Boats slipped out on time at 09:30, but the Bravo course became a waiting game. The ILCA 6 Women Gold fleet sat under AP flags as a shaky 4–5 knot breeze toyed with the race committee. A string of general recalls didn’t help, and the first start didn’t stick until after 12:15. That delay trickled through to the Women’s Silver and the ILCA 6 Men sharing the same patch of water.
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From light airs to heavy hitters — Marstrand turns up the heat at the ILCA Europeans.
29-08-2025
Marstrand 2025: New Champions, Fresh Legends, and History Rewritten at the ILCA Europeans
ILCA 7: Britain Extends Its Empire on the Water Once again, Great Britain proved the dominant force in the ILCA 7 class. Their medal count now sits at 40 – more than double Germany’s tally and far ahead of Sweden and Croatia. Michael Beckett GBR stood tall with Gold, his teammate Finley Dickinson GBR took Bronze, and Silver went to Duko Bos NED.
26-08-2025
The eagerly awaited 2025 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race presents a call for entries and a new premium partner, On Track Meals.
26-08-2025
Two days into Leg 2 of The Ocean Race Europe, and the Bay of Biscay is dishing out exactly what everyone feared — flat seas, fickle breeze, and a fleet so tight you can throw a net over the top five. With Cape Finisterre closing fast, the sailors are staring down a long, sleepless night where one bad sail trim could cost everything.
25-08-2025
The yachting world welcomes the exhilarating start of Poole and Burnham weeks, with splendid weather conditions and a hefty mix of anticipation, competition and camaraderie.
25-08-2025
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 smelled of fuel and anticipation. Today, it finally delivered.
24-08-2025
The 2025 Snipe North American Championship in San Diego welcomed spectacular conditions for sailing, as evident in the riveting photo gallery by Bob Betancourt.
24-08-2025
The Overy Staithe Regatta saw a spirited race for the 'Crossley Holland Trophy', with a mixed fleet of 40 boats sailing in pursuit.
23-08-2025
Portsmouth turned on the sunshine this evening as seven IMOCAs thundered off the Royal Yacht Squadron line at 17:00, launching the second leg of The Ocean Race Europe 2025. Ahead lies 1,400 nautical miles of hard running to Cartagena, Spain, with a midweek fly-by off Matosinhos-Porto to keep things lively.
23-08-2025
Day 4 of the Flying Fifteen Worlds saw contenders battling in gusty winds and reclaiming racing discipline.
20-08-2025
Sailing enthusiasts recently rendezvoused at Hythe and Weecher Sailing Clubs, participating in spectacular championship races, showcasing their exceptional navigation skills and sportsmanship.
20-08-2025
The opening chapter of The Ocean Race Europe 2025 has already been a thriller — Kiel’s coastal hustle, the straight-line sprint across the North Sea — but the final act is shaping up to be pure endurance theatre. Less than 100 miles to go, and the finish promises a marathon of light winds, tight lanes, and endless, back-breaking manoeuvres.
16-08-2025
The 2025 Salcombe Yacht Club Regatta showcased a stunning display of sailing prowess amid an array of diverse sailing conditions.
11-08-2025
The Ocean Race Europe experienced a thrilling start to its first leg in Kiel, Germany, including a dramatic collision.
10-08-2025
From 9 to 14 September 2025, Europe’s finest windsurfing talents will gather in Punta Ala, engaging in riveting competition and delivering a spectacular sporting event.
09-08-2025
Irish offshore sailor Tom Dolan seizes the runner-up spot in the Fig'Armor, showcasing powerful precision as he prepares for the Solitaire du Figaro.
09-08-2025
As the Gran Canaria Wingfoil World Cup hits the water, it's an epic contest between Nía Suardíaz, the reigning champ, and her formidable rival Mar de Arce.
08-08-2025
Tracing the Course of Women in Competitive Sailing: International Championships and Qualifying Races
An exhilarating narrative of women's ascent in competitive sailing, navigating two key events with some of the sport's most accomplished female skippers.
08-08-2025
An exhilarating day unfolded at the Tenby Sailing Club, the site of the gripping 2025 GP14 National Championship.
07-08-2025
There aren’t many sailing events that can claim near-century status with their class, culture, and charisma still fully intact. The Bacardi Cup does it all with a wink and a wedge of lime. Now entering its 99th year, the Bacardi Cup is one of the most iconic, enduring regattas in the world—and one of the very few where the drinks sponsor has been onboard since the start.
07-08-2025
Battle lines are drawn as Stone's Sailing Club prepares to host the exhilarating Kestrel National Championship in August 2025.
04-08-2025
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-formidable Beau Geste, the Royal Thames lads (with help from the Yacht Club de Monaco) stood tallest after a week of ferocious racing.
02-08-2025
The Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club (RNIYC) gears up for the fervently awaited Mercedes-Benz RS400 Eurocup and UK-Irish National Championship 2025.
01-08-2025
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 Rolex Fastnet Race. In its 100th edition, it’s a century-old beacon of salt, grit, and glory.
01-08-2025
Rolex Fastnet Race | Admiral’s Cup Dispatch – July 2025
There’s a new name at the top—and it’s flying the Dutch tricolour. The young guns aboard ROST Van Uden (RMYC) have clawed their way into the AC1 lead on corrected time, and they’ve done it with nerve, timing, and a whole lot of boat speed. With 150nm to go, they’re three hours ahead after IRC correction and showing no sign of blinking.
01-08-2025
The world's most prestigious youth match racing championship, the Governor's Cup, had two days full of riveting competitions, champions rising, and favorites faltering.
01-08-2025
Its started on Saturday 26 July 2025
Veterans of the last two Rolex Fastnet Races are checking the weather with cautious optimism. After two editions that opened with 30-knot headwinds and a battering Channel slog, the long-range forecast for this centenary running looks — dare we say it — gentle.
31-07-2025
Yacht Club de Monaco (YCM) secured a remarkable victory in the Admiral’s Cup 2025, concluding an outstanding debut in the iconic race's 71-year history.
30-07-2025
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 on a buoy.
30-07-2025
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 pushing harder, notching up close to ten.
29-07-2025
Well-executed strategies and heart-stopping moments punctuated Day 2 of the Musto Lark National Championship 2025, held at the South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club.
28-07-2025
European sailors showcased their prowess at the 2025 ILCA 4 Youth World Championships, claiming an incredible nine out of twelve possible podium spots.
28-07-2025
In a thrilling turn of events at the Rolex Fastnet race, French Ultim SVR Lazartigue beats Banque Populaire by an hour to round Fastnet Rock first.
27-07-2025
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.
26-07-2025
The eagerly-anticipated Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 2025 commenced amidst stunning winter weather, showcasing a thrilling, adrenaline-fuelled day on the waves.
26-07-2025
The 2025 Rolex Fastnet Race marks 100 years of hard offshore truth — and the multihull fleet has shown up in force. A record 20 boats are racing in the MOCRA class, all gunning for the coveted Crystal Trophy, a prize that’s older than some of the hulls — and certainly a few of the crews.
25-07-2025
Day 4 of the WASZP Games 2025 was a dynamic mix of sunshine, wind, and racing cut short by rain. Get an inside look.
25-07-2025
The Snipe Women's World Championship 2025 Races were marked by intense competition with impressive performances under challenging sailing conditions in Enoshima, Japan.
24-07-2025
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. The final reach to the finish? A screecher, with kites straining and helms gritted.
24-07-2025
They came, they foiled, they snatched it. Peter Burling’s Black Foils pulled off a slick, late-game heist in Portsmouth to steal a home win from Dylan Fletcher and the Emirates GBR crew — putting New Zealand on top of the 2025 SailGP leaderboard in the process.
23-07-2025
Following a Covid-induced hiatus, New Zealand's 18 footer skiff racing community readies another action-packed season, replicating the island's long history of nautical innovation and excellence.
23-07-2025
2025 brought impressive inshore races to the Admiral's Cup competition. Tag along through iconic visuals capturing the exhilarating maritime contest.
22-07-2025
Immerse yourself in the energising and enthralling inshore races of the 2025 Admiral's Cup, faithfully captured by renowned photographer, David Maynard.
22-07-2025
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 to shape up, but the race is far from over.
22-07-2025
After a season's absence, Team Leeloo racks up a stunning last-minute surge to clinch the Picasso Cup held in stunning Kristinehamn.
21-07-2025
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 glory.
21-07-2025
The exciting Yachting World Dayboat Open unfolded at Poole Yacht club generating high octane action over two days.
21-07-2025
The opener for the 2025 Tornado Open, Mixed and Youth World Championships marked a spectacular start brimming with high-seas drama.
20-07-2025
The 2025 Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta witnessed top-drawer competition defining a week of sailing supremacy.
19-07-2025
SailGP, the much-anticipated global sailing event, makes its grand UK stop in Portsmouth. The city buzzes with thrill as renowned sailors gear up, with spectators eagerly waiting.
18-07-2025
In the 2025 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, a competitive field of J/99 yachts turns heads as they dominate the Double Handed Division.
18-07-2025
Prepare to set sail in the exhilarating 2025 Melges 24 U.S. National Championship, hosted under the vibrant blue skies of Pensacola Yacht Club.
16-07-2025
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 five days — a pursuit-style shuffle that’s split the fleet and stirred the pot.
16-07-2025
The much-anticipated Round 4 of Cape 31 Mediterranean Circuit is about to usher in thrilling sailing action, as it berths in the vibrant coastal city of Imperia.
15-07-2025
Whitstable Yacht Club's annual celebration of Laser/ILCA racing, Laserfest 2025, saw a robust participation of 40 boats hailing from local and distant clubs.
15-07-2025
The 7th South West Travellers set sail at Dittisham Sailing Club, presenting a day filled with bright sun, robust gusts, and riveting sailing competition.
14-07-2025
Experience the thrilling sailing journey of the radiant orange International 14, Zog, in the 2025 Lord Birkett Trophy.
13-07-2025
The Rolex Fastnet Race could see fierce competition in the IRC Three class, with an impressive array of smaller vessels set for exhilarating matchups.
11-07-2025
The Classic Yacht Challenge Series Sweeps Into the Weekend With the Enthralling Vineyard Cup Regatta
The Classic Yacht Challenge Series (CYCS) comes alive this weekend with the prestigious Vineyard Cup, promising an exhilarating display of maritime prowess and heritage.
10-07-2025
British skipper Sam Goodchild celebrated his first victory in the IMOCA Class yesterday after crossing the finish line of the Course des Caps - Boulogne-sur-Mer - Banque Populaire du Nord, a 1,800-nautical mile sprint around Britain and Ireland.
10-07-2025