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A new partnership between the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club and Bermuda-based specialty insurance and reinsurance company Aspen is leading to a stronger commitment to sustainability efforts by the club founded in 1844.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc, has acquired SailGP Technologies
Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club – 17th July to 1st August 2025 – Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK
The perfect ending to a perfect season: Jake Julien, Keith Swinton, Rhys Mara, Julius Hallstrom, and Jeff McCooey won the M32 World Championship. It’s the crown jewel of their dominant 2023 title collection which includes the North Americans, Winter Series, and Summer Series.
The third edition of Ibiza JoySail culminated with the victories of Moat (Performance), Dark Horse (Performance Cruising), Aurelius (World Cruising) and Svea (J Class) after competing in three races off Ibiza and Formentera.
Ibiza JoySail has crossed the halfway point with the second race both for the superyachts and the J Class, with the leaders of the four classes remaining unchanged: Moat (Performance), Dark Horse (Performance Cruising), Aurelius (World Cruising) and Svea (J Class).
Double departure for the GSC: Robein and Delamare will set sail on Saturday, September 30th Margherita Pelaschier
Skipper Marie Tabarly and her determined Pen Duick VI crew were first to cross the doldrums, reach the South Easterly Trades and yesterday morning first to cross the equator.
This year’s Swan Maxi Talk was held at the prestigious Yacht Club de Monaco with an interesting panel that included Nautor Swan President Leonardo Ferragamo as well as CEO Giovanni Pomati, CTOO Michelangelo Casadei, and Head of Product Marketing Vanni Galgani.
The climax of the season is about to begin. Tomorrow, the World Championship kicks off on Narragansett Bay.
The start of the 2023 Rolex Middle Sea Race is just under four weeks away. When entries closed on Friday, 22 September, 109 yachts had entered representing 25 countries including Kazakhstan, San Marino and Israel – all three thought to be attending for the first time.
Halifax has been selected as the first-ever city in Canada to host a Sail Grand Prix. The inaugural ROCKWOOL Canada Sail Grand Prix will take place June 1-2, 2024.
Early sailing trials for the foil-assisted Baltic 111 Raven have been described as ‘very successful’ as the super-lightweight sloop showed impressive reliability and reached sustained speeds in the high 20s during 10 consecutive days of sailing off Baltic Yachts’ head-quarters in Jakobstad, Finland
J Class pair Topaz and Svea will line up over the next four days on the beautiful waters off Ibiza and Formentera as they compete at the third edition of the Ibiza JoySail regatta for Maxi and Supermaxi yachts. It will be the first time the majestic J Class yachts have raced at the event which has proven increasingly popular.
Scott Shawyer, president, and skipper of Canada Ocean Racing, continues his journey towards becoming the first Canadian to finish the Vendée Globe by announcing Nick Moloney as his coach and double-handed sailing partner for the upcoming Transat Jacques Vabre.
In a year that has seen explosive growth in the interest and investment of women’s sport, the Women’s Sports Group (WSG) is joining forces with SailGP, the world’s most exciting racing on water, to supercharge its game-changing Women’s Pathway.
From 27 to 30 September, Marina Ibiza will be playing host to a thrilling and spectacular regatta featuring breathtaking J Class and superyachts
There’s never a dull moment in the McIntyre Ocean Globe race. It’s just two weeks since the 14-strong fleet left Southampton for Cape Town and there’s already been a dramatic helicopter rescue, diversion, weather warning, no wind, yacht speeds of 19 knots, flying fish, home sicknesses, blown spinnakers, quiche Lorraine and many, many tweets. And then there’s the race itself, which has been mesmeri
The lineup for the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club’s Bermuda Gold Cup, a World Championship event of the World Match Racing Tour scheduled Oct. 2-7, is complete, with all 16 entrants confirmed.
William MacBrien, the only Canadian skipper entered in the Global Solo Challenge, is a man of many passions: not only an experienced sailor but also a skydiver who holds two records in Canada, with over 3,000 jumps to his credit.
4 Whitbread/Volvo/Ocean Race Veterans and 2 record-breaking female solo circumnavigators inducted into the Cape Horn Hall of Fame
Sweden’s WINGS match racing team led by Anna Östling have been crowned 2023 Women’s World Match Racing Tour champions after winning the final stage of the tour at the KDY Women’s Match Race in Skovshoved Harbour.
After the dispute of a single race this Friday at the Cíes race course, the J80 World Championship organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates with the sponsorship of Turismo de Galicia and Galicia Calidade was ready for judgment.
Reaching the starting line is often the most challenging phase of a project. French skipper Louis Robein, an entry in the Global Solo Challenge, is no exception. Robein, a former Figaro sailor and highly experienced solo navigator, had meticulously prepared his boat “Le souffle de la mer III.”
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