guest, Libby Greenhalgh, from the Magenta Project. Up against the intimidating MOD 70 Phaedo, the team were after the 40ft Catarman record of 3 hour...

After an hour's postponement this morning due to a lack of breeze, Day 4 of Chichester Harbour Race Week kicked off to a increasing south westerly. Taking a look at the spectrum of boats today demonstrating the diversity of sailors here at Hayling Island. From Optimists to RS Elites, it doesn't m...

Sore heads were met by grey skies on the final day of Chichester Harbour Race Week. After a 4-day streak of champagne sailing conditions, the tide turned at Hayling Island with nasty squalls rolling through causing the race committee to abandon racing. An early pack up and a crowded prize marking...

VRsport.tv return to Weymouth to film the 2016 Cadet Nationals. Today brings the practice day for the championship, which allowed for a relaxed morning on shore. The competitors took to the water shortly after lunch in perfect sailing conditions with a consistent 20 knot breeze. After a few delib...

Day One of the 2016 Zhik UK Cadet National Championship and excellent conditions once again. Four races were completed and very competitive across throughout the fleet of 50 boats. Megan Ferguson and Yasmin Sfaxi, the Frensham Pond sailors, take the lead over night with consistent low scoring res...

The second day of the Zhik 2016 Cadet National Championship had everything - brilliant sunshine, 45 degree wind shifts, no wind, hailstones, thunder and lightening - not easy for any sailor or the PRO. The fleet launched at 10.15, sailing out into Weymouth Harbour, then straight back to WPNSA whe...

Non existent winds meant that Day Three of the Zhik 2016 Cadet National Championship was spent shoreside. Racing was postponed until 1pm when the decision was made to abandon the day. The sailors had their own Weymouth and Portland Olympics involving lots of water balloons. Today we focus our con...

In another instalment of the Tech Talk Series, we speak to Gareth Caldwell about what innovations he uses to get the leading edge in this long running development class. The eye-catching International Canoes were blasting upwind during the Chichester Harbour Race Week, what looks to be a tricky b...

The Final day of the Zhik Cadet National Championship began with a surprise visit from Nick Dempsey and Hannah Mills, giving both sailors and parents a chance to bombard the GBR Olympic medalists with questions. Shortly after, when the sea breeze filled in, the sailors hit the water to sail the f...

When GBR Olympic Gold and Silver medalists, Hannah Mills and Nick Dempsey, dropped in to chat with the Cadet sailors at the 2016 Zhik Cadet National Championships, VRsport.tv took the opportunity to speak with too with advice about getting started.

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Its the start of the 2016 VRsport.tv International Moth UK Nationals. The late start time of 1.25 allowed for a relaxed morning in the boat park, providing ample time for final tuning to be made. With some thunder and lightning and force 4 winds, conditions looked almost perfect for sailing, but ...

Day Two - postponed because of too much wind and probably a wise decision made to allow all the Mothies to enjoy themselves without worry of damage to boats midway through the Nationals. Later in the afternoon the conditions were perfect for four back to back races - Greenhalgh and Hivey ruled su...

After waiting for the breeze to drop yesterday morning, today the mothies stayed ashore waiting for the sea breeze to kick in. They finally took to the water around 1pm, in perfect conditions. Blue skies and 14-18 knots of breeze. Weymouth is providing a grand stage for Rob Greenhalgh to give a m...

Final Day at the VRsport.tv International Moth UK Nationals 2016 - the finale between Greenhalgh and Hivey wasn't to be as the wind disappeared for racing to be abandoned. The Mothies may have been broken physically after some show stopping sailing but plenty of stories and chuckles of their expl...

We took the opportunity to talk to Moth sailor Alister Richardson, builder of the "Flying Fish" on the final day of the VRsport.tv International Moth UK Nationals, after racing was abandoned due to lack of wind. Alister explains the complications behind building a boat, and explains how his Moth ...

Dave Hivey shows us around his third Int Moth, and second Maguire Exocet. Not only does he give us a great insight into the technical side of his boat, he also explains the fundamentals behind how the flying machines work. He just finished second in the VRsport.tv International Moth UK Nationals ...

Whilst filming at the VRsport.tv International Moth UK Nationals, we attached a few of our TomTom Bandit cameras to some Moths - thanks James Sainsbury, Alister Kissane and Eddie Bridle. Here is a quick one minute edit from the five hours of footage we recorded over three days.

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