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 UPDATED 26-02-08 2008 FISLY World Championships at Rada Tilly, Patagonia This year it was the turn of the Southern Hemisphere to hold the FISLY Worlds when Argentina played host at Rada Tilly, 1800kms south of Buenos Aires. Check out the action, the TXTs and email reports from Gareth Rowland K11 from Rada tilly and his subsequent driving and travel adventures through Patagonia and Argentina down to Terra del Fuego... K11's South American Log UPDATED 24:09:07 2007 FISLY Euro Championships at Hoylake, Gt Britain Last week saw the running of the FISLY European Championships, hosted by the Wirral Sand Yacht Club at Hoylake, Wirral, in North-West England. Check out the photos... More Hoylake Pixs POSTED 19:03:07 2007 IDNIYRA Euro Champs & Cup at Haapsalu, Estonia 139 pilots from 15 countries competed at last week's IDNIYRA DN Icesailing Europeans Championships and European Cup at Haapsalu, in Estonia. Check out the photos from the first day... DN Icesailing Pixs UPDATED 29:09:06 10TH FISLY World Champs at Le Touquet, France Pilots from 18 countries competed at the 10th FISLY World Landsailing Championships at Le Touquet, near Calais, in France. Check out the photos and reports as they unfold at the event...> 2006 Worlds Reports & Pixs POSTED 01:05:06 BFSLYC Round at Brean The BFSLYC pilots headed south over the weekend of March 11 and 12 for a weekend of sailing at Brean. Alan Watson, one of the Irish over from the Emerald Isles for the craic, snapped some photos of the weekend. Brean in March LAST POSTED 30:09:05 FISLY Champs 2005 at Terschelling The 2005 FISLY 42nd European Championships on the island of Terschelling off the coast of The Netherlands have just finished. Gareth Rowland, a member of the British Class 3 team, was in attendance filed news, race reports and photos over the week-long regatta. 2005 European Champs Reports P O S T E D 17:07:05 BFSLYC Champs 2005 Final Round at Hoylake The small town of Hoylake 20 mins drive north of Liverpool attracted a solid turnout of British and Irish landsailors for the final BFSLYC calendared event before the Euros at Terschelling in September. Lincolnshire's Gareth Rowland went along for some long overdue landsailin. Gareth filed a phone report will have a full written report and photos on the Hoylake page in the next few days. BFSLYC Final Round - Hoylake P O S T E D 20:02:05 DN Euro Champs 2005 Lincolnshire's Gareth Rowland along with fellow British icesailor Neil Marsden attended the 2005 DN Europeans, originally in Sweden but moved to Lake Pyhajarvi near Eura in Finland for the latter part of last week. Gareth is sending regular TXT and e-mail reports along with photos. Wednesday and Thursday proved no-goers but Friday and yesterday turned on satisfactory conditions for the iceboaters to complete their championship. But for Gareth Friday was a disastrous day. Not only was he dissatisfied with his sailing but he pranged his Land-Rover on the way back to the hotel. After some worrying hours, Gareth along with the majority of the iceboaters are now homeward bound... read more in his reports. DN Euro Champs 05 P O S T E D 24:07:04 Wissant-Calais Rally 2004 Lincolnshire's Gareth Rowland made the trip across the Channel to make the Wissant to Calais Rally on July 10th. Gareth his filed some pix along with a report on the endurance event, an outing which saw only two yachts finish. 2004 Wissant-Calais Rally 04 P O S T E D 04:07:04 Hoylake - June 2004 Over the weekend of June 26th and 27th the British landsailors gathered again at the headquarters of the Wirral LYC at Hoylake, south-west of Liverpool, for a round of the BFSLYC championships and decide who would make the British teams for the 2004 Euros. An Irish contingent of landsailors - Alan Watson, his son Stephen and Colman Billings - journeyed to Britain's shores for a spot of landsailing and were blessed with some great sailing. In Alan's words, "It blew a hoolie!" Alan has filed lots of pix and Chris Wright submitted a Class 5 report. 2004 Hoylake Regatta - June P O S T E D 09:06:04 Hoylake - May 2004 Over the weekend of May 29th and 30th the British landsailors gathered as hosts of the Wirral LYC at Hoylake, south-west of Liverpool, for a spot of landsailing. Unfortunately as oft is the case, Mother Nature didn't accept an invitation. Chris Wright, sailing for the first time since Pacrim 2004, filed a report which features more off-beach activities than any sailing 2004 Windless Hoylake Regatta P O S T E D 30:03:04 2004 Krab Rally at De Panne Last weekend was meant to be the running of Belgium's annual Krab Rally, a 60-kilometre race from De Panne to Koksidje down to the seawall at Dunkirk and back to De Panne. Unfortunately the wind transpired against the organising club. Gareth Rowland was there to report on the event. 2004 Krab Rally P O S T E D 30:03:04 America's Landsailing Cup at Ivanpah Last week [March 20 to March 26] the American's hit their favourite sailing venue for the annual America's Landsailing Cup at Ivanpah, 35 miles west of Las Vegas. Mark Harris has sent in a brief report and results with photos to come. 2004 Krab Rally P O S T E D 23:04:03 Annual Brean Regatta In England The weekend of March 13 to 14 the British landsailors gathered in the south-west corner of England at Brean Beach. Gareth Rowland was present and filed pixs and a report. Brean Regatta U P D A T E D 13:04:03 pacrim2004 Regatta In New Zealand Over the week of March 14th to 20th landsailors' attention was on the big landyachting event of the year - The pacrim2004 World Cup - at Ninety Mile Beach in New Zealand. Reports and results have been uploaded on to the Official pacrim2004 Website at Pacrim 2004 World Cup P O S T E D 21:1:04 2004 DN World and EuropeanIcesailing Champs British icesailors Gareth Rowlands (K11) and Chris Williams (K1) were at Lake Balaton in Hungary for the 2004 DN World and Euro Iceboat Championships last week [Jan 18-25]. Gareth filed reports, images and TXT message updates. 2004 DN Worlds in Hungary P O S T E D 19:11:03 November Cup Regatta at Ivanpah Dennis Bassano, US8, fronts with a report and pix from the November Cup regatta held at Ivanpah Drylake from November 6th. Read Dennis's report... November Cup at Ivanpah P O S T E D 04:11:03 6 Heures de Berck Enduro in France Last weekend the annual running of the 6 Heures de Berck was staged at Berck in France. As the event has become renown for, the beach and weather combined again to give all the pilots a run for their money. Gareth Rowland attended the event and, with an early withdrawal [after a mere one hour's racing] he had nought else to do but take photos of the survivors as they "crashed and banged" their way round the course. Gareth's images have been posted. 6 Heures de Berck U P D A T E D 06:10:03 40th European Championships Reports and photos from the camera of Gareth Rowland and Mark Lloyd who were at the 40th annual European Landyachting Championships held last week [Sept 28-Oct 3] at De Panne, Belgium. Reports from the 2003 Euros Photos from the 2003 Euros Rogues Gallery from Prizegiving Complete Class 2 Results Complete Class 3 Results Complete Class 5 Results Complete Class Standart Results P O S T E D 02:05:03 Ireland Calling Laytown's Alan Watson sends in his latest report on landsailing in the "Emerald Isle", his latest tale of a trip to the marvellous Benone Beach near Donegal. Ireland Calling P O S T E D 27:04:03 Welsh Twitterings From Andy Parr Our resident Welsh correspondent Andy Parr, tucked away on the far western side of Wale in Pembrokeshire, has filed his latest Welsh Twitterings report recounting his and sidekick Dave "Whiskers" Shaw's adventures on Pendine Sands over Easter Weekend. Latest WelshTwitterings P O S T E D 11:04:03 America's Cup Ivanpah Style 2003 NALSA Regatta Reno's Mark Harris sent in a batch of photos and the results from the annual America's Cup Landsailing Regatta which was held at Ivanpah Drylake outside of Las Vegas over the week of March 24th to 29th. 2003 America's Cup Photos and Results P O S T E D 09:04:03 Irish and One Welshman Front Up To The Cameras The Irish landsailing brigade made it onto Irish television last Monday evening (April 7) after their March 29th outing was filmed by RTE News. Andy Parr crossed the ditch from Wales to join the Irishmen, probably more for the Guinness but never mind. Andy's report along with some pix from Laytown's own Alan Watson have been posted. Laytown Welcomes RTE News P O S T E D 21:03:03 British Gather At Brean For First Outing British landsailors, starved of the opportunity to go landsailing after the unfortunate events which unfolded at Lytham St Annes in August last year, rrelished the opportunity to get together at Brean in southern england last weekend (March 15-16). Andy Parr was there along with photographer Mark Lloyd and the pair filed a report and pix. Brean LYC Report and Pix U P D A T E D 13:03:03 2003 European IcesailingChampionships At Bjorvik The event was shifted from Estonia to Bjorvik, Sweden, near Stockholm early last week with racing finishing last Friday (March 7). Gareth Rowland has uploaded some reports on events leading to the change of venue, the trip back to Sweden and the travails they've had to find accommodation, etc plus, of course, some comments on racing on the sea ice at Bjorvik. There are also lots of images from Gareth's camera loaded on the site - the latest pix added on Tues, March 11. Gareth's Trip Report Gareth's Regatta Reports Gareth's Trip Report British Junior Icesailors' Report P O S T E D 17:12:02 Ireland Calling: Hot Toddy Run On Laytown Beach Alan Watson summarises the Irish landsailors annual Hot Toddy Xmas Run at Laytown north of Dublin on Saturday, December 29. Hot Toddy Run In Ireland P O S T E D 17:12:02 Ice Boating Expedition to Greenland Gareth Rowland gives an account of his time in the frozen wastelands of Greenland where he did some icesailing. Greenland Iceboating Report P O S T E D 09:11:02 SASSASS' Coincidental Gathering 2002 in Oregon US2000 Dennis Bassano files a report and photos of SASSASS's adventure at Alvord Dry Lake in Oregon back in June. A great read and excellent images. SASSASS at Alvord Dry Lake P O S T E D 07:11:02 Ireland Calling Laytown's Alan Watson sends in regular reports and updates on landsailing events and gatherings in Ireland. The sport is going through a big resurgence in the "Emerald Isle" and Alan and his regular landsailing band are taking every opportunity. Ireland Calling P O S T E D 06:11:02 Anglia LYC Event Cancelled Due to High Winds Richard Austin (K144) reports that the Anglia LYC event down for Oct 26 & 27 was cancelled after first a mix-up with the venue and then a Force 12 gale. Anglia Outing Interrupted P O S T E D 04:11:02 Dutch Open Championships at Terschelling Richard Austin (K144) filed a report and images from his trip to the Dutch Championships held by the Brandaris Landyacht Club on Terschelling over the weekend of October 19 and 20. Richard was accompanied by his wife, Hilary, and fellow compatriots Steve Borrill and Christine Heath. Floor Lagerwey also filed a brief report which is illustrated by some great photos from Dwight Rompas. Dutch Open at Terschelling P O S T E D 31:10:02 Berck 6-Hour Endurance Weekend at Berck, France Last weekend (October 26 and 27) the Eole Club were to have staged the annual Berck 6-Hour Endurance Race on Beack, France however Mother Nature dealt an ugly hand and the event was virtually blown off the sailing calendar. Gareth Rowland, Jon Cookson and Geoff Waterhouse were there representing the Brits. PHONE REPORTS and PIX POSTED Berck 6 -Hour Weekend U P D A T E D 11:05:02 British Fed Championship Round 5 at Mablethorpe On the weekend of May 11 and 12 the Brits were at it again, this time wayover in Mablethorpe (Gareth Rowland territory) for Round 5 of the BritishFederation's 2002 Championship. Gareth Rowland filed some reports andphotos. REPORTS and PIX POSTED Mablethorpe Regatta U P D A T E D 17:04:02 British Fed Championship Round at Cefn Sidan Weekend of April 13 the Brits were at play down on Cefn Sidan Sands inSouthern Wales. It was Round Two of the British Federation's 2002Championship and, although the "breeze" wasn't brilliant at least the30-odd landsailors who attended the two-day regatta got some sailing inwhich was more than they did at Brean several weeks ago. Gareth Rowland andChris Wright provided reports and Gareth and Mark Lloyd filed some goodphotos. Cefn Report, Results andPhotos  L A S T U P D A T E D 2:04:02 2002 FISLY World Championships at Ivanpah, Nevada The best of the landyachting world assembled at the 8th FISLY WorldLandyachting Championships at Ivanpah Drylake in Nevada. The event,sponsored by German watchmaker Junghans, kicked off on Sunday, March 24 andfinished on Good Friday. DAY ONE RESULTS POSTED Daily Reports and FullResults NALSA's officialsite Tom Jaszewski's MantaResults and Photos P O S T E D 12:03:02 Paddy Saturday At Laytown In Ireland Alan Watson reports in that the Irish landsailors in mini-yachts and Class5s had a good old time on Laytown Beach, north of Dublin, on Saturday,March 9. Pilots came as far as Cork in southern Ireland for the day'souting. Paddy Saturday atLaytown Beach U P D A T E D 12:03:02 Round Two of the British Fed Championship at Brean Gareth Rowland reports from a windy and debris-littered Brean Beach insouth-sestern England where the second round of the British Federation'sChampionships was staged over the weekend (March 9-10). BFSLYC Round at Brean P O S T E D 6:03:02 British Fed Championship Round at York Chris Wright and Len Warren file a report on the British Federation'schampionship round held at York over the weekend of February 23 and 24. BFSLYC Round at York U P D A T E D 8:03:02 2002 World DN Ice Yachting Championships Gareth Rowland, Neil Marsden and Chris Williams represented Britain at the2002 DN Ice Yachting Championships which were held in Estonia from Monday,Feb 18 through to Friday, Feb 22. Gareth sent in daily reports and photos. DN WORLDS ROGUES GALLERY ADDED DN World Reports Images 2002 DN Worlds DN Worlds RoguesGallery OfficialDN 2002 World Site P O S T E D 21:01:02 2002 Nth American Ice Boating Championships Randy Rogoski advises that newspaper reports and photos as well as resultsare available for the 2002 North American Ice Boat Championships held atMille Lacs, Minnesota on January 26 and 27. Results and the two newspaperarticles published in "The Brainerd Dispatch" can be accessed via the linksbelow: DN NorthAmerican Championship Regatta Results First "Brainerd Dispatch" Newspaper Report Second "Brainerd Dispatch" Newspaper Report P O S T E D 21:01:02 Mablethorpe Solo Marathon Gareth Rowland finally gets his wish when he completes the long and interesting run over 22 miles of rough and challenging beach from Mablethorpe to Skegness and back. Mablethorpe Marathon U P D A T E D 11:12:01 British Ice Sailing Team In Sweden British hard water sailors Gareth Rowland and Chris Williams are in Sweden for their first taste of the new season's ice. Gareth is sending in regular reports and photos. British Ice TeamDiary P O S T E D 4:12:01 November 2001 Speed Trials At Ivanpah Drylake Bob Dill reports on the US's annual Speed Trials event held over theThanksgiving break at Ivanpah Drylake. 2001 Speed Trials P O S T E D 23:11:01 Warblings From Ireland Irish landsailor Colman Billings sends in a report and some great images taken by photographer Paul Timon on their latest outing at Laytown Beach, north of Dublin. Warblings from Ireland P O S T E D 13:11:01 Five Days In The Alvord, Oregon, USA Dennis Bassano reports on the "Big-Boat Coalition's" out-of-territory shakedown for the Worlds way north on Alvord Drylake in Oregon in mid-October. Lots of photos. 5 Days In The Alvord P O S T E D 9:11:01 New Zealand National Champs at Ohiwa Beach The 2001 New Zealand National Landyachting Championships were held at OhiwaBeach, home of the Ohope Beach Sand Sailors over the weekend of November2-5. There was a good turnout of Class 3, 4 and 5s with top honours in thebig yachts going to Colin Palmer and the c5 title being shared betweenhometown boys Darren Laugesen and Clem Kinnaird. NZ National Champs P O S T E D 28:10:01 Flyde ISYC British Champ Round At Lytham The first round of the 2001-2002 FSLYC Championship was run on October27-28 at Lytham St Annes in North West England. Some photos from the eventhave been posted with a report due soon. Fylde Regatta P O S T E D 26:10:01 British Attempt At Wind Powered Land Speed Record Gareth Rowland visited Richard Jenkins and his awesome "WindJet" at RAFWaddington Airbase in Lincolnshire, England. Richard is planning to breakBob Schumacher's 116.7mph record he set in "The Iron Duck" in Nevada inMarch 1999. Gareth has sent in a report and some photos of The WindJet. Speed Record Attempt P O S T E D 2:10:01 Welsh Twitterings From Andy Parr Our Welsh correspondent Andy Parr has filed his latest Welsh Twitteringswith a report of his outing with his Potty miniyacht among the parakartersat the X-Zone Autumn Games on Cefn Sidan Sands on Sept 29 and 30. Andy hasfiled a great report on his antics Latest WelshTwitterings P O S T E D 29:09:01 Les Européennes de Char à Voile In France The French hosted the 2001 European Championships, not that anyone outsideof Europe who couldn't speak French would've notice given the lack ofinformation available! However a good number of landsailors from around theworld were keenly interested in the event and Chris Wright and MarkLloyd have been good enough to forward a brief report and some images fromthe event. British Report and Images Also, here is the official web site for the event (sorry it's inFrench!) P O S T E D 16:09:01 PACRIM 2004 Championships In Australia The Adelaide Land Yacht Club plays host to the PACRIM Championships in 2004on the Nadzab, a drylake near Kingston SE and already the Aussies have theevent well in hand. Lots of detail already out including an Entry Form!These guys aren't mucking about, that's for sure. Dennis Bullard, in chargeof web services for the event, has posted a very informative site. Makesure you check it out. This event will be a Downunder beauty! PACRIM 2004 Champs P O S T E D 16:09:01 Dutch Fed Championships at Terschelling The Dutch Nationals will be held at the venue of last year's WorldChampionships on the island of Terschelling over the weekend of October 27and 28. 2001 Dutch Fed Champs U P D A T E D 17:09:01 North Island Championships at Auckland, NZ The Auckland Land Yacht Club hosted the 2001 North Island Championships theweekend of September 15 and 16. The event, originally to be held at thewest coast Kariotahi Beach, was rescheduled to be run instead at OrewaBeach on the Saturday due to wind conditions coming from the nor'east. Thefirst day's racing was run in wet weather with a 25 knot nor'easter. On theSunday the pilots returned to Kariotahi but the wind forgot to turn up.Geoff Hall's pix and a report have been added. 2001 North Island Champs P O S T E D 14:08:01 Fylde International Regatta At Lytham St Annes Last weekend was the Fylde Land Yacht Club's annual Fylde InternationalRegatta held at Lytham St Annes Beach just south of Blackpool on the shoresof western England. Andy Parr has filed a comprehensive report on racing ata wild and woolly event on a rougher than normal Lytham. 2001 Fylde International P O S T E D 7:08:01 2001 Holy Gale At Black Rock Desert Over Independence Day week, SASSASS ran its annual "In Search of the HolyGale" Regatta at Black Rock Desert in Northern Nevada. By all accountsthere was a good turnout although little wind for racing with three Kiwismaking the trip from Downunder for the event. Dennis Bassano US2000 hassent in some great pix of the event. Holy Gale 2001 Acrobat PDF of Holy Gale Results P O S T E D 3:08:01 Three Go Potty In Ireland Andy Parr gives an account of his and Chris Wright and Dave Shaw's weeklandsailing around the Dingle Peninsula in south-west Ireland. Sounds likethey had fun from having a blast in the miniyachts - The Potty andBootlegger - on Brandon and Inch Beach to sailing down a local road to thecarpark of a quaint country pub. Read Andy's report along with some greatpictures of their adventures. Three Go Potty InIreland U P D A T E D 1:08:01 Irish Landsailing Adventure On Brandon Bay Chris Wright, Andy Parr and Dave "Whiskers" Shaw traipsed across the IrishSea for a week's landsailing and gadding about on the Dingle Peninsula. Thetrio have struck beautiful weather and good sailing conditions at theirfavourite haunt - Ireland's longest sandy strip, Brandon Bay. Read a briefreport of the trio's expedition. Video Footage Added Landsailing along BrandonBay P O S T E D 24:07:01 100km Enduro Proves A Hard Slog The Blokart International-sponsored Muriwai 100km Enduro race was re-reunon June 30 with a good turnout of yachts from the big Class 3s to miniyachts Blokarts and WindThrills. As is typical of such a long race, noteveryone made the distance but the event was enjoyable. A brief report andimages has been posted. Muriwai 100km Enduro P O S T E D 16:07:01 Mini Yachts Have A Ball At Anglia LYC Fed 5 Regatta Andy Parr reports on the Anglia Land Yacht Club's Fed 5 and Mini YachtRegatta at Bassingborn, England, over the weekend of July 7 and 8. A goodnumber of mini yachts were on hand at the event and by all accountseveryone had a ball. Mini Yacht at Bassingborn P O S T E D 25:06:01 Kiwis Make Most of Late Afternoon sailing Colin Palmer, Geoff Hall and Mark Balkhaus along with several friendsincluding Olympian boardsailing gold medallist Bruce Kendall braved coldconditions to go sailing at the top of Muriwai Beach on Sunday, June 24.Read Geoff's report and view his photos. Kiwis At Muriwai Beach World Record Attempt at Black Rock Dennis Bassano along with Mark Golsh and Lester Robertson set out to breakthe Morel brothers long-distance landsailing record at Black Rock Desert onJune 8th and 9th. Dennis reports on their how they went. Distance Record Attempt Auckland LYC Club Day at kariotahi The Auckland Land Yacht Club had a club sailing day at their southern beachvenue of Kariotahi. Geoff Hall was there with camera to capture some of thesailing. NZ Sailing at Kariotahi Wirral SYC Brit Champs Round at Hoylake The Wirral Sand Yacht Club who are based at Hoylake, north of Liverpool,England, were hosts over the weekend of June 16 & 17 to the latest round ofthe British Championships. Our man Gareth Rowland has filed a report alongwith some photos on Saturday and Sunday's sailing out on Hoylake's sandbanks. Hoylake Regatta P O S T E D 27:05:01 Anglia LYC Fed 5 & Mini Yacht Regatta at Bassingbourn The Anglia Land Yacht Club who are based at Bassingbourn, near Royston, inHertfordshire, England, are planning a Fed 5 and Mini Yacht Regatta inJuly. Mick Mitchell has sent in details of the regatta. ALYC Fed 5 Regatta P O S T E D 15:05:01 British Champ Round at Cefn Sidan The Cefn Sidan Sand Yacht Club played host on their home beach to thelatest round of the British 2001 Championships on the weekend of Sat, May12 and Sun, May 13). Andy Parr filed an interim report along with somephotos from Mark Lloyd... UPDATE 16 MAY: Brit Champs Round P O S T E D 11:05:01 Kiwis Landyachting Out West The Auckland Land Yacht Club had an outing at one of their West Coasthaunts on the weekend of May 6. Geoff Hall sent in some photos and a briefreport... Kiwis Go West U P D A T E D 14:05:01 Landyachting Way Down in Chile Juan Enrique Quiñones from Santiago has filed some pictures and abrief report on landsailing Chilean style. A few weeks ago Juan and somefriends travelled 300km into Argentina for some landsailing at a dry lakecalled Pampa del Leoncito. The hardy souls were met with -10 degreetemperatures, almost too cold to sail. Read Juan's report... Landsailing in Chile P O S T E D 28:04:01 Landyachting Downunder - at Orewa The Kiwis were back at Orewa on Saturday, April 28 just three days aftertheir last outing. NZ350 Mervyn Hurley was as was ALYC cameraman GeoffHall. Check the day's account and see the photos.... Saturday at Orewa P O S T E D 30:4:01 WelshTwitterings Andy Parr was out on along Cefn Sidan again on Saturday, April 28 having agreat time. He got to check all the various banks on a perfect Cefn Sidanbeach. Maybe it's a forerunner for the coming BFSLYC Championship Regattathere on May 12 and 13. MAKE SURE YOU READ ANDY'S REPORT WelshTwitterings UPDATED 30:4:01 Earlier Welsh Twitterings Andy's waxes lyrical on his and his Free Welsh landsailing buddies' doingsand fun over the year at Pendine and Cefn Sidan. Previous WelshTwitterings P O S T E D 26:04:01 Landyachting Downunder - at Orewa The Kiwis were out at Muriwai on Sunday, April 22 and Wednesday, April 25this time at Orewa on the eastern seaboard. The Kiwis are somewhat uniquein having only about 40 minutes travelling distance between the twocoastlines. NZ350 Mervyn Hurley was at Orewa and files a report along withheaps of Geoff Hall's photos. Landsailing at Orewa P O S T E D 23:04:01 Landyachting Downunder - Out at Muriwai The Kiwis were out again having a thrash around last Sunday, April 22 at Muriwai Beach. Geoff Hall has filed a report and some great images. Landsailing Downunder PREVIOUS MURIWAI OUTINGS Downunder Oldies P O S T E D 26:04:01 York Regatta Gareth Rowland and Phil Sharp took a drive down to York on Saturday, April22 to the York Regatta at Elvington. Although there was no sailing due tolack of wind, Gareth managed to get some good shots of what British do on"lack-of-wind" days! Read his report and see the pix... Chris Wright hasfiled a commentary on the full-on sailing from the second day on the Sundayand Mark Lloyd has sent in some images from the event as well. Day andDay 2 summaries, results and pixs on... York Regatta Day 1 and 2
| L A S T POSTING 11:04:01 Welsh Landyachting Championships The British were finally back racing on the weekend of April 7 & 8 atPendine Sands in Southern Wales. Gareth Rowland was there with his trustydigital camera, cellphone and laptop. Read his reports as they camein... Welsh Champs 2001 ANDY PARR ALSO REPORTS LAST POSTING 13:04:01 Brazilian Expedition Jony Luce keeps us up-to-date on the travels of a hardy bunch of Brazilianswho have ventured into Bolivian for some sailing on the big salt and drylake Uyuni Pan. READ JONY'S REPORTS - No. 4 Brazilian Expedition UPDATED 16:04:01 America's Landsailing Cup 2001 Bob Dill kept up with the play out on the playa at Ivanpah drylake duringthe latest US regatta while Mark Harris reports in on his trip down fromReno, the AmCup and his drive back home. AmCup 2001 America's Cup Photos are now loaded on Jim Hart's NALSA web site... AmCup2001 Photos UPDATED 15:03:01 British Ice Sailing Team In Sweden Gareth and Chris Williams were in Sweden for the Swedish DN-ClassChampionships over the past week. Gareth reported in daily thanks to thecourtesy of the Manager of the Stadshotell in Lubvika. Gareth is now homeand filed this, his final report. Latest Report No. 12 UPDATED 12:03:01 De Krab Rally De Panne Belgium Last weekend's (March 10 and 11) annual two-day Krab Rally at De Panneresults and photos can be found... Royal Sand Yacht Clubsite NEW 25:02:01 Latest Website out of New Zealand Ian McLachlan from Palmerston North, New Zealand, joins the small list ofland yacht constructors and designers with a presence on the internet withhis own website - www.imacnz.com POSTED 09:03:01 Model landyachts, Unlimited US model maestro Robert Weber has revamped his Stiletto model landyacht website and is announcing his new racing model. Be sure to visit this site andsee the new section of our sport. ModelLandyachts, Unlimited UPDATED 15:03:01 Events Calendar The Events Calendar details all the major events on around theglobe. If you wish to list any of your organisations, club or class events,please email me with details and I will post them. UPDATED 5:03:01 First Great South American Challenge Report in from Claudio Manfredi on the Argentinian event at Rada Tilly.Translation of his story can be read on this site. The results, emailed byPablo Reyes, have been posted on the report page. Report Results PREVIOUS POSTING Earlier Details Pablo Reyes extends an invite to everyone to attend the first SouthAmerican Challenge Patagonia Invite LAST UPDATE 19:02:01 2001 WC/NAC Ice Yachting Championships The 2001 DN World and North American Championships, plagued by ice problemsand lack of wind, have been shifted from St Clair to Saginsaw Bay inMichigan. Read the latest report in from Bay City. ADDED 05:02:01 Auckland LYC New Zealand Annual Championships John O'Donnell gives a report on the Auckland LYC's 2001 Club Championshipsheld on Muriwai Beach on last weekend (Feb 3 and 4). UPDATED 01:02:01 Ice Yachting In The Czech Republic Gareth and the rest of the BSC Consulting-sponsored British Ice YachtingTeam along with new member Howard Trotter have sallied forth, this time tothe Czech Republic for the DN Euros starting Monday, January 29... ninereports now in from the team along with some images.  ADDED 01:02:01 Transat Des Sables The Trans Sahara Race Maienga, the public relations company who admirably manage the biennialevent, have a large amount of information on the event on their website.This year the 700-kilometre race held over 7 days is being staged in May inSouthern Morocco. Check the site out... if you're game! UPDATED 30:01:01 Dirtboating In The Far East Nevada's own Mike "The Grimster" Grimm who hails from Lake Tahoe hasventured to Thailand to try his hand at scooter and tuk tuk riding andlamenting his leaving his Fed 5 "The Grimm Reaper" back home. He's says there's beaches to sail around Phuket! Read about his adventures...Report 3 Now Posted! POSTED 7:01:01 Huge Boat Show In London Gareth and the "gang" met up for the big Boat Show at Earls Court in London last weekend. ADDED 5:01:01 Ice Boating In Mablethorpe Of All Places Gareth gets his DN K11 down and dusts off the cobwebs in readiness for this month's Euro Icesailing Champs. Ever keen to have a go, he ventures down tothe local boating lake and puts blades to ice much to the amusement of thelocal kids. GARETH'S NOTES | UPDATED 14:12:00 Happenings From Around The World Chris Wright and Andy Parr blow the cobwebs out in a mid-week thrash around Cefn Sidan Posted: Thurs Dec 14 Andy Parr still trying to break his neck on Cefn Sidan in Force 6 to 8 winds in between supping ale and sampling fine food at "The Druidstone" last weekend. Posted: Monday Dec 11 British ice sailor Chris Williams K1 ventures into the frozen north to be oneof the first to get in some "hard water sailing" meeting some of Santa's four-legged helpers on the way. Check out his reports! Latest Posting: Saturday Dec 9 UPDATED 6:12:00 The Iron Duck The world's fastest landsail powered craft was set to go one better than last year's 116.7mph however lack of wind foiled Bob Dill and Bob Schumacher's plans over Thanksgiving week at Ivanpah Drylake in Southern Nevada. Latest Posting: Wed Dec 3 Anglia LYC Regatta at Bassingborne Sat and Sun Nov 18 and 19 One ofthe rounds of the British Championships. ADDED 18:11:00 NALSA'sannual Thanksgiving Speed Trials at Ivanpah Drylake November 22 to26 20:11:00 North Island Champs at Ohiwa Beach, New Zealand Sat and Sun Nov 11 and 12 Report and results on the event from Darren Laugesen NZ700  THE 2000 WORLDS HAVE BEEN... AND GONE! Lots of |