Like most motorsports, powerboat racing continues to be a male-dominated sport, but there are more and more women getting involved in the sport as it continues to attract new people. In Jet Ski racing Anya Colley continues to dominate in both in British and European competition. Anya has just returned from Austria where she clinched the 2012 IJSBA Ladies Ski ...

From those who have been there, done that Until you have sat there, on that Olympic start line, oblivious to everything but the other boats around you, you cannot begin to comprehend what it is really going to be like. Likewise, when other people ask you it is almost impossible to conjure up the words to describe that maelstrom of ...

Thanks to everyone for your good luck messages for the sailors of TeamGB… here are some of your messages.

By: Jane Swan, The Green Blue For the past few weeks The Green Blue team seems to have turned into travelling salesmen, turning up at clubs and marinas with a suitcase of environmentally friendly goodies – donuts and socks being the special offers (otherwise known as fuel collars and bilge socks) amongst other things. It hasn’t been a sales pitch ...

Want to wish the sailors of the Olympic and Paralympic Games good luck? Here’s your chance! Send your favourite sailors a message! With less than a month to go until the start of the 2012 Olympic Games the sailors of Team GB are making final preparations and getting ready to do battle out on the water, hoping to claim Olympic ...

The first round of the British Marathon Championships took place at the end of May. Organised by the Royal Motor Yacht Club, the race weekend incorporated three of the UK’s most well-established offshore powerboat races. The first Needles Trophy Race for Class I and II powerboats took place in 1967 and over the years has seen competitors from all over ...

Legacy, legacy, legacy; it’s undoubtedly the buzzword of London 2012. But what good is a buzzword if there is nothing in place to actually make it happen? While the media spotlight falls ever more intensely on the sailors representing Team GB at the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, behind the scenes the RYA and Britain’s sailing clubs, training centres and class ...

By: Jane Swan, The Green Blue Back in February we asked for your views on green boating. A few weeks on and the results are in, so first of all, thanks to everyone who took part. In total we received 355 replies – the best response we’ve ever had and a pretty strong representative sample, so thank you! It’s slightly ...

THE offshore season for 2012 is finally underway. The first event of the 2012 RYA National Championships took place at Fistral, Newquay, from 21-22 April. The event saw 14 Zapcat teams battle with almighty surf conditions and unyielding onshore winds, producing some of the harshest conditions teams have seen in recent years. I had the opportunity to have a go ...

Becoming an Olympic or Paralympic champion When, as we hope, at least one Brit stands atop the podium this summer, that sailor’s success will represent the thousands of people throughout the UK who work tirelessly to make sure Britain has the best shot of remaining the world’s top performing nation. That champion sailor will probably never know of the existence ...