OBRIGADO PORTIMAO, ATE A PROXIMA (THANK YOU PORTIMAO, SEE YOU NEXT TIME)

Portimao is a port town on the western Algarve coast, running along the bottom of Portugal to the most southwest tip of mainland Europe. Take a plane to Faro and head west, you can’t miss it (east i...

THE LATE LATE SHOW

A late start and a late finish yesterday in Portimao, but no real late change on the leader boards and very little time left for anyone to change things now!

THE END IS IN SIGHT…

International regattas and major championships like this rely on more than just the weather and competitors to show up. There’s a huge amount of work before, during and after, and a huge team (often...

KEEP THEM GUESSING…

Welcome back to Portimao for the 2019 Techno 293+ World Championships, and we really mean Portimao, because today’s racing was in the harbour of the town itself rather than far out at sea.

GONE WITH THE WIND…

We all know that the Algarve is made for fun, but today it delivered big time, making a great day for organisers, competitors and spectators alike. The sun shone, the wind blew and the waves were very...

A dominant lead

There are 28 men and 10 women competing here at the Techno293+ World Championships, 38 motivated young sailors, all striving for one of the coveted World Champion crowns.

ACTION STATIONS!

The TECHNO293Plus caravan has pitched up here at the lovely Praia Da Rocha, near Portimao on the beautiful western Algarve on Portugal’s southern coast. The warm Easter weather was matched by the wa...

THE STUFF OF LEGENDS

It hasn’t all been plain sailing for Greece over the last few years : economy in crisis, political chaos, bearing the burden of mass immigration from the war-torn middle east….