A host of sailing talents from across the country showcased their prowess in the ILCA Northern Series 2025. With thirteen stirring events held at various prestigious venues like Leigh & Lowton and brisk water bodies like Delph and Pennine, the series celebrated the robust Northern ILCA fleet.
A noteworthy count of 128 sailors demonstrated their skill, endurance, and spirit, counting their best five results from thirteen possible events. This format, aimed at bolstering broad participation, allowed sailors the flexibility to change rigs between events, adding to the dynamism and complexity of the competition. Among these participants, the young sailors’ gallant attempts to overthrow Ian Jones, synonymous with victory for 28 consecutive years, were commendable.
13-10-2025
Emirates GBR Seize the Helm in Cádiz: Fletcher’s Crew Dominate as SailGP Season Nears Its Grand Finale
As the sun beat down on southern Spain’s sailing capital, a sell-out crowd packed the waterfront for another chapter in what’s become one of the most thrilling seasons in SailGP history. Twelve national teams launched their F50 foiling catamarans into the famous Andalusian chop — 24-metre wings gleaming, grinders primed, and flight controllers braced for the unpredictable Mistral breeze that makes Cádiz one of the toughest venues in the global circuit.
10-10-2025
The Boka Bay Coastal Race, sailed against the dramatic backdrop of Montenegro’s mountains and calm turquoise waters, was the perfect finale to this summer’s edition of The Ocean Race Europe 2025. It had everything: close-quarters duels, tactical brilliance, and one last show of dominance from Paul Meilhat’s Biotherm, who sealed overall victory with yet another flawless performance.
08-10-2025
At the enthralling Offshore Double Handed World Championships 2025 finale, France emerges victorious, showcasing the allure of offshore sailing.
05-10-2025
Echo of Sails and Roar of Waves: A Close Look at the 2025 Hobie 16 Open North American Championships
A riveting account of the 2025 Hobie 16 Open North American Championships, a thrilling competition under varying wind conditions and surging waves.
03-10-2025
The 2025 JOG Season ended on a thrilling note at the Henri-Lloyd Cowes-Lymington weekend, challenging crews with shifting winds and testing tidal conditions.
02-10-2025
The Welstead September Open - Blue Fleet held not in the choppy waves but in a serene yet unpredictable breeze, captured the hearts and minds of the sailing world.
02-10-2025
Paul Meilhat’s French-flagged IMOCA Biotherm has crowned a masterclass campaign with victory in the fifth and final leg of The Ocean Race Europe 2025, securing an emphatic overall championship win in the five-week, 4,500-nautical-mile sprint around Europe.
22-09-2025
The Ocean Race Europe 2025 fleet four days into the gruelling fifth leg, a 1,600-mile Mediterranean marathon from Genova, Italy to Boka Bay, Montenegro — and the battle at the front is as intense as ever.
20-09-2025
Biotherm, a French-flagged IMOCA, has skilfully sailed to victory in the final leg of The Ocean Race Europe 2025, securing their overall dominance.
15-09-2025
The thrilling 2025 Offshore Double Handed World Championships sees 22 teams from six continents push their boundaries, set to unravel between September 22nd and October 1st.
14-09-2025
In an exhilarating sailing spectacle, the inaugural Hobie Wave Grand Prix was recently staged at the Vincentia Sailing Club.
12-09-2025
The first leg of the historic and prestigious La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec regatta offers plenty of excitement and demanding sailing maneuvers.
10-09-2025
Day 2 of the 2025 Star World Championship in Split, Croatia unraveled a canvas of tactical acumen, courage, and relentless triumph on the unpredictable Adriatic waters.
09-09-2025
The Vaikobi 18ft Skiff Team, helmed by luminary Kirk Mitchell, is gearing up to make waves in the upcoming 2025-26 Australian 18 Footers League's season.
07-09-2025
From big winds to daunting challenges; the story of Streaker Northern Championship 2025 shines a light on sailing's authentic spirit.
04-09-2025
The 14th edition of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race commences, signaling the start of an exhilarating 11-month-long maritime challenge.
04-09-2025
The 2025 J/24 World Championship in Plymouth is a gathering of 250 sailors from across the globe, keenly eying the crown. Who are the possible victors to watch?
03-09-2025
Charting the thrilling chronicle of the XR 41, a ship that sailed from the drawing board to the gleaming podium of the World Championship.
02-09-2025
Cascais, Portugal, is proving to be a sailor's utopia as it hosts the iconic 2025 Finn Gold Cup, offering exceptional conditions and thrilling race days.
02-09-2025
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 victorious—marking a stunning breakthrough in this legendary event.
30-08-2025
The penultimate day of the ILCA Senior European Championships & Open European Trophy threw everything it had at the sailors – from fickle zephyrs in the morning to punishing breeze and swell by the afternoon.
29-08-2025
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.
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