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Ellen MacArthur praises Truro High School pupil

Dame Ellen MacArthur and Shannon Hassett

9:30am Tuesday 28th June 2011

Dame Ellen MacArthur paid tribute to the courage of Truro High School pupil Shannon Hassett after they competed in the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race at the weekend.

Supersonic first in Royal Cornwall Yacht Club's annual Stewards' Cup

10:50pm Thursday 9th June 2011

There was a good turnout of the IRC Class 1 Yachts for the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club’s annual Stewards’ Cup at the weekend. A slight breeze greeted competitors and a course of three rounds was set in Carrick Roads, which allowed the race officer to shorten if the wind failed as it tends to in the evenings.

Sailing: Cunliffe first in Q Class race

9:15am Thursday 26th May 2011

In spite of a cold southerly breeze under leaden grey skies more than 30 boats in six classes came to the start line near the water tower on the St Mawes shore, writes Harold Martin.

Falmouth given Six Metre Association's British Open Championship

3:36pm Thursday 3rd March 2011

ONE of the most exciting and traditional sailing fleets outside of the America’s Cup, and once an Olympic Class, is coming to Falmouth.

Ben Ainslie withdraws from 2013 America's Cup

9:22am Monday 4th October 2010

TeamOrigin, the yacht racing team established by Sir Keith Mills, and skippered by triple Olympic Gold Medallist and former Penryn junior school pupil Ben Ainslie, announced that it will not be challenging for the next America’s Cup scheduled for 2013.

Mylor Yahct Club: Freyja loses series by a point

7:30am Wednesday 8th September 2010

The sixth and final race of the Mylor Yahct Club Falmouth Boat Construction Series took place on Friday in a fresh Force 4 from the east, writes Chris Davis. A total of 28 yachts competed and there was much to play for: The race, and the series, could be won or lost as a result of one mistake or fluky windshift. And so it proved.

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Tom crowned world champion

4:12pm Friday 3rd September 2010

Falmouth sailor Tom Phipps and team mate Richard Glover are the newly crowned World Champions in the International Dart 18 performance catamaran racing class after Sailing against more than 130 identical catamarans and 260 other competitive sailors.

Helford River Sailing Club: Valkyrie plots a take-over of PY class

10:31am Thursday 26th August 2010

VALKYRIE was the comfortable winner in the PY section of Helford River Sailing Club’s meet on Wednesday, as only two boats took part with much of the fleet away at Fowey Regatta.

Mylor Yacht Club sailing: Frejya jumps ahead of Gazelle

10:18am Thursday 26th August 2010

The fourth race of the Mylor Yacht Club Falmouth Boat Construction Series took place on Friday in a fresh breeze from the south, writes Chris Davis, and, unusually this week, just eighteen yachts competed. In E fleet, Freyja (Jackie Baker) commanded the race from start to finish, winning line honours on the water, coming home over five minutes ahead of Gazelle (Andrew Nancarrow) and Otologic (Chris Horn) and nine minutes ahead of Rhapsody (Des Jones). However, once the handicaps had been factored in, Freyja's lead was reduced to just 56 seconds over Gazelle, with Rhapsody coming third.