Boats

The P&B kids, those are the children of Dave Wade and Tom Stewart and their wives, have just enjoyed another superb Junior Bourne End Week leading many of us here to wonder which the best Junior sailing events are. The P&B kids, those are the children of Dave Wade and Tom Stewart and their wives, have just enjoyed another superb Junior Bourne End Week leading many of us here to wonder which the best Junior sailing events are. Junior Bourne End Week, is actually only three days long but is packed with... Read More

What a wonderful couple of weeks it has been both here in the UK and Internationally and with success a plenty, where to start is the question?Sailing achievement of the year is a possibility; Mike Holt, P&B powered 505 World Champion, winner of this Yachts and Yachting award who then promptly followed this award with a podium placing at the 2015 Bloody Mary. More on this later. What a wonderful couple of weeks it has been both here in the UK and Internationally and with success aplenty, where to start... Read More

After a hugely successful 2014 both on and off the water Pinnell & Bax enter 2015 full of the joys of spring despite the dark days of winter.The brighter climes of Australia is where we start this week, with the teams warming up for the I14 World championships. 69 teams have entered and P&B’s charge is being headed up by Ben Mcgrane and James (Uzi) Hughes. At the time of writing a lack of breeze has led to a slow start with no significant racing as of yet. Remaining on the sunny isle,... Read More

Introducing the SK2Swing keel sailing comes to the global sports boat market. In partnership with Sk2, Pinnell & Bax are proud to announce the SK2.Following on from a number of months testing and developing the rig and layout in partnership with Sk2 and Selden, the team at P&B have finalised the sails and Ovington boats are busy building the hulls.This 5.6 metre sports boat is launched from a trolley just like a dinghy and gives sailing for either 2 or 3 crew. The SK2 features a swing keel (or canting keel)... Read More