THE Channel Islands sailing community is gearing up for the biggest race of the summer.

A YACHT that ran aground on the Goubeau Reef on Sunday will be destroyed, deputy harbour master Tony Pattimore said yesterday.

A YACHT that ran aground on rocks off the entrance to St Peter Port Harbour in the early hours of Sunday was refloated and towed to the harbour yesterday.

VETERAN sailor Charles Cooper made his experience count as he battled to win the second race in the Mercator Frostbite Series.

THE Model Yacht Pond has been drained for routine cleaning, inspection and maintenance.

THERE proved no catching Andy Bridgman as a new series of Mercator Frostbite Series racing got under way in the Little Russel.

FOURTEEN-year-old Clementine Thompson has been selected for the RYA’s Laser 4.7 National Junior Squad 2011-12.

A QUARTET of top Guernsey dinghy sailors will compete in the National Inland Championships at Grafham Water, Cambridge, this weekend.

THE Le Tournoi Sailing Challenge 2011 sets off from Cowes tonight with more than 10 crews fighting it out for the Eurosaf European Championships in the Benetau 40.7 class of racer/cruisers.

AN ENGLISH yachtsman had a lucky escape after rope got tangled in his vessel’s propeller.