Weymouth and Portland Sailing Olympics and Paralympics 2012

Sailing news, events and ticket information from the Dorset Echo for Weymouth Bay and Portland Harbour, the official venue for sailing events for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games

London 2012: Follow the Team GB parade with our live blog

12:00pm Monday 10th September 2012

A 21-float parade will take 800 of Team GB's athletes on a victory parade around London this afternoon. Follow their progress with our live blog...

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Delight at last for Skud duo

10:18am Friday 7th September 2012

TEARS of frustration turned to smiles of jubilation for Britain’s four-time world champion sailors who realised bronze at the home Games marked triumph not tragedy.

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Paralympic stars make history with gong haul

10:13am Friday 7th September 2012

GOLDEN girl Helena Lucas made history by winning Britain’s first Paralympic sailing medal – and its first ever gold.

Paralympic sailors making history

11:04am Thursday 6th September 2012

HISTORY will be made on the waters of Portland Harbour today when Britain’s Paralympic sailors bring home the country’s first medals in the sport.

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Blake bags bronze

7:42pm Thursday 6th September 2012

DORCHESTER'S Paul Blake has this evening won his second medal of the Paralympics.

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Weymouth's Moving Tides procession to take place on final day of Paralympics

11:30am Thursday 6th September 2012

GIANT sea snails, dinosaurs, fish and octopuses will take over the sea front as hundreds of schoolchildren perform as part of the Moving Tides procession.

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PARALYMPIC GAMES: Helena's on the March to glory

12:00pm Wednesday 5th September 2012

Portland’S Helena Lucas continued her march towards Para-lympic glory in the single-handed keelboat class on day four of the home Games.

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Dorchester's Blake keeps up family heritage

9:34am Wednesday 5th September 2012

Dorchester ’S Paul Blake continued his remarkable family story by winning Paralympic silver over 400 metres at a packed Olympic Stadium last night.

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Sailing Paralympics: Lucas storms back to top of leaderboard

12:00pm Tuesday 4th September 2012

HELENA Lucas stormed back to the top of the 2.4mR keelboat fleet leaderboard after top performances in yesterday’s light wind conditions at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.