Sue Pelling Journalist
Yachting | Lifestyle | Racing
Glorious day at the races with mixed bag of results
Royal Corinthian YC, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex (7 October 2023): Although the basking sunshine and winds reaching 22kts for the opening day of the Endeavour Trophy made for a glorious day of racing for most, it was bittersweet for some who suffer...
Competitors arrive en masse for legendary dinghy champion of champions event
Royal Corinthian YC, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex (6 October 2023): A quiet, sultry spell of warm, dry windless weather over the last week or so, gave way to promising racing conditions this morning with winds reaching 22kts...
Impressive win for RS800 national champions
Royal Corinthian YC, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex (9 October 2022): The 2022 Investec-sponsored Endeavour Trophy dinghy champion of champions that took place this weekend at Burnham-on-Crouch (7-9 October) was one of the most interesting on record with the o...
Tom Morris and Guy Fillmore reign supreme in tough, shifty conditions
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Overnight leaders Tom Morris and Guy Fillmore (RS800) – photo Sue Pelling[/caption]
Royal Corinthian YC, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex (8 October 2022): Tom Morris and Guy Fillmore repres...
30 national champions fly the flag for Leukaemia UK
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Luke Patience, reigning Endeavour champion, and Faye Chatterton looking forward to top class competition tomorrow – photo Sue Pelling[/caption]
Royal Corinthian YC, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex (8 October...
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Town Cup-regulars Richard Matthews’ and team aboard the Carkeek CF520 52ft Oystercatcher XXXV – photo Alan Hana[/caption]
Burnham Week 2022, which is now open for entry, is set to attract a bumper entry thanks to early bird discounts an...
Pip Hare (48) is the sole British sailor competing in the Vendée Arctique, which started from Les Sables d'Olonne on Sunday 12 June, 2022.
Hare who finished 19th in the 2020/21 Vendée Globe (and 8th woman to ever finish the race) in a 1999-built IMOCA 60, is now sailing Medallia, a third gene...
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Luke Patience and Mary Henderson Olympian 470 representatives on their way to an overall win – photo Roger Mant[/caption]
After a couple of mixed results on the opening day yesterday, including an OCS, silver medallist Luke Patience...
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Overnight leaders after four races, Ben Palmer and Amy Seabright – photo Sue Pelling[/caption]
Light winds and extremely strong Spring tides threatened to disrupt the opening day of the 60th anniversary Endeavour Trophy but instead f...
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Ultra light winds for today’s training session – photo Roger Mant[/caption]
The countdown to the 60th anniversary Endeavour Trophy is underway with the first race kicking off at 10.00 today (9 October 2021).
As this annual invitational eight...
Burnham Week 2021
ApeX X332 wins Town Cup
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Winners of the Town Cup and the EAORA Houghton Cup – Robert Leggett and team on ApeX, an X332 – photo Sue Pelling[/caption]
Robert Leggett and team on ApeX, an X332, have won the Town...
The opening weekend of Burnham Week 2021 (28 August-4 September) got off to a cracking start.
A gusty northerly breeze and classic, strong east coast tides made the Bank Holiday Weekend Series challenging but the 115-strong entry generally enjoyed highly competitive racing throughout the weekend.
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A slight change of pace for Sir Ben Ainslie in a Scow on the Beaulieu River yesterday – photo Julio Graham[/caption]
Sir Ben Ainslie made a guest appearance yesterday at the Buckler’s Hard 50th anniversary and redevelopment celebratio...
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Dragon racing on the River Crouch – photo Roger Mant[/caption]
Burnham Week Ltd (BWL) is delighted to announce Burnham Week 2021 is now open for entry writes Sue Pelling.
This premier east coast regatta (28 August-4 September) at Burnh...
Ben Saxton and Toby Lewis fought back in today’s breezy conditions to secure the overall win of the Investec-sponsored Endeavour Trophy, for the sixth time and a record fifth time in a row, writes Sue Pelling.
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Ben Saxton and Toby Lewi...
Olympian Luke Patience, and Mary Henderson (470) stole the show on the opening day of the Investec-sponsored Endeavour Trophy, with three wins in the bag writes Sue Pelling.
Light winds and a strong tidal stream resulted in challenging conditions for the 30-strong fleet of champion sailors but...
So popular is this weekend’s Investec-sponsored Endeavour Trophy (11-13 October), there is now a waiting list to take part writes Sue Pelling.
Despite the doom and gloom of the weather forecast threatening to put a damper on the 59th Endeavour Trophy at Burnham-on-Crouch, there are still a few...
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Photo Sue Pelling[/caption]
With just one month to go until the Investec-sponsored Endeavour Trophy (11-13 October), entry has almost reached its 30-place limit writes Sue Pelling.
For the first time in many years response to the an...
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Photo – Paul Wyeth[/caption]
No records broken this year but complex, light conditions proved ideal for local hot shot Jo Richards and team, who stole the show by winning the Gold Roman Bowl on the smallest boat in the fleet writes Sue...
Although probably one of the most challenging on record in terms of weather, Cowes Week 2019 turned out to be one of most successful in the history of the event with 100s of teams enjoying super-fast, exciting racing all week.
Thankfully for the inaugural charity King’s Cup event on the Thursday b...
