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OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS PARADE: Nick Dempsey, Sarah Dempsey, Paul Goodison, Saskia Clark, Andrew Simpson and Bryony Shaw. Click for full story and video...

The Olympics are coming


The Olympic Games are coming to Dorset. And Portland Harbour will host the sailing. In 2008 British sailors were hugely successful. This section is design to bring you the latest news about the preparation, the efforts of local sailors to strike gold.

Sixth title for Ainslie

FANTASTIC IN FINN: Ben Ainslie

3:14pm Friday 18th May 2012

THREE-TIME Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie secured a historic sixth Finn world title today, albeit in frustrating circumstances.

Ainslie closes in on historic sixth world title

TOP TIPS: British Airways employee competition winners receive a sailing lesson from Ben Ainslie at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy

8:43am Friday 18th May 2012

THREE race wins amid ‘unbelievable’ conditions on the penultimate day of the JP Asset Management Finn Gold Cup in Falmouth yesterday has seen Ben Ainslie move within touching distance of an historic sixth Finn World Championship title.

Veteran Olympian lured by gold

COMEBACK: Mike McIntryre

8:12am Friday 18th May 2012

NOSTALGIA and the lure of Weymouth and Portland’s world-class sailing waters have tempted veteran Olympian Mike McIntyre back to competitive racing next month.

Star duo settle for a silver

SECOND: Andrew Simpson

8:30am Monday 14th May 2012

OLYMPIC champions Iain Percy and Sherborne’s Andrew Simpson insist their eyes are on a bigger prize after narrowly missing out on the Star World Championship title in Hyeres, France.

Going for gold

SELECTED: Alison Young

8:18am Friday 11th May 2012

GREAT Britain’s sailing team head to London 2012 with better medal prospects than ever before, according to team leader Stephen Park.

Great Scott earns third UK title

MORGAN MAGIC: Champion Giles Scott

8:57am Wednesday 9th May 2012

GILES Scott won the opening race of the day at the JP Morgan Asset Management Open UK Finn Nationals to seal his third UK title with a race to spare.

Shaw and Dempsey rocked by Rio snub

UNEXPECTED DECISION: Weymouth’s Nick Dempsey

9:10am Monday 7th May 2012

GREAT Britain’s windsurfers have been left in shock by the decision to drop the discipline from the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Jubilee boat parade

FLYING THE FLAG: From left: Mark Anders, Linda Peaston, commodore Graham Castell, Gareth Peaston, Paul Medway, Derek Williams and Peter Gillingham

8:14am Friday 4th May 2012

BOAT owners in Weymouth and Portland are being invited to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee as part of a spectacular parade of boats next month.


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The Olympics are coming

DORSET has won gold in the race to be the first Olympic venue completed ahead of 2012

Dorset's Olympic sailors are welcomed home to Weymouth and Portland after 2008 Games


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