Results tagged “sailing”

Britain's most successful Olympic sailor set his sights on post-2012 success with the launch of his own racing team.

Ben Ainslie will try to win the America's Cup next year as part of the Oracle Racing team and today he launched Ben Ainslie Racing to take part in the America's Cup World Series, which starts in late August.

There was plenty to float the boats of sailing enthusiasts at Excel when the Tullet Prebon Boat Show opened its doors last week.

The annual event with more than 500 exhibitors and 1,000 boats at the exhibition hall was officially opened by heiress and TV presenter Tamara Ecclestone this morning.

Most of us will have to watch next year's Olympic Games in front of the telly at home.

But some lucky people will have the best seats outside the house, right on Canary Wharf's watery doorstep, when the 45m superyacht Harle will be docked at Wood Wharf for four weeks next July and August.

An orange army is set to sweep into Greenwich Peninsula for next year's Olympic Games after plans for a campsite for up to 4,500 fans were unveiled today.

Oranje Camping has become a familiar sight at football tournaments in recent years and the owners are bringing the concept to the borough next July.

Triple Olympic champion Ben Ainslie is aiming to put his America's Cup disappointment behind him as he focuses on extending his record as Britain's most successful Olympic sailor.

Ainslie, 33, was part of the Team Origin project which was to have been Britain's challenger for the America's Cup last year.

She's most famous for sailing solo around the world but Dame Ellen MacArthur has set herself an even bigger challenge.

The round-the-world yachtswoman has turned her back on competitive sailing to become a passionate advocate for sustainable living.

Two amateur sailors are taking part in one of Britain's toughest yacht races to raise funds for the Richard House Children's Hospice.

Richard Lett and Sharon McMichael set sail from Plymouth last week in the Round Britain and Ireland Yacht Race, and they will be the only charity boat competing in the elite event.

Olympic rowing champion Mark Hunter was guest of honour at the Thames Water Regatta in the Royal Docks last Saturday.

Richmond claimed the overall title, thanks to victories in the rowing and kayak sprint. Tower Hamlets won the sailing title, while Kensington and Chelsea won the kayak slalom.

Triple Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie was shooting the breeze in Canary Wharf this afternoon.

Britain's greatest Olympic sailor and has packed a lot into his 32 years and has spilled the beans in his autobiography Close To The Wind.

THE Royal Victoria Docks Watersports Centre is waiting to find out if its future is set to disappear up the river.

The centre, close to Excel, is in desperate need of renovation but Newham Council, which operates it, appear to be favouring a plan to merge it with the London Regatta Centre, based in neighbouring Royal Albert Dock.

IT WAS plain sailing for one of Britain's best yachtswomen when she took part in a boating challenge on the Thames this week.

Dame Ellen MacArthur, best known for her solo global circumnavigations, took the helm of an iShares Extreme 40 catamaran on a course somewhat shorter than the 27,354 nautical miles she sailed alone in 2005.

The boat, one of the fastest on the water, set sail from Greenwich Yacht Club on Monday morning as four crews attempted to set the quickest sailing time on a course from the club to The O2 and back again.

“THIS IS London’s Olympic Borough and it would be a disgrace if there is no sailing facility here, it’s one of our most successful sports.�

These are the passionate words of Peter Chilvers – a man on a mission to save the Royal Victoria Dock Sailing Centre, which he thinks should form a vital part of the 2012 Olympic legacy.

Newham’s only full-time sailing facility, close to the ExCeL Centre, has provided the opportunity for thousands of children to enjoy watersports over the past 20 years, but its future is in doubt.