OCTOBER 17 - GROUP 4 Securicor has joined Skandia Team GBR as one of four silver sponsors, backing the British sailing team in their quest for gold in Beijing 2008 and on home waters in London 2012.

JULY 3 - BRITISH sailing was celebrating another major sponsorship deal after Panasonic UK became the official consumer electronics supplier to the team, the most successful in the world.

JUNE 13 – FACILITIES at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) are to be developed by the Olympic Delivery Authority before it stages the sailing during the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, it was announced today.

MAY 12 – RODNEY PATTISON, one of Britain’s greatest ever sailors, has claimed that the Royal Yachting Association is receiving too much money to prepare for the 2012 Olympics.

July 19 - John Pink and Rick Peacock (pictured)  maintained British sailing’s outstanding record of 49er World Championship medals, clinching a superb silver at the 2009 event at Riva del Garda today.

NOVEMBER 3 - PERTH will host the 2011 World Sailing Championships, a major qualifying event for the London Olympics.