Old Sea Dogs
Search
Old Sea Dogs races section artwork with yachts racing under spinnakers

Races

Races

Offshore racing, regattas, records, fleets, and results.

459 stories
Old Sea Dogs races artwork© Michael Hodges

Races

Stories in this section

Showing 241-320 of 459

© Tim Tapping
30 Aug 2025Races

Offshore Glory and a New Champion Crowned

Last weekend, the storied waters off the Isle of Wight roared to life as the GoGPS Cowes International Powerboat Festival delivered another adrenaline-fuelled weekend of offshore excitement. Against a backdrop of choppy seas, fierce competition, and crowds lining the coast, seven boats battled across the Cowes–Torquay–Cowes course, delivering drama in every wave. When the smoke cleared, Good Boy Vodka emerged victori
3 min read
© Thom Touw
26 Aug 2025Races

Marstrand 2025: New Champions, Fresh Legends, and History Rewritten at the ILCA Europeans

The 2025 ILCA Senior European Championships & Open European Trophy closed in Marstrand after six days of shifting breezes, rising swells, and fierce racing. When the spray settled, Europe’s best had been crowned in the ILCA 7, ILCA 6 Women, and ILCA 6 Men fleets. This year’s results didn’t just decide medals – they carved fresh names into the ILCA Hall of Fame and rewrote the historical record.
3 min read
© Michael Hodges
24 Aug 2025Races

Cowes–Torquay–Cowes Powerboat Race Roars into Life

It’s that time of year again—Sunday dawned on Cowes with a roar of engines, a flash of sun on horsepower, and a hum that made even Cowes Castle wake from slumber. The legendary Cowes–Torquay–Cowes powerboat race, the world’s longest continuous offshore powerboat contest, thundered back onto the water as part of the Cowes Powerboat Festival, organised by the British Powerboat Racing Club (BPRC). For weeks, the bay has
3 min read
© Paul Wyeth/RORC
02 Aug 2025Races

Jolt, Van Uden, and the Youthful Dutch Storm the Admiral’s Cup and Fastnet Finish Line

CHERBOURG, July 2025 — The rain eased and the rum bottles emptied as dawn broke over Port Chantereyne, Cherbourg. The tension, the tides, and the spinnakers finally settled after one of the closest Admiral’s Cup battles in decades, with Peter Harrison and Monaco’s own Pierre Casiraghi leading Team Jolt to a dramatic win aboard their TP52 Jolt 3 and the Carkeek 40 Jolt 6. Ten points clear of Karl Kwok’s ever-formidabl
5 min read
© ROLEX/Carlo Borlenghi
01 Aug 2025Races

Black Pearl First to the Rock as the Rolex Admiral’s Cup Teams Power into the Celtic Sea

The Rolex Admiral’s Cup fleet spent a wild second night offshore, taking on the long, punishing beat through the Celtic Sea. The wind wasn’t ferocious, but the sea state was—big Atlantic swell, relentless chop, and a hard-earned haul towards one of offshore racing’s most iconic landmarks: the Fastnet Rock. Standing 54 metres tall, forged from Cornish granite, the lighthouse marks more than just a turning point in the
2 min read
© James Tomlinson
30 Jul 2025Races

Explosive Start to the Rolex Fastnet Race for Admiral’s Cup Fleet

After the cannon roared, the fleet scattered like gulls in a gale. Black Pearl (YCCS), skippered by Stefan Jentzch, wasted no time — tacking straight toward the mainland shore. She sniffed out a lift and took it like a thief in the night, gaining ground fast. But out near the island side, Jolt 3 (YCM) helmed by Peter Harrison, was all business — early leader on the water and staying sticky to the fleet like barnacles
3 min read
© Paul Wyeth/RORC
29 Jul 2025Races

Hard Gains and Narrow Escapes – Admiral’s Cup Fleet Charges West

As the Admiral’s Cup fleet thundered west toward Start Point, the gloves were off and the tactics got real. The leaders split north of the rhumb line—Black Pearl taking the high road, while Eric de Turckheim’s Teasing Machine dug in low and fast to the south. Black Pearl rounded Start Point with a boat length to spare over Jolt 3, both storming along at nine knots. Slightly offshore, Rán and Teasing Machine were push
3 min read
© Sharon Green
26 Jul 2025Races

TRANSPAC 2025: The Winners, The Legends, and the Long Blue Road

Hawaiian sunshine, stories in the rigging, and rum in hand — the final Transpac 2025 prize-giving brought down the curtain in style on one of the world’s great ocean races. Held Saturday, July 19 at Kaneohe Yacht Club, the last of three awards ceremonies gave crews, skippers, and families a chance to celebrate not just the winners, but the sheer feat of making it across 2,225 miles of the Pacific Ocean.
3 min read
© James Tomlinson/RORC
24 Jul 2025Races

Baptism by Spray: Admiral’s Cup Opens With a Brutal Channel Test

The Admiral’s Cup roared to life with a deceptively light start — and then reminded everyone why it’s earned its legend. The 160nm Channel Race looked tame leaving the Solent, but by sunrise the next day, the fleet limped back soaked to the skin, eyes red and salt-blasted. A confused sea, building pressure topping 25 knots, and a foaming downwind leg back from France — it was a full-pelt Atlantic slap in the face. Th
3 min read
© The Crew of the Westerly
22 Jul 2025Races

Transpac 2025 - Full Moon and Full Throttle

With just under a week left to run, the 2025 Transpac fleet is officially past halfway, surfing westward across the Pacific towards Honolulu’s Diamond Head. After setting off in staggered starts on July 1, 3, and 5, 53 yachts of every style and strategy—ranging from 35 to 88 feet—have now picked up the trades, leaving behind fickle calms and early retirements (four boats have dropped out). The leaderboard is starting
3 min read
© Tracey Beer
21 Jul 2025Races

UKOPRA Offshore Powerboat Championships

Under blazing skies and with the Solent simmering in summer heat, the UKOPRA Offshore Powerboat Championships roared back into action on Saturday with the third round of the series: the legendary “Solent 80.” Eighteen boats took on the demanding clockwise circuit around the Isle of Wight, delivering drama, mechanical heartbreak, and spectacular performances—classic offshore racing in all its noisy, unpredictable glor
2 min read
© The crew of Santa Cruz 52 Heroic Heart
16 Jul 2025Races

Who Nailed the Breeze Call in the 2025 Transpac?

The 2025 Transpac is full steam ahead, and the fleet is chewing through the miles toward that sweet slice of volcanic paradise: the Diamond Head finish line off Honolulu. It’s the 53rd running of this epic 2,225-mile dash across the Pacific — and it hasn’t disappointed. A race born in 1906, Transpac is part marathon, part chess match, part saltwater soap opera. This year’s show kicked off with staggered starts over f
4 min read
© Jason Ludlow for SailGP
10 Jul 2025Races

Over 100,000 expected for thrilling races - Bay of Cadíz

Just 100 days to go until SailGP – the most exciting racing on water – takes flight on the stunning Bay of Cadíz, the global racing championship has today announced that Global Smart Logistics Partner, DP World, will become Title Partner of the Spain Sail Grand Prix, the penultimate event of the 2025 Season Calendar. Unfolding over two action-packed days of racing in the Andalucía region of Spain (October 4-5, 2025),
3 min read
© Sharon Green|Ultimate Sailing
04 Jul 2025Races

16 hit the line for the first start of 3 in the 2025 Transpac.

The 16 boats that crossed the starting line today in the 2025 Transpac are up against the challenge of a lifetime. As the smallest yachts in this year’s 53-strong fleet, they are about to endure the greatest number of difficult days at sea, but they also have the greatest—and longest—opportunity to enjoy the splendours of sailing across the Pacific. After all, the more time one spends at sea, the more exposure one ha
5 min read
© ROLEX/Kurt Arrigo
03 Jul 2025Races

Could a maxi yacht achieve the Rolex Fastnet Race triple?

The fight to claim the prestigious monohull line honours prize in the centenary edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Rolex Fastnet Race is lining up to be a tough one between the world’s fastest 100ft maxi yachts. The winner of the Erivale Trophy for monohull line honours will follow a long line of the most significant offshore racing yachts of all time, such as Rambler 88, Comanche, ICAP Leopard 3, Alfa Romeo, S
5 min read