Bembridge Ledge News Today

The Island Sailing Club (ISC) has announced entries are now open for the 2024 edition of Britain’s Favourite Yacht Race, the Round the Island Race, which is being held on Saturday June 15.

The co-founder of the UK's Isle of Wight Distillery tells us about finding success in the US and the company's move into rum.

It’s been a busy day for the Bembridge Lifeboat crew today (Friday, July 21) after being called to assist the same yacht twice, another boat with…

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Eight bells for Bob Fisher: 1935-2021 0shares Barry Pickthall collaborated with Bob Fisher on numerous books. He looks back at the life of the sailor and journalist Bob Fishers infamous rum punch party aboard Barracuda of Tarrant during the 1991 Cowes Week. Credit: Guy Gurney He was 85. Three days before, Sir Ben Ainslie had called him from Auckland where he and his INEOS British America’s Cup team had just won what was probably the most exciting race in the 170-year history for the ...

Bob Fisher with Larry Keating (background) © Guy Gurney / www.guygurney.com Key influencers in the world of UK dinghy sailing, like London buses, can often come in twos, with the best example of this being how the development of the sport here was driven by the shared presence of not just Jack Holt, but Ian Proctor. In the same way, the stories that made the era of the 1950s to the 1970s so golden (albeit at times tarnished) would be brought to us by a pair of incredible sailing jo...