Sailing-Lifestyle Articles
No grand launch fanfare. No corporate polish. Just a simple idea: tell boating stories properly — with salt still drying on the pages, with respect for tradition, and with curiosity for where the marine world is heading next. A place for sailors, powerboaters, dreamers, racers, refitters, dock-talk philosophers, and those who simply feel more at home when the horizon is visible. One year on, Old Sea Dogs has become a logbook of global boating life — stories gathered from harbours, racecourses, boatyards, show pontoons, and far-off seas.
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One year afloat - a world of boating stories
25-12-2025
By early Tuesday afternoon, just a handful of miles separated the top four boats. At 1400 CEST, Ambrogio Beccaria’s Allagrande Mapei was neck-and-neck with the two French powerhouses – Yoann Richomme’s Paprec Arkéa and Paul Meilhat’s overall race leader Biotherm – as well as the Swiss-flagged Holcim-PRB, skippered for this leg by Nico Lunven.
For the Italian fans lining the Ligurian coast, the sight of Beccaria’s blue and white IMOCA charging towards Genova has stirred a sense of pride and anticipation rarely seen since the Ocean Race Europe first set foot in the city back in 2021.
11-09-2025