What can be more sublime than slipping the mooring for an evening of sociable yacht racing in a stunningly attractive classic keelboat on the beautiful waters of Chichester Harbour!This is what the Solent Sunbeam fleet does every week from May to September, with the...

The Solent Sunbeam fleet racing at Itchenor Sailing Club had superb racing conditions for the Chittagong Cup race series over the May Bank Holiday weekend. 20 Sunbeams raced in moderate wind conditions and the closeness of the racing meant that the final results went...

The Solent Sunbeam Class enjoyed the 31st running of the Chisholm Weekend over the early-May Bank Holiday weekend at Itchenor Sailing Club. The weekend is always one of the best-attended events in the Solent Sunbeam Class and this year was no different, despite a cold...

The 96-year-old Solent Sunbeam class welcomed a brand-new yacht to its fleet last week with the launching of V70 Minty which took place at Itchenor, the base for this historic and much-admired classic keel-boat fleet. Minty’s hull was built on the Isle of Wight by...

As one would expect from a fleet of classic yachts dating back to 1922/23, some of the origins and names of the regattas, cups and events are steeped in history. We take a look at the busy May events for the Solent branch of this very active fleet which sails from...

A busy season is planned for the Solent Sunbeam class in 2019. The 96-year-old Solent Sunbeam classic keelboat fleet has a busy racing and social schedule lined up for the coming sailing season, starting on Saturday 30th March 2019 with a normal afternoon’s racing....

95 Years Young - the enduring splendour of the Solent Sunbeam in Chichester Harbour Bosham resident Peter Nicholson first set sail in a Sunbeam keelboat in 1966, seeking an antidote to the boredom of accountancy studies, when he was invited to race on his now classic...

Solent and Falmouth fleets will join to celebrate the Falmouth Sunbeam fleet's 95th anniversary in Cornwall. Although the Sunbeams first raced in the Solent in 1923, the Class was also adopted by the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club in 1924. Six of the eight boats which took...

2018 was another busy year for Haines, with no two days the same, and the dedicated team kept fully occupied throughout the season. There was the usual mix of winter storage, repairs and maintenance for the classic keelboat fleets, as well as an increasing number of...

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