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GBR RED TIGHTENS THE SCREW

05.07.08 00:00:00

Strong winds at the Rolex Commodores' Cup led to a change of course from the planned round the island race to a 35 mile course down the Solent and around Hayling Bay, keeping the fleet out of the worst of the winds.

THE PRESSURE COOKER STARTS TO BOIL

04.07.08 00:00:00

Day five of the Rolex Commodores' Cup 2008 and the 45 competitors and their 15 teams found themselves challenged by a new course format. Today's single race was around a variety of marks in the central and eastern Solent, sailed in an awkward southeasterly breeze of around 12 knots.

NO ROOM TO BREATHE AT THE TOP

03.07.08 00:00:00

Slightly stronger breeze and more reaching than was anticipated resulted in the offshore race of the Rolex Commodores' Cup, providing the 45 yachts taking part with a most complete test.

For the small boats in Class 3, the bigger conditions also made for a shorter race with the leaders arriving home unexpectedly early, at breakfast...

GBR RED FORCE THE PACE

02.07.08 00:00:00

The Rolex Commodores' Cup took on a different complexion today both in terms of the racing and the weather. The offshore race set sail at 10.30 from the Royal Yacht Squadron line off Cowes, but rather than the welcome sunny 10-20 knot conditions of the past two days it was in three to five knots of southwesterly breeze under a grey sky.

BRITISH BULLDOGS BITE BACK

01.07.08 00:00:00

If yesterday conditions allowed crews to ease gently into the 2008 Rolex Commodores' Cup, today's conditions proved that much more testing. With the wind having backed around to the southeast overnight, racing was held off Hill Head, in the Central Solent, in more breeze, occasionally gusting to more than 20 knots and a short chop making for a...