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- Portland Bird Observatory Report Week Commencing 23rd of June 2012
- Exploring Nature Walks Waycroft Quarry 29th of June 2012
- ACO Musto Skiff World Championships at WPNSA
- The Prince of Wales Visits the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
- Portland Bird Observatory Report Week Commencing 16th of June 2012
- Exploring Nature Walks Fancy’s Family Farm 22nd of June 2012
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- Exploring Nature Walks Smallmouth 8th of June 2012
- London to Portland Small Ships Race to be Celebrated at the WPNSA
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ACO Musto Skiff World Championships at WPNSA
The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) are hosting 104 Musto Skiffs this week for the ACO Musto Skiff World Championships. After two days of pre-worlds warm up regatta competition, the main event started yesterday and will finish on the 30th June. The competitors are expecting to sail twelve races. The WPNSA is a [...]
The Prince of Wales Visits the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
The Prince of Wales visited the Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy (WPNSA) today, June 26th where he toured the Games venue for the sailing competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. Hosted by Chairman of the WPNSA Edward Leask, Chief Executive John Tweed and Ben Ainslie who is a triple Gold medalist [...]
London to Portland Small Ships Race to be Celebrated at the WPNSA
On Friday the 15th June, a fleet of up to twenty Sail Training vessels crewed by 200 young people will arrive in Portland from East London as part of the London to Portland Small Ships Race. Their arrival is only the start of an exciting weekend, which includes a visit from Her Royal Highness the [...]
US Olympic Team Qualifier at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
Four days of compelling Women’s Match Racing has been held at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA). This was the all-important selector to decide the US Olympic Team for Women’s Match Racing. Anna Tunnicliffe and her Team Maclaren crew Molly Vandemoer and Debbie Capozzi defeated Barkow in the “first-to-six-wins” final match-up. With the [...]
The Topper Winter Regatta at the WPNSA
A fleet of 181 toppers descended on the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy over the weekend for the Topper Winter Regatta. The sun shone, the sea sparkled and it certainly did not seem like the end of February. Sadly, the wind was not so obliging, averaging just 5 knots for much of the time, [...]
The WPNSA 2012 Event Agenda
The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) is enjoying a landmark year for 2012 at the award winning multi sports venue. Olympic camps have already been in full swing at the premier sailing and windsurfing destination as well as youth winter training. Already capable of hosting over 1,000 competitors at a time and providing [...]
Divers find gun under Ferry Bridge
UE Dive Team’s plan this Thursday was to dive under Ferry Bridge, Portland’s only road link to the mainland, to collect some essential data and photographs. The idea being to dive it on “slack” where the tidal flow comes to a halt for about three quarters of an hour giving us a relatively long window [...]
Diving Portland in February
We thought we’d dive the harbour and check out “visibility” while getting some more winter practice as the country braced itself for a major freeze. Visibility underwater is generally described in ‘horizontal’ distance where another submerged object can first (or last!) be seen. During the winter months, we have some really ‘clear spells’ around Portland [...]
Diving the Tides of Baly Bay
With its varying tides and almost constant water movement, Portland is an ideal spot for “drift diving,” the coolest magic carpet ride any diver can hope for. Right in the middle of the winter with gusts now down to 30 mph, I’m out East of Portland Harbour — this time in Balaclava Bay (or Baly [...]
Diving Portland’s Outer Breakwater
With 40 mile gusts battering Chesil Beach, I leave Underwater Explorers to get the rare opportunity to dive the eastern waters of Portland breakwater. True to its name and purpose, this wall of stone keeps the worst of the wind and waves away either side. Not a milk-pond perhaps, but close. Even when calm, the [...]