Yachts & Yachting magazine

Andy Rice

“Despite those days when the breeze won’t play ball, our love for sailing remains undiminished”

The last three events I’ve attended have been dogged by the biggest problem in our sport. Too much or too little wind. The J/70 Europeans suffered from a lack of breeze in Weymouth Bay, the America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta in Spain was the same, and now I’m sitting in Portsmouth in the middle of a full-on gale that has prevented the Formula Kite Europeans getting underway.

We’re in a silly sport, but we love it all

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