Britain's podium topping sailors were welcomed home to London, and to the news that Skandia has confirmed its continued support of the British sailing team for the next four years.

Team Goodchild comprising Sam Goodchild, Jonty Cook, Tom Altmann, Rory Spriggs and Nicholas Wilkinson are the new RYA National Match Racing Youth champions for 2008.

The campaign to bring the prized Vendee Globe trophy to Britain has started at Endeavour Quay in Gosport where three British Open 60s are being prepared for the gruelling round the world solo challenge.

Ericsson Racing Team's International crew plans to work on its inshore racing technique from 1-6 September at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup in Sardinia.

The Royal Lymington Yacht Club, Hampshire, is celebrating an unprecedented medal haul by three of its members this week at the 2008 Olympic Games.

World Match Racing Champion Ian Williams will compete in the Danish Open this week, where he will look to better his third place in the 2007 event and extend Team Pindar's lead on the World Match Racing Tour.

While GB's sailors dominated the headlines at Beijing 2008, the nation's new breed have been keeping up the medal count overseas at the numerous class Youth and Junior World and European championships this summer.

SailLaser, the sailing and water sports centre operated by LaserPerformance, will be opening a new centre at Strathclyde Country Park in Scotland, just 20 miles from Glasgow.

After over three months at sea in a 23 foot ocean rowing boat, Brit Roz Savage makes the final approaches to Hawaii, having rowed an epic 2,324 miles single-handed across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco.

Since 1 July 2008 when the RNLI lifeboat commenced operational duties in Cowes the unit has been tasked well over 20 times, writes David Hembury.

Great racing and a fantastic, friendly atmosphere greeted the competitors during Ramsgate Week, which was given a new format this year.

Sailingnetworks.com, a leading social networking website for the boating community and marine industry, has just merged with Boat Register, the innovative boat registration and security company.

The summer long powerboat racing battle for supremacy between Team 747 and GEE swung in favour of Jonathan Napier when his Fairey Spearfish pipped its biggest rival by one second after 182 miles and over five hours of racing.

The countdown to the launch of Reedsonline.com, the online version of Reeds Nautical Almanac, is building momentum with the site all set to go live on the first day of the PSP Southampton Boat Show.

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