K1 Open Wimbleball SC
23/04/13 13:08
The first K1 open of the season took place at Wimbleball Sailing Club in Exmoor on a chilly Saturday 23rd March. With much of the country cut off by snow it was encouraging to see 13 helms from 8 clubs taking part...
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K1 Class Association Forum
26/02/13 14:36
The UK K1 Class Association has set up an active owner's forum on the web in "Big Tent". To have a look Google 'Big Tent' and then search for the K1 Class Association, which will take you to the public page. Read More...
K1 Open Gavermeer Zeilclub
22/10/12 16:25
The first European K1 Open event took place this weekend (20-21st October) at Gavermeer SC.
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K1 Nationals 2012 Report and Results
05/10/12 12:49
The K1 Class returned to Burton Sailing Club for their second National Championship on 22nd/23rd September with 23 owners competing for the title which was won last year by Simon Hawkes of Wimbleball SC Read More...
K1 Open Broxbourne SC
13/07/12 17:48
A hardy group of K1 sailors braved the floods and monsoon weather to gather at Broxbourne Sailing Club on 7th July for a weekend open and tuning session. And while potential travel problems prevented some sailors from attending the fleet was pleased to welcome Tom Murphy from the National Yacht Club in Ireland who had just collected his new K1 from Vandercraft.
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K1 Open, Oxford SC
06/06/12 11:59
The K1 fleet returned to Oxford Sailing Club for the annual ‘K1 Oxford Cup’ open on 12th May and were greeted by some welcome sunshine and a light to medium fluctuating breeze. Read More...
K1 Open, Olton Mere SC
26/04/12 21:06
The inaugural K1 Midland Area Trophy open took place on 21st April at Olton Mere Sailing Club, an attractive tree-lined water near Birmingham. Nine K1s travelled from seven clubs from as far afield as Windermere, Pennines and Wimbleball to take on this pond-sailing challenge.
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K1 Open, Wimbleball SC March 17th Report and Results
05/04/12 13:48
The day started with the lake mirror-like calm and slowly developed into a gentle breeze by the time we were ready for what we hoped would be three competitive races. Jeff Vander-borght from Lyme Regis SC was going to be the man to beat according to his previous results in K1 open meetings but we all had expectations of some tight races. There would be some advantages for the local sailors and the lightweights fancied their chances in the light weather, Report by John Shimell, Photo Mike Rice fotoboat
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K1 End of Season Open at Queen Mary SC
01/11/11 19:36
The K1s concluded a successful events calendar for the year with some great racing at their End of Season open at Queen Mary Sailing Club this weekend.
The event started with tuning session on Saturday prior to racing Sunday and it was good to see 13 K1 owners over the weekend with some choosing only to catch up on the rigging and tuning advice in preparation for next season.
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The event started with tuning session on Saturday prior to racing Sunday and it was good to see 13 K1 owners over the weekend with some choosing only to catch up on the rigging and tuning advice in preparation for next season.
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K1 Nationals 2011
28/09/11 12:28
The first UK Nationals took place this weekend at Burton Sailing Club. Read on for write-up and results... Read More...
K1 Newsletter & Event Round-up
19/09/11 14:21
Read about the latest K1 news and round-up of K1 Class events held so far this year... Read More...
K1's at Broxbourne SC
07/07/11 14:41
The K1 fleet enjoyed close racing in light winds and sunshine at their third open meeting of 2011 held at Broxbourne SC over the weekend 2nd/3rd July shared with Flying Fifteens.
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K1's visit Lake Windermere for inaugural K1 Open at South Windermere SC, report by Mike Deane, SWSC
18/06/11 15:30
The first ever K1 open event on Lake Windermere was held last weekend (Saturday 11th of June). Hosted by South Windermere Sailing Club, who’s base is within the National Trust’s beautiful Fell Foot Park, the location stunned the newcomers to the Lakes, many of whom had taken a long weekend to explore the National Park, as well as take part in the second K1 open meeting of 2011, a class which is becoming increasingly competitive.
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K1 Oxford Open Report & Results
19/04/11 12:54
The second K1 Oxford Cup open was held on Saturday 16th April at Oxford SC preceded on Friday by a K1 rigging and tuning session run by Jeff from Vandercraft.
Despite the forecast for very light winds a total of 16 owners made the trip to Oxford with 13 keen enough to race in what little wind there was on Saturday. Read More...
Despite the forecast for very light winds a total of 16 owners made the trip to Oxford with 13 keen enough to race in what little wind there was on Saturday. Read More...
K1 Newsletter
28/02/11 17:19
Y&Y's Jeremy Evans tests the K1
15/10/10 15:01
Jeremy Evans recently reviewed the K1 for Y&Y magazine. He thoroughly enjoyed his sail, click on the link in the read more section to read his full review...
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K1 Oxford Cup 9/10 October 2010: Event Report
15/10/10 13:51
K1 Oxford Cup
The first K1 open event was held at Oxford SC this weekend with a mix of rigging and tuning advice and racing for the ‘K1 Oxford Cup’.
Saturday’s rigging and tuning session attracted 20 K1 owner’s from as far afield as Scotland all eager to gain a few tips and to meet the other new owners. K1 designer Paul Handley ran through rigging and some of the unique sailing aspects of the K1 single-handed keelboat and... Read More...
The first K1 open event was held at Oxford SC this weekend with a mix of rigging and tuning advice and racing for the ‘K1 Oxford Cup’.
Saturday’s rigging and tuning session attracted 20 K1 owner’s from as far afield as Scotland all eager to gain a few tips and to meet the other new owners. K1 designer Paul Handley ran through rigging and some of the unique sailing aspects of the K1 single-handed keelboat and... Read More...
London International Boat Show Excel, 2010
15/12/09 14:39
The first production model of the K1 Keelboat is being shown on the Hyde Sail Stand at the London International Boat Show at ExCel which runs from 8th January to 17th January 2010.
Scuttlebut Europe reports from Southampton Boatshow 2009
15/12/09 14:29
The unique K1 mini yacht has a lifting keel with bulb weighing 60kg yet its all-up weight is little more than a conventional single-handed dinghy. The hull is constructed using the latest resin infusion techniques to minimise weight and the carbon spars are ultra light and responsive. Read More...
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15/12/09 14:21