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Prince Charles on Portland
Prince Charles on Portland
Yesterday saw the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy welcome Prince Charles to their shores to meet the Team GB Sailing Team at the Olympic venue. Running late, he still found plenty of time to talk to the sailors and even splashed a bottle of Palmer’s Bridport brewery’s Dorset Gold over a new boat called Lovely Rita that will be racing in the British...
London to Portland Small Ships Race
London to Portland Small Ships Race
On Friday the 15th June, a fleet of up to twenty Sail Training vessels crewed by 200 young people will arrive in Portland from East London as part of the London to Portland Small Ships Race. Their arrival is only the start of an exciting weekend, which includes a visit from Her Royal Highness the Countess of Wessex to the moored boats at Portland Marina on the 15th...
Ben Ainslie Video
Ben and Rita Hash Tag
Across the summer in the lead up to the London 2012 Olympic Games we are asking people to Tweet in with their message of support to Ben.
People can Tweet with the hash tag #BenandRita
All the messages are collated and can be viewed on this site.
http://benainslie.slipstreamstudio.com/
Catch Ben Sailing
Catch Ben doing what he does best here :-
Skandia Sail For Gold Regatta, 4...
Helena Lewis gets her place
Helena Lewis
Helena Lucas Added to GB Paralympic Sailing Team
Helena Lucas has been handed the chance to compete for her Olympic gold medal dream after the sailor was picked as one of the six members of the British Paralympic sailing team for the London Games. Charles Russell LLP sponsored Lucas will be racing the 2.4mR single-handed keelboat on the home waters of Weymouth and Portland this...
US Match Racing Team selection done
The US Womens Match Racing Team selection has been taking place in Portland Harbour using a brutal method to select one team out of the 3 that they have in the worlds top 10, no mean feat but it’s been finalised, more info on the website for Portland.
US Team Selection
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Portland One Way System during the Olympics
The plans for a temporary one way system that will be in place during the Olympics in Fortuneswell on Portland have been revealed and are explained in full on this website for Portland click on the link.
If you know the area then you’ll get a good idea of what’s happening from the map below.
Portland Olympics
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Weymouth Panorama picture from Tower
Weymouth Panorama View
The new Weymouth Sea Life Tower is openning on June 22nd and is a must for all locals and visitors alike to go and see.
Plenty of info available click on Weymouth Tower
Excellent views of the whole of the Olympic 2012 sailing area and Weymouth’s glorious beach.
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Great Team-Working Programme
Great Team-Working
Sailing To Success Leadership & Team Development Programme on the Olympic Sailing Course.
Weymouth Charters have joined forces with Sunsail , International yacht operators and team development experts The Colour Works to deliver their “Great Team-Working” Programme with the classroom being fabulous high-performance Sunsail F40 yachts and the open sea.
Racing yachts...

