Rowing/Sailing

Chris CraddockJersey communities reporter BBC Gordon Burgis has been awarded an BEM for his services to the sailing community Five people in Jersey have been recognised for their work in the island by being included in the New Years Honours List. Gordon Burgis has been awarded an BEM for his …

A British rowing team taking part in one of the world’s toughest endurance challenges has rescued a turtle trapped in a fishing net in the Atlantic Ocean. The Hampshire-based trio, competing as Call to Earth, were 895 miles into their journey when they spotted the distressed animal entangled in marine …

A plan to install a crane for launching boats onto the River Wye in Hereford has been put forward, after a more ambitious scheme fell through. Hereford Rowing Club wants a five-metre-high “davit arm” at its base on the north bank, “to increase the efficiency of boat launches for emergency …

Linsey SmithEast Yorkshire and Lincolnshire rural affairs correspondent Seas the Day Miriam Payne on the Pacific Ocean with a crop of salad greens, grown on board her rowing boat How do you grow food on a small boat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean? It’s a question Miriam Payne …

Katie WapleSouth of England BBC Former England Sevens rugby player Ollie Phillips will be rowing across the Atlantic Ocean with no support. A former England rugby sevens player is taking on a 3,000 nautical mile (4,828 km) rowing challenge for several charities supporting Motor Neurone Disease (MND). Ollie Phillips, from …

Sandra Murison Sandra Murison (far left) wants to create a “sister club” to EPIC in Somerset A military wife is looking for people connected to the armed forces to become the first members of a new amateur rowing club. Sandra Murison, 77, from Porlock, Somerset, is setting up the group …

Oliver Rathbone/George Attfield Olly Rathbone said he had watched Cast Away about seven times A rower crossing the Atlantic for charity with a university friend has turned to Tom Hanks’ Cast Away for tips. Olly Rathbone and George Attfield, who met at Nottingham Trent University playing rugby, have been training …

The Corpus Christi College Barge is still afloat after nearly 100 years A look upstream from Donnington Bridge reveals more than just a scenic view of the River Thames. Moored at Meadow Lane is one of the last remaining jewels of Oxford’s golden rowing era, the Corpus Christi barge. It …

Katie WapleSouth of England CBRE The former River & Rowing Museum in Henley is for sale An award-winning museum building which was closed in September due to financial pressures is on sale for £3 million. The River and Rowing Museum in Henley, Oxfordshire was listed by commercial real estate services …

Clodagh StensonBBC South Investigations Getty Images Oxford Brookes’ women’s team prepare to race in 2017 – the club is one of eight High Performance Academies that develop Olympic rowers Sexual harassment, racism and bullying did happen at Oxford Brookes University Boat Club, an independent investigation has confirmed. The report was …

A project to revamp a facility used by the country’s elite rowers has been approved. British Rowing submitted the plan to “improve and modernise” the Sherriff’s Boathouse at the Redgrave Pinsent Rowing Lake in Caversham and build a new boathouse on the site in the summer. The plan for the …

Mr Way said it had been a “complex operation carried out safely and efficiently thanks to the skill and cooperation of everyone involved”. “From the initial coastguard response through to the refloating and righting of the trimaran, the teamwork, professionalism and seamanship has been exemplary,” he said. “I’m pleased that …

Coastal rower Natacha Searson is targeting a place at the 2028 Olympic Games. The 22-year-old from Jersey has been called up to the Great Britain coastal rowing team for the World Beach Sprint Finals in Turkey next week. Beach sprint rowing will make its Olympic debut in Los Angeles in …

Jess Rowe and Miriam Payne told the BBC how they made the six-month journey unsupported, catching fish and growing their own vegetables. BBC News

How Marit Bouwmeester built the mindset that made her the Olympics’ top female sailor BBC News

Tom WilliamsBBC Look East, in Waldringfield JOHN FAIRHALL/BBC National champions – Alex Enkel (left) at the helm and his crew Jude Baldock assess conditions on the River Deben Two young sailors now have new goals and are going their separate ways after becoming under-18 national champions at the Cadet UK …

“We came here thinking we could do it, but we wanted to focus on progressing through the regatta and to get better each time we hit the water,” Robson said after the race. “We had a great row in that final. It was quite a battle and we’re just really …

County Fermanagh duo Ross Corrigan and Nathan Timoney produced a storming last 500m to move from fifth to third and clinch a place in Thursday’s final of the World Championships men’s pair in Shanghai. The Olympic finalists from Paris looked out of contention before an incredible sprint to the line …

With Paris 2024 already behind him, thoughts inevitably turn to the Los Angeles Paralympics in 2028. “It’s still the million dollar question,” said Pritchard. “Let’s get Shanghai out of the way and then have a proper discussion with British Rowing.” This year has seen a different approach for the Welshman, …

The future of 35,000 artefacts remains uncertain, with the museum they are currently housed in opening its doors to the public for a final time on Sunday. The River and Rowing Museum in Henley on-Thames, Oxfordshire, which first opened in 1998, announced in July it would be shutting due to …