VOR Green Team Renamed Green Dragon Team The Green Team has been re-named the Green Dragon Team, after securing title sponsorship from a syndicate of Chinese companies. The names of the companies in the Chinese syndicate will be announced at

A team of researchers at the Ocean University in Qingdao, China has developed and tested a mobile lidar (light detection and ranging) station that can accurately measure wind speed and direction over large areas in real time -- an application

Report by Steve MartinThe Action Bolt South African Laser Class National Championships got under way at Zululand Yacht Club on 28 June 2008, with a total entry of 31 Lasers (14 Laser Radials and 17 Laser Standard). The fleet dusted

Welcome to the next edition of the Screaming Wire Monkey. What with petrol prices going up as I type and electricity costs going up. Well, let's just go out there and hang ourselves .... on a wire and scream at

The 505 exco have had to change the dates for nationals. They are now at HMYC on the 24-27 September. We do apologise if anyone has made/change arrangements. The venue is still the same it has just moved to the

The Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race will finish in Liverpool this Saturday 5 July.It will be an emotionally-charged day for the crews who will be coming to the end of their great adventure, the challenge of a lifetime,

To date the Spice Race, (starting on November 15th, 2008 from the Solent), has had nearly 20 serious enquiries from Class 40 and IRC yachts, and more are expected. Interest has come from all over the world including; China, Norway,