Laser Radial Womens World Championships and Mens World and European Championships

A love affair with the Laser and Largs.
There is one sailor here racing in the Women's Laser Radial fleet for whom Largs has very special memories. She is the only competitor who actually raced here nearly 20 years ago when the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships were hosted here in 1991. more...

Laser Radial Womens World Championships and Mens World and European Championships

A windy Sunday morning
So far it has been a grey, cloudy, windy, damp Sunday morning at the Laser Radial World Championships regatta site, but things are predicted to improve. more...

Laser Radial Womens World Championships and Mens World and European Championships

Largs' Easterly makes life hard but Bouwmeester and Rudawski stay consistent
Largs delivered the Laser Radial World Championships competitors a testing measure of its notoriously difficult offshore, easterly breeze for the second day of competition on the Clyde estuary. more...

Laser Radial Womens World Championships and Mens World and European Championships

Double win for the current Men's Champion
The Men's fleets have completed two races with Marcin Rudawski winning both his races in the Yellow fleet. more...

Laser Radial Womens World Championships and Mens World and European Championships

A challenging day in prospect for both fleets.
Day 2 and the breeze this morning at the Laser Radial World Championships regatta site in Largs is a very puffy and chilly easterly. more...

Laser Radial Womens World Championships and Mens World and European Championships

Bouwmeester and Tunnicliffe show Day 1 form
Holland's Marit Bouwmeester and America's Anna Tunnicliffe proved the best of the women on the first day of racing off Largs. more...

Laser Radial Womens World Championships and Mens World and European Championships

Drosdovskaya and Tunnicliffe win first women's races
The Women's two flights have both completed their first races of the championships, the Men's Yellow flight have also finished one race. more...

Laser Radial Womens World Championships and Mens World and European Championships

The morning soundtrack as the Laser Radial World Champs head for the first start guns.
Race Day 1 and the breeze looks interesting, and the less said about the drizzle the better.... more...

Laser Radial Womens World Championships and Mens World and European Championships

A warm welcome from Largs and North Ayrshire
Competitors turned out in force for this evening's Opening Parade for the Laser Radial World Championships and enjoyed a warm Scottish welcome. more...

Laser Radial Womens World Championships and Mens World and European Championships

A last chance for rest before it all starts Friday
Competitors preparing for the Laser Radial World Championships have had a breezy week, but will the strong breezes hold into Friday when racing is due to start? Some forecasts say not. more...

Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta 2010

Interview with Trac Trac
Skandia Sail for Gold will host tracking across more courses and classes than ever before, we caught up with Danish company Trac Trac to find out a bit more about how it all works.... more...

Laser Radial Womens World Championships and Mens World and European Championships

Practice Race Day: Into Regatta Mode.
The Laser Radial World Championships step into full regatta mode this morning in largs where the SW'ly winds continue to blow around 15-18 knots making for brisk final practice out in the channel off the Scottish Sailing Institute at Largs Sailing Club. more...

Laser Radial Womens World Championships and Mens World and European Championships

Scotland’s Dobson to lead the home charge at Laser Radial Worlds
When she started squad training on the Clyde off Largs as a 12-year-old, little did Scotland’s Charlotte Dobson ever expect that she would race a crucial world championships event on the same stretch of water. more...

Laser Radial Womens World Championships and Mens World and European Championships

Largs Counting Down to Laser Radial World Championships
Largs SC on the Clyde estuary is making final preparations to stage the biggest and most significant sailing championship ever run in Scotland when they play host to nearly 600 competitors from 58 different countries at the Laser Radial World Championships. more...

Laser Radial Womens World Championships and Mens World and European Championships

Memories made and lessons learned in Largs
As Largs takes centre stage when the Laser Radial World Championships begin on July 6th, there will be two main world titles at stake, for Men and Women in the Olympic single-hander class. more...