New Wyxbon website

Wxybon has a new web site  Wxybon it shows the new mast being fitted plus other useful stuff…well worth a visit see the Contessa 26 links page for links to other Contessa sites

Press Coverage for CO26

The October Yachting Monthly had a piece on CANINE CRUISING by JMA and also the December issue just out has a piece  from the new owner of  BLUE FOX by Thomas Bourne. Sailing her from Hamble to Torquay in January 2009

Racing in the Autumn

As the Contessa 26 Class Captain I am keen to promote racing within the fleet and I have the Solent Circuit 2009 documents for anybody interested. They can be downloaded here, entry form, NOR  A number of members have asked me to organise racing with the eventual...
Shamaal II owners exchange stories

Shamaal II owners exchange stories

Richard Clifford meets Sebastian Smith aboard Contessa 26, Shamaal II. Richard was the very first owner of Shamaal II, and in 1974 he broke an OSTAR record when he sailed her single-handed across the Atlantic; then he made the return trip alone...

RTI Successes

The wind had managed to play tricks, providing spinnaker-shredding gusts around St Catherine's Point before turning through 180 degrees and disappearing completely for some time at Bembridge. Despite the challenging conditions, 1,566 boats completed the course, an...