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BBC News
05-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Sailing event returns to St Oeun's Bay for 40th anniversary
A sailing event is set to celebrate its 40th anniversary in Jersey with a series of races. The Royal Channel Islands Yacht Club (RCIYC) has set up the event which will include surf relay racing, a hull flying competition and races around St Ouen's Bay. Organisers said the event had not been able to take place for several years due to logistics and restrictions around moving boats from their base in St Aubin's said there had been "growing enthusiasm to reintroduce the racing in St Ouen's Bay". 'Action packed' Organisers said the island's Hobie Fleet will also take to the water at the Cats, a type of sailing catamaran, were first introduced into St Ouen's Bay in the said: "It will be action packed, including surf relay racing, a hull flying competition and races around the bay."The racing will begin on Saturday at 11:30 BST, with the Hobie Cat Dash race back to St Aubin's bay on Sunday starting at 12:00 added the race area, north of Le Braye and towards El Tico, could be viewed from the beach or sea wall.
BBC News
29-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Jersey teenager wins bursary to sail on tall ship
A teenage sailor has won a bursary that will enable him to join the a high profile race this Le Marquand, 17, has been awarded £1000 from the 2025 Jersey Clipper Bursary and is set to sail from Scotland to Norway as part of the Tall Ships event starts on 4 July and Jamie, a dinghy instructor at the Royal Channel Islands Yacht Club, will be aboard the Excelsior, a Lowestoft smack built in 1921 to fish in the North said: "I'm determined to make the most of this amazing opportunity. He will be part of a crew of 17 people, only five of whom are full-time."We'll be used to help pull up the sales, hoist them up the mast... it'll be probably cooking, bit of cleaning and a lot of sailing."The bursary is awarded each year to an islander to help them undertake some form of maritime money will help cover the cost of the trip, including travel and kit, as well as a contribution towards the voyage itself. 'Demanding and testing' Philip Jeune, who organises the bursary, said: "A lot of people know how to sail well, but getting on well with a tight knit team of people on the crew of a boat that's being sailed round the clock... it's demanding and testing."If you can do that and achieve that you learn extraordinary skills."A team of young sailors from Jersey's clubs received the runner-up award to compete in a UK regatta.
